FP&A C&P Business Performance Senior Analyst

<p><b>Entity: </b></p>Finance<p><br/><b>Job Family Group: </b></p>Finance Group<p><br/><b>Job Description: </b></p><p>As a leading global energy company, we provide heat, light and mobility to customers worldwide. Across the bp landscape, we’re home to a range of brands across many areas of our industry.  We’re investing in today’s energy system and helping build out tomorrow’s. So while we’re still in oil and gas, over the next decade we’ll become a different kind of energy company. We’re decarbonizing and diversifying our business, fundamentally transforming what we do so we can reach net zero by 2050 or sooner. We also have a strong mission to help the whole world reach net zero too – working across our industry to improve people’s lives. </p><p></p><p>It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business &amp; Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the world. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.</p><p></p><p><b>An exciting new job opportunity has arisen for an FP&amp;A C&amp;P Business Performance Senior Analyst to join us in Budapest.</b></p><p></p><p>Customers &amp; Products (C&amp;P) as a business is dedicated to growing our customer business by delivering excellent products and services. To achieve this aim the business will need excellent business partners working efficiently in new and innovative ways across the entity both in support of growing/sustaining the core businesses and in delivering new business models for the future. </p><p></p><p>The Business Performance Senior Analyst role involves delivering business planning and performance management products for the business. This position requires partnering with onsite technical and finance teams across different geographies to gain a deep understanding of the business context. The key objective is to develop and deliver insightful financial products that enable effective business financial performance management and support decision-making.</p><p></p><p>The role demands good engagement skills and the ability to manage conflicting priorities while meeting expectations. It also involves contributing to the cost performance management agenda, supporting core FP&amp;A processes, and maintaining a proactive business partnering relationship between finance and business teams.</p><p></p><p><b>Key Accountabilities:</b></p><ul><li><p><b>Performance Management</b>: Prepare timely, accurate, and reliable financial and management information to support business decisions. Develop and explain material for business performance leadership team discussions, including key messages, analysis, and insights. Provide performance insights to business stakeholders focused on improving profitability.</p></li><li><p><b>Business Partnering and Performance Insights</b>: Establish and maintain a proactive business partnering relationship with relevant Business/Function Leadership teams. Support the Performance Management agenda, ensuring robust and timely forecasts and delivery of MI analysis and commentary. Monitor and support cost reduction initiatives and ensure effective tracking and accurate analysis of profitability.</p></li><li><p><b>Actuals Analysis</b>: Analyze monthly/quarterly actuals, including trend analysis and explaining actuals vs. forecasts.</p></li><li><p><b>Business Planning</b>: Play a key role in developing the long-term plan and quarterly plan update process. Coordinate the plan for a part of the business, analyze plan data in SAP-based systems, and output in PowerBI/Tableau reports. Prepare presentation material, including commentary, and answer follow-up questions from leadership or central finance teams.</p></li><li><p><b>Joint Venture Management</b>: Support the local finance team in developing plans and Authorization for Expenditure (AFEs) for joint venture partners' approval.</p></li><li><p><b>Economic Evaluation</b>: Perform economic analysis to evaluate the financial viability of various projects or scenarios. Develop insights into economic drivers and sources of value for the business.</p></li><li><p><b>Strategy &amp; Planning</b>:  Support the annual planning process, ensuring plans are appropriately challenged and assured. Produce detailed cost forecasts, highlight areas where performance targets are not being met, and ensure data quality in submissions. Support ad-hoc and strategic business decisions, understanding the implications and balancing risk and reward.</p></li><li><p><b>Continuous Impro