Job summary
Entity:
Customers & Products
Job Family Group:
Operations Group
Job Description:
Role Synopsis:
The Plant Finance Support role is a critical finance business partner embedded within Castrol’s Baton Rouge manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for ensuring financial accuracy, operational cost transparency, and strong budget performance across all site activities. It plays a key role in supporting plant leadership through proactive financial analysis, decision support, and continuous improvement in cost control and efficiency.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead plant-level financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and variance analysis to drive informed decision-making.
- Ensure accurate product costing, inventory controls, and monthly pricing updates for all manufactured SKUs.
- Own and manage all site financial controls, including cost accounting, accounts payables/receivables, and payroll-related expenses.
- Support month-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and preparation of financial statements.
- Lead the site’s budgeting and forecasting cycles; identify performance gaps and recommend corrective actions.
- Provide timely, data-driven financial updates to site leadership and regional partners.
- Analyze operational results versus plan, track key financial KPIs, and prepare internal reports on plant performance.
- Drive productivity and cost reduction initiatives through financial modeling and strategic analysis.
- Monitor plant expenditures, ensure budget compliance, and identify cost optimization opportunities.
- Set annual standard costs for manufacturing, storage & handling, and logistics at the SKU level.
- Support inventory management, including physical inventory counts and control measures to minimize variances and write-offs.
- Maintain and manage freight and transportation cost data for inbound materials and finished goods.
- Contribute to competitiveness efforts by providing cost insights and supporting operational efficiency projects.
- Build and maintain tools, dashboards, and reports for continuous improvement in plant financial performance.
Essential Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in finance or accounting, with at least 3 years in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong expertise in cost accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting within a plant operations context.
- Proficient in ERP systems (preferably SAP) and advanced in Microsoft Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial data and present insights clearly to operational leaders.
- Experience in financial forecasting, variance analysis, and performance tracking.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Power BI or similar tools for financial dashboard development.
- Background in supporting continuous improvement or lean manufacturing initiatives.
- Strong presentation skills, with experience creating financial briefings for leadership audiences.
Why Join Us:
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. 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, and 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.
Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation
Remote Type:
This position is not available for remote working
Skills:
Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continuous improvement, Creativity and Innovation, Customer quality requirements, Digital fluency, Quality Audit, Quality in Design, Quality Management Systems, Quality Planning, Root Cause Investigations, Supplier Quality Management, Sustainability awareness and action
Legal Disclaimer:
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, 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.
If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.