Senior Analyst Commodity Risk

bp
Chicago, US
Hybrid

Job Description

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

The Senior Commodity Risk Analyst is a strategic support position within the Commodity Risk function and bp’s Trading and Shipping Finance. You will work with cross functional teams to develop solutions that drive continuous improvement and innovation across our commodity risk management teams. Areas of focus include interfaces with trading and supply benches, exposure and P&L reporting, and analytics to support business insights, including working capital and cash.

This role will be based out of our Chicago, IL office.

Key Accountabilities

  • Development of high quality, insightful, value added and automated management information.
  • Work closely with managers and analysts to understand and clarify requirements.
  • Identify/evaluate/recommend and implement digital applications/tools/solutions that can be leveraged by our commodity risk teams.
  • Identification, development, and/or implementation of tools, templates, and accelerators for ensuring timely validation of deal blotters and business summaries from the front office, price curves, deal level MTM, exposure and P&L.
  • Be a superuser for bp’s trading and risk management systems.
  • Support regional and global process standardization initiatives. Work collaboratively with Global Finance and Risk team to follow standards and best practices for CI development.
  • Work with cross functional teams (i.e., front, middle, back office, information technology, operational excellence & transformation) to deliver continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.

About You

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years of finance, risk or other proven technical experience. You will have a good understanding of commodity risk management principles and practices. You should be proficient in digital tools/languages such as PowerBI, Microsoft Office, VBA, Python, SQL, Power Automate, SharePoint, Trading & Risk Systems.

How much do we pay (Base)? $93,300 - $173,300 *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 offers paid vacation depending on your years of relevant industry experience and will range from 120 – 240 hours of vacation per year for full times 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 benefits[redacted]. 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 at benefits[redacted].

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 may include a pension for eligible employees. You may learn more about our generous benefits at benefits[redacted].

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 benefits[redacted].

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:

Skills & Requirements

Technical Skills

PowerbiMicrosoft officeVbaPythonSqlPower automateSharepointTrading & risk systemsDigital tools/languagesFinanceRisk managementContinuous improvementInnovationProcess standardizationInformation technologyOperational excellenceTransformationCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadershipCommodity riskFinanceRisk managementDigital applicationsToolsTemplatesAcceleratorsDeal blottersBusiness summariesPrice curvesDeal level mtmExposureP&lManagement informationValidationProcess standardizationCi developmentFront officeMiddle officeBack officeInformation technologyOperational excellenceTransformation

Salary

$93,300 - $173,300

year

Employment Type

FULL TIME

Level

senior

Posted

4/26/2026

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