Senior Analyst - Business Management Information

at  BP

SUMMARY:

Cash and Working Capital team is a key reporting team within the Finance organization responsible for leading T&S Cash and Working Capital management. This role is accountable for execution of centralized forecasting processes as well as providing support and cash and working capital analysis to a wide group of stakeholders.
This position requires an understanding of Cash and Working Capital reporting concepts to be able to support core accountabilities of delivering timely and accurate forecasts and management information.
In this role the successful candidate will to the development of a deep understanding of oil trading transaction flows and cash conversion cycle and the opportunity to drive continuous improvement in reporting and analysis for cash and working capital.
The role supports the Commodity Cash Working Capital Leads in delivery of trading benches forecasts and management information reporting.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

Business experience in Financial Accounting and/or Product control
Strong background of supporting Continuous Improvement & modernization of processes in current or prior role
Good knowledge and understanding of cash and working capital reporting concepts
Strong analytical skills - the ability to understand and communicate complex cash and working capital scenarios
Proven innovative approach to problem solving, technology and analytics.
Ability to work within a deadline orientated environment with strong attention to detail
Strong level of analytical skills, numeracy, and financial understanding
Technical understanding and knowledge in Power BI, Microsoft Access database and Technical understanding and knowledge in Power BI, Microsoft Access database and VBA

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE:

Experience in a trading organization
Good knowledge and understanding of energy trading markets and instruments.
Experience in use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) technologies such as SAP

SKILLS:

Analytical Thinking, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Commodity Risk Management, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Exposure Management, Group Problem Solving, Internal control and compliance, Market Knowledge, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk, Portfolio analytics, Resilience, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trade execution and management, Trading and shipping data knowledge, Trading knowledge

Ensure silent running of Trading & Shipping (T&S) weekly cash forecasting process supporting Treasury with appropriate management information.
Co-ordination of T&S monthly Working Capital reporting including management of reporting database, working capital charging processes and maintenance of Corporate Book forecasting.
Drive BMI Continuous Improvement agenda to deliver automation efficiencies and standardization of all cash & working capital reporting processes.
Champion innovation and deliver continuous improvement initiatives including modernization of management information reporting.
Act as an effective business partner with Treasury, Resource Allocation Network (RAN) and other Finance partners.
Support wider T&S, Finance, Treasury, BP Group Cash & Working Capital initiatives.
Independent understanding and challenge to identify/escalate and mitigate financial, operational & reputation risk relating to trading book cash & working capital management.