Senior Finance Advisor, Refining, Whiting

BP; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Generous paid parental leave

Excellent retirement benefits

Discretionary annual bonus program

Long-term incentive program

Job summary

BP in the United States seeks a Senior Finance Advisor, Refining to partner with senior leaders and shape strategy. The role acts as deputy to the Refinery Senior Finance Manager, integrating financial insight with operational performance to enable faster, better decisions.

The position emphasizes value-led, technology-enabled finance, with exposure across strategy, operations and performance, and a high-impact leadership profile.

Qualifications

• Experience in planning, analyzing, or managing performance to support business goals.
• Strong commercial and economic understanding with investment evaluation.
• Experience managing senior stakeholders in complex matrix environments.
• Understanding of cross-functional processes and value delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support margin, cost, and capital efficiency improvements through structured interventions.
• Drive a vulnerabilities and opportunities process to support annual plan delivery.
• Ensure decisions reflect end-to-end value optimization across functions.
• Act as deputy to the Refinery Senior Finance Manager and partner with key stakeholders.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Business partnering

Strategic mindset

Digital transformation

Job description

Entity: Finance

Job Family Group: Finance Group

The Senior Finance Advisor, Refining acts as a deputy for the Refinery Senior Finance Manager, partnering with key business collaborators to shape strategy, drive performance, and unlock sustainable value . The role represents the future of finance- value-led, technology-enabled, and simplified -integrating financial insight, operational performance, and digital capability to support better, faster decision-making. This is a high-impact leadership role , with exposure across strategy, operations, and performance.

Key accountabilities

• Support the business to drive margin, cost, and capital efficiency improvements through structured interventions
• Drive a structured Vulnerabilities and Opportunities process , framing choices for the leadership team to support delivery of the annual plan
• Ensure decisions reflect end-to-end value optimization , not siloed metrics
• Trusted business partner , owning relationships with the performance superintendent, business development superintendent and material refinery 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 , e.g. Cost / Capex / GM steercos.
• Enable aligned, insight-driven discussions that support integrated value for bp

Essential experience

Individuals should have experience in one or more of the following areas:

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

Capabilities

• Commercial acumen: Understands the operational and market drivers of performance, translating these into actionable insights to optimize margins, costs, and capital allocation. Identifies value creation opportunities and trade-offs aligned to broader business objectives.
• Business partnering and influencing: Builds trusted relationships across leadership, FP&A, and broader stakeholders. Translates financial insight into clear, actionable recommendations, enabling aligned, value-focused decision-making in complex, matrix environments
• Strategic and performance mentality: Connects financial, operational, and strategic drivers to frame choices, simplify complexity, and drive delivery of business outcomes.
• Digital and transformation orientation: Leverages data, digital tools, and finance transformation approaches to enhance insight, improve efficiency, and support faster, more informed decision-making.

Why join us

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits ( https://exploreyourbenefits.com/landing.html ) to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How much do we pay (Base)?

The anticipated base salary for this position is approximately between $140,000 and $180,000 USD annually, *Note that the pay range listed for this position is a genuinely expected and reasonable estimate of the range of possible base compensation at the time of posting.

Benefits

• flexible working options
• a generous paid parental leave policy
• excellent retirement benefits

• paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 - 240 hours of vacation per year for full times employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees)
• 9 paid holidays per year
• 2 personal choice holidays
• parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks' paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child

We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life.

• discretionary annual bonus program
• long-term incentive program
• generous retirement benefits