Senior Downstream Market Advisor

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Analysis of the global oil market over the short, medium, and long term within Economics and Energy Insights Team for various executive, other internal, and external stakeholders. Prepare and maintain analysis of oil supply and demand fundamentals over the medium and long term for internal usage across relevant business lines, for investment appraisal, refining, and upstream strategy, and for external purposes in bp’s Energy Outlook.

Provide quantitative and qualitative insights using scenario analysis that leverages in‑house expertise, external information services, and modelling capabilities. Long term refined product supply modelling and contribution to the bp Fuels Investment Price. Use analytical tools to improve existing processes and elicit new insights and refinery and upstream modelling to guide forecasts.

• Graduate degree in Engineering, Business, Mathematics, Economics or related subjects
• Proven experience in energy analysis or the energy sector

• The role requires a dynamic individual to produce rigorous and commercial fundamental analysis to support BP’s macro analysis and its strategy work.
• International experience in research and consulting in the energy sector, with significant expertise in monitoring, analyzing and forecasting world energy and oil developments.
• Experience and familiarity with oil industry consulting and data services including but not limited to IEA, Rystad, Wood Mackenzie, S&P Global.
• Strong background in quantitative skills (statistics/regression modelling, mathematics, advanced computing, machine learning) and has preferably applied those skills to upstream and downstream forecasting.
• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Excel and strong proficiency with PowerBI.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with track record of successfully communicating complex ideas and issues to internal and external audiences.

• PhD or graduate level coursework in Economics including experience with time series modelling and forecasting.
• Proven track record of using advanced analytical techniques and complex data sets to produce targeted, accurate and timely analytical insights on global oil and gas markets.
• Prior experience in refining/downstream sector in an economics or strategy type of role with understanding of refinery processes, configuration, constraints, and environmental compliance.
• Experience using software packages for forecasting and data science including Python and associated packages, E-Views, and R.

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 crafting 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 to enable your work to fit with your life.

These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many other benefits.

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role.

This role is not eligible for relocation.

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working.

Analysis and modelling, Communication, Data Analysis, Econometrics, Economics, Statistics.

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.).

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