Midstream Performance Manager

Chicago, IL (Loop) 
12 month contract 
Pay Target: $100-120/hr, flexibility commensurate with experience 


  The Midstream Performance Manager role will report directly to the Head of Midstream Planning and Performance Management, and work on several commercial finance initiatives in 2025. 

There are several programs currently underway (with potential for additional steps) to drive an end-to-end review of the business P&L with a particular focus on costs, biofuels margin, and investment governance. 

• Cost: Working through multiple action items and this role will support the coordination, tracking, and closure of these actions. As these actions are completed, formal updates to the P&L may be identified and actioned. 
  
  

• Biofuels: Partnering with the business to review end to end processes and enhance existing analytics related to biofuels federal and state compliance programs. 
  
  

• Investment Governance: Building additional rigor around the investment governance and capital effectiveness processes.  It will consolidate the pipeline of investments for approval, leading to a more effective comparison and prioritization process and create additional visibility to the performance of the projects and delivery of commercial value compared to original forecasts. 
  
  

Key accountabilities 

• 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. 
  
  

• Lead monthly biofuels analytics process, end to end process reviews, and implement improvements to enhance analytics and provide business insights on performance. 
  
  

• 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. 
  
  

Essential education and 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 
  
  

Desirable criteria 

• 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 or biofuels federal and state program compliance 
  
  

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