Principal, Performance Management

2450 Equinor UK Limited; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Equinor is seeking a financial analytics professional in the United Kingdom to analyse and report on inventories, costs, revenue, expenditure and cash flow to support decision-making. The role requires independent problem solving, stakeholder engagement and the ability to lead improvement initiatives using data-driven insights.

We value experience with UK upstream assets and familiarity with UK accounting practices, with S4 Hana as an added advantage.

Qualifications

• Experience in UK upstream assets.
• Strong knowledge of UK Standard Oil Accounting Procedures.
• S4 Hana experience an advantage.
• Analytics for Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced support and process coordination to line management, performance managers, and controllers in ambition to action processes, performance management, and portfolio analysis.
• Support leading professionals in planning, forecasting, reporting, and other financial support and improvement initiatives.
• Provide preparation support to leading professionals for management meetings, presentations, and memos on strategic and commercial topics.
• Coordinate and contribute to internal and external reporting.
• Apply digital skills to provide management with relevant insights related to business performance.
• Identify improvement areas and actively participate in improvement projects to enhance performance, drive standardization, and simplification using data analysis tools.
• Support the implementation of S4 Hana.

Skills

UK upstream assets

UK Standard Oil Accounting Procedures

S4 Hana experience

Analytics for Office

Tools

S4 Hana

Analytics for Office

Job description

What does the job involve?

Responsible for analysing financial information and producing management reports for internal and external reporting and decision-making purposes. Information analysed includes inventory, costs, revenue, expenditure, cash flow, profitability, operating performance, and budgets. You are utilising your knowledge independently to solve highly complex tasks with a short to medium-term tactical impact/risk. You address key business challenges that align with Equinor's short and long-term strategy by providing specialist support to your team and others. You independently communicate within the immediate team, across other areas, and towards key stakeholders from partners or external parties. You regularly navigate conflicting agendas and may lead negotiations with senior stakeholders. You resolve challenges, deliver improvements and contribute to shaping best practices. You promote change initiatives, demonstrate flexibility to adopt new highly complex activities/ways of working and advise others. You follow and comply with safety, ethics, and compliance requirements and align with leadership expectations and company values.

What will my tasks be?

Within this position, your key tasks will be to:

• Provide advanced support and process coordination to line management, performance managers, and controllers in ambition to action processes, performance management, and portfolio analysis.
• Support leading professionals in a wide range of tasks related to planning, forecasting, reporting, and other financial support and improvement initiatives.
• Provide preparation support to leading professionals for management meetings, presentations, and memos on strategic and commercial topics.
• Coordinate and contribute to internal and external reporting.
• Apply digital skills to provide management with relevant insights related to business performance.
• Identify improvement areas and actively participate in improvement projects to enhance performance, drive standardization, and simplification using data analysis tools.
• Support the implementation of S4 Hana.

Here’s what we expect from you:

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:

• Experience in UK upstream assets.
• Strong knowledge of UK Standard Oil Accounting Procedures.
• S4 Hana experience an advantage.
• Analytics for Office.

Please note that recent changes to the UK immigration rules have tightened the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you require Equinor UK to act as a sponsor in order to undertake this role, please note Equinor UK cannot guarantee that the role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If, following assessment against the applicable Home Office requirements (including skill and salary thresholds, and any role‑specific lists), it is determined that Equinor UK is not able to sponsor this role, any conditional offer of employment may be withdrawn. This does not affect candidates who already have the right to work in the UK, without the need for visa sponsorship from Equinor UK.

What can we offer you?

We want you to have a rewarding and fulfilling work life. That’s why we offer:

• Not just a job - a career
• In Equinor, your development begins on day one. You will build your competence through a wide range of learning activities while being empowered to build your career across multiple disciplines and geographies. Our internal job market allows a wide range of opportunities for development and growth within your own field, or even in other areas you find interesting and relevant.
• Attractive rewards We give you a comprehensive benefits package with a competitive salary, global parental leave, bonus scheme and pension plan.
• Wellness and work-life balance We care about and prioritise our employees’ well-being. We know that for you to be the best version of yourself in the workplace, being able to collect your children, attend a class or simply enjoy social time can be invaluable. That’s why we encourage you to make use of our flexible work arrangements wherever possible.
• An inclusive culture We believe embracing our differences makes us stronger. For us, true inclusion means being able to bring your whole self to work, and for you and everyone else to feel accepted and valued.
• Equal opportunities for everyone Equinor is an equal-opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions, which include hiring, promotion, transfer, demotion, termination, and training, without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status.

As part of this commitment, reasonable adjustments will be made during the recruitment process for candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions. If you have any specific requirements, please clarify this in your application and our team will be in contact to see how we can support your needs. We also believe everyone should be paid fairly and consistently for their contribution to our collective success. To ensure fairness and transparency, positions at Equinor are evaluated using our global job architecture based on the position’s responsibilities, complexity, and impact, and regularly reviewed to ensure consistency and alignment across the organisation.

Important notes about the application process

We expect you to openly offer all relevant information about yourself during the recruitment process. Background checks are performed on all final candidates, and all permanent and temporary hires will be screened using relevant sanctions lists to ensure compliance with sanctions laws. When applying for a job in Norway you will be asked for information on affiliation to high-risk countries for a security assessment.

About Equinor

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like-minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20 countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?

Equinor is an international energy company headquartered in Norway, energising the lives of 170 million people worldwide. Our ambition is to be a leading company in the energy transition and achieve net zero by 2050. Our task is enormous: supplying the world with the energy it needs, while lowering emissions to the atmosphere. To achieve it, we are looking for like-minded people to join our team of 25,000 colleagues working in more than 20 countries. We’re up for the challenge. Are you?