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Job Summary
We are seeking a Sr Staff Financial Analyst to serve as a strategic partner within the Planning and Performance organization. This role will support long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance reviews, and executive decision-making by connecting financial, operational, and technical information into clear business insights. The ideal candidate brings strong FP&A and upstream oil and gas experience, a proven ability to improve planning processes, and communication skills to translate complex analysis into practical recommendations for business leaders. Data, reporting, and automation tools are important enablers in this role, but the primary focus is financial planning, decision support, process improvement, and responsible capital stewardship.
Responsibilities
- Support planning and performance management. Partner with Planning, Finance, Operations, Subsurface, and leadership teams to support Long Range Planning (LRP), budgeting, monthly forecasting, portfolio reviews, and operational performance discussions.
- Deliver executive decision support. Build clear analyses, scenarios, variance explanations, and performance narratives that help leaders understand key business drivers, risks, opportunities, and trade-offs.
- Improve processes and tools. Identify opportunities to streamline planning workflows, standardize reporting, reduce manual effort, improve data quality, and increase transparency across business processes.
- Translate business needs into practical solutions. Work with technical and financial stakeholders to define requirements, improve reporting products, and ensure tools are aligned with planning and performance objectives.
- Communicate insights effectively. Present findings in clear, business-friendly formats for technical, non-technical, and executive audiences, with emphasis on actionable recommendations and decision quality.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or other relevant discipline.
- 19 + years of experience with 10 or mo