Description

Purpose
Finance Advisors serve as the face of Finance for opportunities or challenges prioritized based on value and risk. They are responsible for the delivery of Finance capability required to support a set of clearly defined business outcomes across multiple activities/assets.​  This role reports to the Finance Manager TT.

Impact
The Finance Advisor will be assigned a variety of activities/opportunities as part of the Pool based on Value/Risk. This includes: control frameworks concerns, performance management, project and exploration support, commercial arrangements, contracts, wells support, cost recovery, GRA, etc. Depending on the requirements, of the specific activity:

• Deliver the full suite of Finance support (including tax, treasury, accounting and structuring) autonomously and coordinate the involvement of CoEs above pre-agreed thresholds​
• Independently ensure that a proper functioning control framework is in place and that risks are properly understood, reflected and managed​
• Independently ensure value and risks are made transparent and understood in both decision making and in performance management ​
• A fit for purpose performance management system is in place​
• In activities where FO and Business act together to deliver, lead/initiate structural improvement projects and leaves the accountability for delivery with the accountable people (the Finance Advisor is explicitly not acting as an ad hoc fixer to mitigate process performance issues) ​
• Brings new proposals of high value activities to the Pool Manager who decides on the resource allocation.
• Actively look for opportunities to reduce non value adding Finance activity (“demand management”)​
• Maximise use of Finance Operations in delivery of processes ​

 
Interfaces
Finance Advisors, as part of a pool supporting the business: ​

• Work on various opportunities across multiple activities/assets and are not dedicated to a specific activity, asset or business partner. The work they perform will change over time and be prioritised based on value and risk, and professional development. ​
• Will on specific projects/transactions work with business stakeholders to work as the voice of Finance to deliver as “One Finance” with the (CoE) and Finance Operations ​
• Acts across organisational boundaries as required in the specific activity ​

Capabilities/ Skills
Finance Advisors demonstrate/have/develop:​

• Minimum of ACCA qualification or Finance Degree
• Strong collaboration and enterprise first behaviors
• Effective working relationship with Finance Operations (OneFinance)
• Expertise across the spectrum of Finance competences​
• Ability to gain the confidence of various internal and external parties building on strong knowledge and understanding of the business drivers, value and risk​
• Maturity and authority to decide when to involve CoEs and effectively play the independent Finance role ​
• Problem solving mindset with the courage to ensure professional financial rigor is applied to commercial decision-making process and risk management bringing analytics and insights to the table​
• Project management skills and flexibility given the support across multiple activities/assets​
• Ability to rapidly understand the specific business or function context for which activities in the pool concept are linked