Midstream Performance Manager for a global Oil & Gas company in Chicago, IL. The role will report directly to the Head of Midstream Planning and Performance Management, and work on several commercial finance initiatives for 2025.

Contract Duration: 12 month

• Required Skills & Experience:
• Strong analytic skills, commercial acuity and understanding of business drivers, with related business experiences are preferred
• Prior demonstrated ability to create new processes and ways of working without a roadmap
• Strong influencing abilities to build consensus and engagement with key partners at all levels and across the organization
• Knowledge of Power BI, SAP, Excel, Access, VBA, SQL, etc.
• Proven energy industry experience, with emphasis supply, logistics, and trading
• Essential Education & Experience:
• Bachelor's degree or higher is required but flexible on degree area (Finance, Accounting, Engineering, etc), MBA or CFA helpful but not required.
• Significant experience (8+ years) in finance or commercial vital, with experience across financial reporting/analysis and commercial operations/development a plus.
• Ability to interpret and communicate financial information and commercial drivers with transparency, provide insights to deliver business improvement and to optimize and protect value.
• Experience managing and balancing multiple partner groups
• Daily Responsibilities:
• Work directly with the Head of Planning and Performance Management to complete an end-to-end cost review of the business, create and follow up investigative paths, track actions, and follow through to delivered cost savings.
• Support the collective Midstream finance team in conducting a comprehensive gross margin review including cost-in-margin.
• Build and maintain tools to track and manage the investment portfolio, including implementation of structured processes, performance management, and control monitoring.
• Other ad-hoc projects or initiatives as needed.