Finance Analyst

Responsibilities

• Prepare forecasts in a robust and timely manner, including but not limited to the Plan, and LVs, for the current year plus five further years, with inputs sourced from the FP, Tax & Treasury and FO;
• Prepare updated cost forecasts for the business (Lifting Costs, Overheads, Exploration Costs, Abex and Capex) with inputs sourced from the FP, Tax & Treasury and FO;
• Deliver & Co-ordinate all forecast inputs in accordance with the corporate calendar and engage with key stakeholders to ensure delivery.
• Drive completeness and consistency in all aspects of the forecast and be responsive to changing management priorities where appropriate;
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders in Finance; Have the business and finance knowledge to efficiently facilitate interchange and relationships between FP, Tax & Treasury and FO, and within FBP.

Experience & Qualifications

• Great communication skills that informs/shares knowledge clearly and unambiguously and also implements and embeds change. Builds rapport and is able to influence in a constructive way / skilled at influencing decision makers on complex topics.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively, within their team and across the organisation and externally as required.
• Networks effectively internally and externally, creating an immediate, positive and credible impression on others. Leads other parties in conversations on the important issues and use persuasive contributions to influence change and action.
• Data Analytics & Financial tools: ability to use relevant financial tools (e.g. SAP, BW, BPC and excel) and to maintain, extract and analyse data.
• Critical Thinking: ability to make decisions based on sound logic and to challenge assumptions.
• Delivering Process Excellence through Automation & Efficiency: ability to identify opportunities to optimisation of Finance processes.
• Collaboration: the ability to build effective working relationships across the team and wider organisation.
• Driving Delivery: driving success by taking personal accountability for own goals.
• Accounting Qualification preferred (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS)
• Previous commercial and analytical finance experience
• Track record of creating robust forecasts and budgets as well as underpinning materials prepared with sound financial accounting knowledge
• Experience of varied systems including BW and BPC, and highly proficient with delivering controlled Excel spreadsheets
• Working knowledge of Upstream taxation.