Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Murphy Oil Corporation is 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.
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
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or other relevant discipline
- 19 + years of experience with 10 or more years in planning, financial analysis, FP&A, operational performance, reporting, audit, process improvement, or related functions preferred
- Strong understanding of forecasting, budgeting, scenario analysis, variance analysis, capital allocation, and executive decision support
- Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally, lead process improvements, translate analysis into recommendations, and communicate effectively with senior leaders and stakeholders
- Experience using financial planning, reporting, or workflow tools to improve business processes and deliver reliable insights
- Experience developing executive - or Board-level materials, KPI reporting, financial models, business cases, portfolio analysis, or performance narratives
- Experience leading planning process redesign, enterprise system migrations, workflow automation, reporting standardization, or cross-functional change management efforts
- Familiarity with upstream oil and gas planning concepts, including wells, pads, production volumes, reserves, development schedules, forecasts, capital spend, and operating performance
- Advanced proficiency with Excel and experience with tools such as Anaplan, Hyperion, Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, Spotfire, SQL, Snowflake, Azure, Databricks, or similar platforms
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