Senior BP&A Analyst (North Fuels Value Chain Optimization)

Marathon Petroleum Corporation•Findlay, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior BP&A Analyst is an integral team member dedicated to analyzing and reporting detailed refinery value chain outcomes in the North Region, delivering insights into refinery performance to support informed decision-making. This role involves ongoing collaboration with Value Chain Optimization (VCO) and Fuels Value Chain (FVC) to ensure alignment with analytical requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline required.
Six (6) years in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
Experience in BP&A and Commercial Roles preferred.
Travel Requirement: (<5%)
Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI and SAP/BW is preferred.
Familiarity with refining operations is preferred.
Detail oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively across various teams including BP&A, VCO, and Accounting.

Nice To Haves

Experience in BP&A and Commercial Roles
Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI and SAP/BW
Familiarity with refining operations

Responsibilities

Reviews month-to-date refinery gross margin performance against established benchmarks and contributes to the preparation of weekly executive-level reports.
Provides analysis of impacts to gross margin in comparison to MPCs externally reported Refining & Marketing margin indicator.
Understands refinery operations and business drivers to link operational performance and market trends to financial outcomes.
Collaborates with VCO, FVC, Refining BP&A and Consolidation BP&A to report impact of monthly lost profit opportunity to internal and external capture.
Maintains North Region refinery index and analyzes key drivers of index to crack deviations.
Determines the breakeven crack spread for individual refineries and the North Region as a whole.
Contributes to long-term business plans and short-term forecasts for refinery gross margin and conducts analysis of actual performance versus forecasted results.
Works with the North Regional Director of Value Chain Optimization, operating groups, and BP&A teams to prepare quarterly Value Chain P&L reviews and provide performance insights to Refinery Leadership.
Tracks financial impact of VCOs Continual Commercial Improvement efforts and Run as One Initiatives.
Actively seeks and implements ways to enhance processes, systems, or automation to provide more time for in-depth analysis and commentary.
Supports ad hoc requests of management, VCO and FVC for the refinery value chains.