Grade FResponsible for managing a large team to support the business through maximizing asset value, managing forecasting/planning and reporting and integrating performance management whilst maintaining a strong control environment, partnering with relevant stakeholder groups to manage a range of financial activities and implementing a financial strategy to drive outstanding business results.Entity:
Finance

Job Family Group:
Finance Group

Job Description:

At bp, we have only one thing on our minds: the energy of tomorrow. We want to reimagine energy so that we achieve net zero by 2050 at the latest. To achieve this, we are rethinking energy and relying on the expertise and passion of our 66,000 employees worldwide, 4,000 of them in Germany. Every day, with the products and services of our bp, Aral and Castrol brands, they ensure energy and mobility for millions of people - today and in the future.

How you can help shape the future:

We have a great opportunity for a Sr. Finance Manager to lead the Europe Midstream Business Finance team. This leadership role sits on both the Europe Product Solutions team; as well as, the Supply, Midstream and Biofuels Finance Leadership team and has direct line leadership of two team members.
Fuel supply and midstream serves our ground fuels and specialty product customers while optimizing the value chain and ensuring quality from crude to customer delivery. We drive performance by maximizing the integrated fuel value chain P&L, and acting as its custodian, through supply optimization, channel of trade management and fuels pricing, enabled through data and an agile org structure.
We manage the supply and commercial optimization of bp's six operated refineries, while simultaneously serving an extensive portfolio of B2B customers and supply counterparties. In addition, we own and deliver carbon intensity reduction efforts within Midstream in line with bp's ambitions.
The Midstream and Supply Europe Senior Finance Manager will work collaboratively across the European fuels value chain to deliver commercial insight, financial delivery support and overall integrated margin insights for the region through regional performance reviews.

Your new area of responsibility - challenging and future-oriented

• Finance lead for Midstream and Supply in Europe which includes providing performance insight through identification of business value drivers and overall performance outcomes.
• Commercial and finance insight for new business opportunities (inclusive of finance functional assurance)
• Provides leadership and direction for two direct team members; as well as, coordinates overall supply and midstream finance support needed by the business (ie..PPM, ARC)
• Provides insights and support as it relates to biofuels transition growth engine delivery. This includes blending and optimization and coprocessing in the refineries.
• Custodian of the European benchmark processes working closely with the business and VP of Finance.
• Close collaboration across the European fuels value chain businesses to enable insightful integrated performance insight across businesses, regions and channels of trade.

Your qualification profile - profound and passionate

• Bachelors Degree in finance, business administration or related fields
• Good written and spoken English (C2) and German; other European languages are an advantage
• At least 10 years' experience in Fuels value chain
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial information with clarity providing insights to deliver business improvement and to optimize and protect value.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to work across multiple interfaces
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams and proven track record of working effectively with teams across different geographical, cultural and linguistic backgrounds
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills to enable effective collaboration and ability to influence employees at all levels of the organization
• Ability to independently work through complex situations and deliver succinct insight/recommendations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent ability to prioritize and meet tight deadlines; ability to work under pressure and present financial results to senior management

Work-life balance and what else speaks for us:

• Flexible, hybrid and family-friendly working, at least 30 vacation days and programs to improve work-life balance
• Very attractive basic remuneration plus bonus payment, participation in the share program possible, parental allowance as a one-off payment, extra bonuses for special achievements, attractive company pension scheme, regular salary review, group accident insurance, relocation allowance in special cases, job bike, subsidised meals and more
• Job sharing and part-time work
• Career and development opportunities as well as extensive internal and external subsidised training opportunities
• Structured onboarding programs and buddy support
• Match funding; bp doubles donations made by employees to charitable organisations and rewards voluntary time commitment
• Employees can offset their personal carbon footprint; bp doubles this amount

We are committed to equality, diversity and the compatibility of work life balance People with a disability are given priority in employment if they are suitable.

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Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

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