Innovation Senior Analyst

Bp

Bp

IT
Chicago, IL, USA
USD 92k-172k / year
Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Entity:

Finance


Job Family Group:

Finance Group


Job Description:

The Innovation Senior Analyst will help drive our continuous improvement and innovation program. This includes identifying improvement opportunities in our processes, infrastructure, tools, analytics, and ways of working; helping design solutions; and managing project delivery. Depending on the size and scale of the project, you will work with multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams. You are also expected to develop tools and accelerators to enhance the Transformation & Operational Excellence team’s capabilities to deliver on it’s mission. In addition, you will support the team’s broader operational risk management activities.

Accountabilities

  • Project manage the delivery of short and mid term initiatives that span multiple groups.
  • Identify opportunities to enhance commodity trading & risk management processes, infrastructure, tools, analytics, and ways of working that would result in time savings and/or more effective and efficient controls.
  • Analyze data (e.g., operational risk events, P&L, exposure) to inform the prioritization of continuous improvement ideas and deployment resources.
  • Help design practical solutions to address gaps in our commodity risk management & finance processes and practices.
  • Leverage digital skills and/or work with our Information Technology and Data Science teams to deliver automation and digital solutions.
  • Assist commodity risk management and finance teams in navigating the continuous improvement process (e.g., submitting ideas, prioritizing ideas, obtaining funding, executing ideas, tracking progress and benefits, reporting).
  • Build tools and accelerators to enhance our team’s delivery capabilities.

Job Competencies

  • Familiarity & understanding of Energy Risk Framework, Processes, Analytics, Controls & Industry Practices.
  • Strong project and partner management skills.
  • Proficiency in as-is process mapping and to-be process development.
  • Excellent writing, presentation & facilitation skills.
  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience; familiarity with oil, refined products and low carbon trading a plus.

How much do we pay (Base)?

($92,000.00 - 172,000.00) *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 US Benefits – Core. 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Dont hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations.


Travel Requirement

Negligible 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:

Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Collaboration, Commodity Risk Management, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Exposure Management, Internal control and compliance, Market Knowledge, Market Risk Management, Operational Risk, Portfolio analytics, Problem Solving, Resilience, Sentiment and Trends, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trade execution and management, Trading and shipping data knowledge, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Trading risk controls


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.