Capital Advisory & Structured Finance Advisor

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Treasury is committed to delivering competitive financing, risk management and capital solutions for bp and its businesses. Capital Advisory & Structured Finance (CASF) is the Treasury team focused on funding and structuring, financial advisory, arranging of external financing including limited and non-recourse financing and assurance for bp businesses, legal entities and M&A transactions. The team enables group strategy by bringing funding, advisory and liquidity expertise and support to individual bp businesses, delivering additional capital when required, consistently optimising balance sheets and performing transactions with excellence.

CASF is a global team of corporate treasury and structured finance expertise split across Houston, Singapore and London.

About the role

As an advisor in the London team, you will work closely with businesses, regions and functions to shape the optimal funding approach for transactions spanning internal group funding, intercompany structures and external financing. You will advise on how capital is deployed and repatriated across bp's entities, structure and document intra-group loans and equity arrangements, and work alongside Tax, Legal and Accounting colleagues to ensure structures are efficient and robust. Alongside this, you will manage relationships with banks and other capital providers, making sure any external financing solutions are delivered efficiently and in line with bp's financial framework and risk appetite.

You will build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external counterparties, contribute to the continuous improvement of CASF's processes and controls, and help shape commercial recommendations presented to senior Treasury and business leadership. The role offers broad exposure across bp's portfolio from new country entries and acquisitions to divestments and the opportunity to develop deep technical expertise in internal funding and structured financing.

Key Accountabilities

• Working closely with bp’s businesses i.e., Upstream, Downstream or Supply, Trading & Shipping to support their growth and manage financial risks and exposures of their investments;
• Regular collaboration with colleagues from other functions across the organization such as tax and legal to manage the corporate structure and funding requirements across bp and its diverse portfolio of joint ventures;
• Identifying the optimal financing structure available to projects, including the sources of funding, taking into considerations of local regulatory requirements;
• Collaboration with other functions and businesses to ensure that projects that are being developed are bankable based on the identified debt structure;
• Provide financing assumptions to business development teams to support the overall project economics assessment;
• Playing an active role in building relationships with external financial institutions, including key international and regional banks and multilaterals to gain market intelligence to support bp’s businesses;
• Providing financial structuring, advisory and integration planning support to M&A transactions;
• Developing and implementing processes that will support the team’s ways of working; and,
• Coaching more junior members of the CASF team and having the opportunity to be an active member of the wider Treasury & Tax community.
  

We are seeking individuals with

• Strong financial competence and relationship management skills;
• A relevant bachelor’s degree with experience working in a corporate finance or financial services environment (preferred);
• A good understanding of corporate finance theory, domestic/international trade and project financing sources and structures, economic evaluation methodologies, risk and risk management tools and/or data analytics;
• Have knowledge of the impact of commercial contracts on the bankability of projects;
• Good knowledge of energy business/industry, its commercial drivers and operating environment;
• Excellent interpersonal communication, negotiation skills that can successfully be applied to build trust and handle conflicts;
• Excellent project management skills with attention to detail;
• Self-starter, able to work in a flexible manner both independently and as part of a distributed team; and,
• An ability to negotiate and influence without authority and bring clarity to ambiguous situations.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now!

Travel Requirement

No travel is 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, Analytical Thinking, Asset and project finance, Banking Relationships, Banking solutions, Cash, debt and liquidity forecasting, Claims Management, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Corporate Finance, Corporate structure and group funding architecture, Credit rating management, Curiosity, Debt Capital Markets, Decision Making, Defined benefit pension schemes fund management, Defined contribution pension schemes investment strategy, Digital Automation, Digital cybersecurity, Digital Fluency, Equity Capital Markets, Ethical judgement, Financial framework management, Identification and quantification of insurable risk, Influencing {+ 13 more}

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Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.

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