Biofuels Agricultural Operations Analyst

Company: BP America Inc. 
Location: Indiantown, Florida

• Salary: Not Specified
• Category: Chemical
• Date Posted: 01/29/2012
• Region: Florida-West Palm Beach
• Travel Required: Not Specified
• Security Clearance: No
• Work Type: Any

Job Description

Job title Biofuels Agricultural Operations Analyst
Req ID 30398BR
Job category Business Support
Sub-category Administration/Support
Countries (State/Region) United States - Florida
Location Indiantown
Role synopsis The Agricultural Operations Analyst is primarily responsible for supporting the monthly reporting process and will provide financial analysis and controls work performed throughout the month.

***This position is located in Lorida, FL***
Key accountabilities In this role you will:

- Coordinate monthly and yearly forecasts to ensure operational activity is properly captured in the financial statements and business forecasts and perform various control checks during the month-end close process.
- Analytical review of balance sheet on a month-to-month basis.
- Support departmental needs as needed.
- Performs data analysis to support internal or external operational needs.
- Supports project with data collection and tracking.
- Analyse and generate reports for management.
- Coordinate, create, and edit PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, Word documents.
- Act as local interface with Agricultural Operations, Finance, and Commercial departments.
- Assist with monthly cost center/department/project tracking, budgeting and analysis.
- Prepare documentation of processes and procedures.
- Assist with special projects as needed.
Essential Education - Bachelors Degree required or MBA preferred, or other related field.
Essential experience and job requirements To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:
- 2+ years of progressive financial reporting & accounting experience with strong analytical skills.
- Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint.
- Experience and knowledge of SAP helpful.
- Strong communication, written and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work across functional teams and at all levels throughout the organization.
- Results-oriented with strong follow-through.
- Ability to manage multiple/conflicting priorities with a track record of delivery in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
Other essential skills and knowledge Biofuels Competencies:

Value Creator - Focuses their energy on the actions that will give the greatest return, showing pace, flexibility and resilience in doing so. Take appropriate risks and tries out new ways of solving problems.

Great Partner - Builds strong and enduring partnerships based upon excellence in what they do, sound decision making and strong negotiation skills.

Develop Others - Gets the very best out of people in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Balances the pressure to focus on short-term development with the longer term need to develop the next generation of talent for the business.

Operational Excellence - Simplifies and clarifies situations and processes; delivers operational value through intelligent application of processes; strives for "silent running" operations.
Desirable criteria & qualifications - Commercial experience and exposure to operational roles in a business environment.
- Spanish a plus.
Relocation available No
Travel required Yes - up to 10%
Is this a part time position? No
About BP Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. With a workforce of 80, 000 employees, BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

At BP Alternative Energy we're investing in new ways of providing energy - from innovative new solar and wind businesses to advanced biofuels and clean energy technologies such as the capture and storage of carbon dioxide from traditional fossil fuels. These will provide customers with clean, secure energy - and they will shape the evolution of the global energy industry in the coming decades.

In Biofuels, our business in conventional products such as bio-ethanol is already substantial, accounting for about 10% of the world market. However, as well as providing today's biofuels, we're also developing tomorrow's. We are investing $500 million over 10 years in the Energy Biosciences Institute to explore options for advanced biofuels and other applications of biotechnology to energy.

Disclaimer If you are selected for the position, your employment will be contingent upon submission to and successful completion of a post-offer/pre-placement drug test (and alcohol screening if required by the role) as well as pre-placement verification of the information and qualifications provided during the selection process. BP is an equal opportunity employer.
Removal Time 23:59 (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Removal Date 24-May-2012