Finance Strategy Lead, Refining (Hybrid)

Oil Authority; Blaine (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Long-term incentive program

401k matching

Health insurance

Paid vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

bp in Washington/Blaine is seeking a Senior Finance Advisor for Refining to partner with key business leaders, shape strategy, and drive performance. This role is high-impact, offering exposure across strategy, operations and performance and serving as the deputy to the Refinery Senior Finance Manager.

The incumbent will lead value-driven financial planning, ensure end-to-end value optimization, and enable informed decision-making across the refinery.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, analyzing, or managing performance including long-term planning, budgeting, forecasting, or tracking outcomes.
• Strong commercial and economic understanding with experience developing business cases, evaluating investments, or supporting project delivery.
• Experience in managing senior partners and delivering value in complex matrix environments.
• Broad understanding of how different processes and functions connect to deliver business outcomes.
• Experience in capital-intensive or operational businesses, refinery experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the business to drive margin, cost, and capital efficiency improvements through structured interventions.
• Drive a structured Vulnerabilities and Opportunities process, framing choices for leadership to deliver the annual plan.
• Ensure decisions reflect end-to-end value optimization, not siloed metrics.
• Trusted business partner, owning relationships with performance and budget holders.
• Integration point between the business and FP&A team.
• Deputy to the Refinery Senior Finance Manager.
• Represent Finance at key decision-making forums (Cost / Capex / GM steercos).

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Management reporting

Business partnering

Strategic thinking

Job description

bp in Washington/Blaine is seeking a Senior Finance Advisor for Refining to partner with key business leaders, shape strategy, and drive performance. This role is high-impact, offering exposure across strategy, operations and performance and serving as the deputy to the Refinery Senior Finance Manager.

The incumbent will lead value-driven financial planning, ensure end-to-end value optimization, and enable informed decision-making across the refinery.