Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

Mobility & Convenience Americas (M&CA) is bp’s Americas‑based retail and convenience business, responsible for strengthening and growing bp’s mobility and convenience network to support the energy transition. The business operates an integrated portfolio of fuel, convenience retail and mobility offers, serving consumers across the Americas through a broad network of sites and brands, including bp, Amoco, ampm, Thorntons and Travel Centers of America, with around 9,000 sites across the United States.

M&CA’s strategy is centred on becoming a guest‑obsessed destination of choice, delivering compelling convenience, mobility and retail experiences while driving sustainable growth and long‑term value for bp. The organisation plays a critical role in advancing bp’s strategic ambition by evolving the retail network, enhancing the consumer value proposition, and supporting the transition to lower‑carbon mobility solutions across the region.

This Senior Finance Manager – Convenience Merchandising, Food & Beverage sits at the heart of bp’s U.S. convenience retail business, partnering with Merchandising leadership to shape food and beverage financial performance—one of the fastest‑growing margin pools in the network. This is a high‑impact, high‑visibility role with regular exposure to senior M&C Americas leadership, directly influencing pricing, assortment, supplier economics and investment decisions that drive store‑level profitability and customer offer economics across bp’s company‑operated sites.

The role is a key member of the M&CA Embedded Finance Extended Leadership team and serves as the primary finance partner to Convenience Merchandising leadership, with accountability for food and beverage financial performance across the U.S. network. It provides senior‑level financial leadership and commercial decision support across the convenience retail merchandising portfolio, balancing commercial enablement with strong financial rigor in a fast‑paced retail environment. Partnering closely with Merchandising, Operations, Supply Chain and Strategy, the role drives profitable growth, improves unit economics, and ensures disciplined capital and commercial decision‑making across both BAU activity and central initiatives. This includes support for the ampm franchise expansion across the East of the Rockies.

What you will do...

Commercial finance & performance management

• Own end‑to‑end financial performance for food, beverage and merchandise categories, including margin delivery, cost drivers, waste, and execution economics.
• Shape pricing, promotions, assortment, and supplier economics in partnership with Merchandising leadership to improve profitability and return on invested capital.
• Evaluate financial implications of pilots, rollouts, and optimization initiatives, ensuring value‑accretive decisions before scale.
• Support and track the incremental economics of the bp Private Brand offering epic goods, including enhanced margin delivered by epic goods compared to National Brands and incremental value to bp and franchisees.
• Support the ampm franchise expansion across the East of the Rockies through rigorous financial analysis, unit economics, and investment decision support.

Business partnering & decision support

• Serve as the trusted finance thought‑partner to Food & Beverage and broader Merchandising leadership.
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and risk assessments to support merchandising strategy and key trade‑offs.
• Provide constructive challenge to assumptions and hold initiatives to account for value delivery

Planning, forecasting & insight

• Lead forecasting, budgeting, and performance reviews for food and beverage categories, translating operational drivers into clear financial insight.
• Produce concise, executive‑ready financial narratives for senior leadership and governance forums.
• Support long‑range planning and scenario analysis aligned to merchandising and convenience retail strategy.
• Enhance forecasting, scenario analysis, and performance insight through the application of advanced analytics, automation, and AI‑enabled tools, improving predictive capability and speed of decision‑making.

Governance, controls & execution

• Ensure strong financial governance and control across merchandising initiatives, including safeguards against management override.
• Provide finance oversight for cross‑functional projects, including benefits tracking and post‑investment reviews.
• Maintain compliance with bp financial policies, controls, and internal governance requi