Senior BP&A Analyst

Senior Business Planning & Analysis (BP&A) Analyst

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Position Summary

The Senior Business Planning & Analysis (BP&A) Analyst provides financial planning, forecasting, performance reporting, and strategic analytical support for MPLX operations. This role partners closely with Operations, Commercial, Accounting, Finance, and Leadership teams to evaluate business performance, support decision-making, develop forecasts and budgets, and identify opportunities to improve operational and financial results.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed operational and financial analysis to identify significant trends, risks, opportunities, and business performance drivers.
• Support the development and presentation of business plans, forecasts, budgets, and performance results.
• Develop and maintain advanced financial models, forecasts, KPI reporting tools, and scenario analyses to support business decision-making.
• Analyze monthly results and explain variances versus forecast, budget, and prior-year performance.
• Partner with Operations, Commercial, Accounting, Finance, and Leadership teams to support planning and decision-making activities.
• Develop reporting tools, dashboards, and analytical solutions that improve visibility into business performance.
• Identify and implement process, system, and automation improvements that enhance efficiency, reporting quality, and analytical capabilities.
• Evaluate and leverage emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools and workflow automation solutions, to improve analytical efficiency and decision support.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, business cases, and analytical recommendations for leadership review.
• Support strategic initiatives, special projects, and ad hoc business analyses.
• Serve as a trusted business partner by translating complex operational and financial information into actionable recommendations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• Six (6) or more years of experience in Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Operations Analysis, Commercial Analysis, or a related field.
• Experience developing financial models, dashboards, automated reporting solutions, or analytical tools is preferred.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, Advanced Microsoft Excel and other analytics or workflow automation technologies.
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Copilot or other AI-enabled productivity and analytical tools.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, or financial performance analysis.
• Demonstrated success identifying and implementing process improvements that improve efficiency, reporting quality, or business insights.
• Experience working with large operational and financial datasets and translating information into actionable recommendations.
• Energy industry, midstream, logistics, commercial, operations finance, or FP&A experience.

Location:

San Antonio, Texas