FP&A Cost Performance Senior Analyst C&P

Role Overview: As a Cost Performance Senior Analyst at bp, you will be responsible for managing cost performance, including capital expenditure for specific businesses/functions. Your role will involve collaborating closely with engineers and other stakeholders to develop budgets and forecasts, ensure cost control, conduct cost analysis, and comprehend the business context for the supported functions/business. You will play a crucial part in delivering financial insights to support business decisions and driving operational excellence within the Finance FP&A organization at bp. Key Responsibilities: - Build and maintain proactive business partnering relationships with the relevant Business/Function Leadership team - Ensure thorough understanding of underlying performance, challenge and propose performance improvements, and investigate anomalies and trends - Support the Performance Management agenda by ensuring robust and timely forecasts, delivering MI analysis and commentary, and supervising cost reduction initiatives - Work with collaborators to produce detailed cost forecasts by activity, develop insights, and highlight areas for improvement - Submit plan/forecast data into relevant cost management systems, ensuring data quality - Model the impact of various business scenarios, present results and insights to leadership, and support ad-hoc and strategic business decisions - Responsible for cost performance reporting activities, providing timely and accurate financial and management information - Support continuous improvement in MI by ensuring integrity and accuracy to meet business requirements and improving cost-related systems and processes Qualifications Required: - Educational qualifications in Finance or Engineering Field Degree level or equivalent - Preferred education/certifications in a finance field e.g., Masters Degree, MBA, CA, ICWA/Cost Accountants - Minimum 10 years of relevant post-degree experience in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting - Experience within global, sophisticated, and matrix organizations in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting, preferably in oil & gas or retail related businesses - Knowledge and application of Plan to Perform processes, digital literacy, and analysis - Expertise in financial systems such as SAP, Microsoft products, and visualization tools like Power BI - Ability to gain trust from finance and business senior collaborators Additional Details: At bp, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of finance professionals in an exciting new FP&A organization focused on business planning, budgeting, financial analysis, and economic evaluation. You will interact with Business/Functions leadership teams, local finance teams, and various technical and leadership teams in onsite locations. Furthermore, bp offers a supportive environment with benefits such as life & health insurance, flexible working schedule, career development opportunities, family-friendly policies, and employees" wellbeing programs. Apply now if you are attracted to this role!,