Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

Role synopsis

We are looking for a Business Analyst to join our London Chicago team on our journey to digitise our global trading operations capability.

Trading operations is integral to the success of bp's Supply, Trading & Shipping organization. The operations team coordinates the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of the physical movements into and out of supply chain networks supporting our refineries, customer networks, and trading business. We play a vital role in moving product between suppliers, refineries, terminals, and customers across all modes of transportation including pipelines, rail, truck, intra terminal movements, barges, and vessels.

This is a unique opportunity to partner with our commodities trading business, to deliver creative technology solutions, adding commercial value as well as achieving our carbon net-zero goals.

We have an exciting and challenging, digital vision to support business growth in Bio & Low-Carbon trading and Midstream integration, while redefining the day-to-day activities of operators through increased automation.

In this role you will:

•            Lead analysis activities for an Agile, business facing development team to develop, integrate and enhance applications, products, and services for the global operations team.

•            Partner with business leaders, product owners and development teams to identify, prioritise and implement effective and efficient technology solutions, delivering business value

•            Provide vision and leadership, resolve conflicts, and be a catalyst for creative, high-quality delivery within a collaborative, safe and high-performing team environment

•            Enjoy working in a varied and dynamic, bespoke technical landscape comprising of legacy monoliths to microservices

•            Understand and appreciate, Agile frameworks, metrics-based development, TDD, and BDD

•            Be open to change and a strong advocate for new technology and methods

•            Develop and implement strategies for creating and measuring impact, ensuring that solutions deliver demonstrable business value.

•            Utilize excellent communication and influencing skills to present complex information clearly, gain consensus, and manage expectations

Essential experience and job requirements

•            Proven experience as a Senior Business Analyst or Lead Business Analyst in a large, complex organization, preferably within the energy sector or a related industry

•            Strong business analysis and functional design skills

•            Experience working on a team that promotes positive collaboration to achieve shared goals

•            Experience with of Agile delivery

•            Experience as part of a business- facing, technology team in a high- pressure, dynamic industry, or business area

•            Experience working with offshore vendors and consultancies

•            Self-motivated and self-starter – able to work with minimal direction and pick up new or unfamiliar concepts quickly

•            Good communicator, able to deliver a message effectively and concisely at all levels including senior management.

•            Strong presentation and communication skills

Desirable criteria & qualifications

•            Business knowledge of commodity (ideally oil) or financial trading  

•            Strong presentation, communication, and numerical skills

•            Experience working in commodity or financial markets front-office, middle-office or operations technology teams

•            Experience working in global, geographically dispersed teams

•            Experience working in brownfield sites, where the work requires creating new solutions within an existing array of highly integrated systems

•            Exposure and understanding of common data science methods and techniques

About BP

Join us in creating, growing, and delivering innovation at pace, enabling us to thrive while transitioning to a net zero ‎world. All without compromising our operational risk management.

Working with us, you can do this by:

•            deploying our integrated capability and standards in service of our net zero and ‎safety ambitions

•            driving our digital transformation and pioneering new business models

•            collaborating to deliver competitive customer-focused energy solutions

•            originating, scaling and commercialising innovative ideas, and creating ground-breaking new ‎businesses from them

•            protecting us by assuring management of our greatest physical and digital risks

Because together we are:

•            Originators, builders, guardians and disruptors

•            Engineers, technologists, scientists and entrepreneurs‎

•            Empathetic, curious, creative and inclusive

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

How much do we pay (Base)? ( 138,000.00  - 256,000.00  ) *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.
 
This position is eligible for Core, US Benefits. This position offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours  of vacation per year for full time employees (60 - 240 hours of vacation per year for part time employees). You will also be eligible for 9 paid holidays per year and 2 personal choice holidays.  You may learn more about how we calculate paid vacation and view our generous vacation and holiday schedules at Core U.S. Benefits. Bp has a parental leave policy as well, which offers up to 8 weeks’ paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Learn more by visiting Core U.S. Benefits. 
 
We offer a reward package to enable your work to fit with your life. These offerings include a discretionary annual bonus program, long-term incentive program, and generous retirement benefits that include a 401k matching program. These benefits include a pension for eligible employee. You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.
 
As part of bp’s wellbeing package, bp offers access to health, vision, and dental insurance, as well as life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability.  You may learn more about our generous benefits at Core U.S. Benefits.

Why join bp:

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

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Building a Community of Practice, Business Acumen, Coaching, Collaboration, Communication, Conflict Management, Creating a high performing team, Creating and measuring impact, Creative Direction, Creativity and Innovation, Customer centric thinking, Customer Journey Mapping, Customer Value Proposition, Delivers an effortless customer experience, Design Direction - Delivery, Design Direction - Design, Design Direction - Experience, Design Direction - Strategic, Designing with AI, Design Thinking, Digital Ecosystems, Digital Fluency, Facilitation {+ 25 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.