Operational Excellence Sr. Finance Manager-Refining, Biofuels and Hydrogen

Operational Excellence Sr. Finance Manager-Refining, Biofuels and Hydrogen

United States of America | Chicago, United States of America 5 days ago

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Job category

Finance

Experience level

Executive

Relocation available

Relocation may be negotiable for this role

Job type

Professionals

Travel required

Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Job code

RQ115014

Job Description

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

About us

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need new talent to pursue commercial opportunities, fueled by world-class insight and expertise. We’re always striving for more innovative digital solutions, sustainable outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world’s leading energy company!

About the role

The Operational Excellence Senior Finance Manager is a key member of the Refining, Biofuels & Hydrogen Finance Leadership Team. The role operates across the global portfolio to strategically support finance operational excellence across a broad range of finance projects and activities.

Working closely with senior business and finance leaders, this role provides leadership across the portfolio to unlock business value and deliver operational excellence for Finance.

Key Accountabilities

Finance Leadership

Act as a strategic partner to the VP Finance, supporting the development and execution of the Refining, Biofuels & Hydrogen finance strategy. Provide challenge, insight, and recommendations on commercial, strategic, and investment decisions to enhance value creation and capital efficiency as required.

Support portfolio-wide interventions to address financial risks and performance gaps, and business opportunities.

Operational Excellence

Lead the development and execution of the Finance Refining, Biofuels and Hydrogen roadmap, delivering sustainable improvements in effectiveness, efficiency, and business value.

Drive simplification, standardisation, and digital enablement of the Finance Refining, Biofuels and Hydrogen roadmap through the adoption of technology, analytics, and automation solutions.

Establish and develop prioritisation processes that ensure focused and deliberate execution of critical finance deliverables and accountabilities across the portfolio.

Champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen finance performance, controls, and collaborator experience.

Portfolio Performance

Partner with business finance leadership teams to enhance financial performance and optimise portfolio outcomes.

Provide Finance VP support for capital programmes, ensuring strategic alignment, capital productivity, value delivery, and portfolio fit.

Support the identification and delivery of cost transformation opportunities across the asset portfolio working closely with business finance team and VP Finance.

Drive greater transparency and insight into portfolio performance, enabling timely decision-making and corrective action.

Lead and support projects as requested.

Organisation Leadership

Lead the development and execution of the finance capability and development plan across the Refining, Biofuels & Hydrogen finance organisation.

Support backfilling any key gaps/needs across the portfolio, ensuring critical capability gaps are proactively addressed.

Foster a culture of engagement, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, by actively supporting team engagement plans and initiatives.

Leadership & Special Projects

Provide leadership during periods of change and transformation.

Build strong relationships across teams to drive integrated business outcomes.

Requirements

Essential

• Degree in Business, Finance or related field
• Proven financial skills with understanding of finance, control, and accounting.
• Extensive experience in commercial finance, including financial planning, performance management and business partnering (15+ years)
• Proven track record in manufacturing, production, retail, or supply chain environments with responsibility for financial delivery and transformation initiatives with a deep understanding of asset operations and the cost drivers that influence performance
• Strong commercial competence and deep understanding of integrated value chains and financial control frameworks
• Demonstrated leadership capability with experience developing high-performing teams, coaching talent, and influencing senior stakeholders
• Strategic outlook with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, able to assess risks, see opportunities, and drive data-driven decisions
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to challenge constructively and work collaboratively across functions
• The ability to lead through complexity and influence decision-making across multiple collaborators.
• Demonstrated experience in change management and strong influencing skills.

Preferred

• Refining experience/Manufacturing experience
• Digital transformation experience

Why join BP

At BP, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others.

How much do we pay (Base)? ($179,000 - $255,000) \*Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

• Degree in Business, Finance, or related field with 15+ years in commercial finance, including financial planning and business partnering.
• Experience in manufacturing, production, retail, or supply chain with financial delivery and transformation responsibility.
• Proven leadership skills, strategic thinking, strong analytical abilities, and change management experience.