Commercial Analyst- Real Estate

Entity

Customers & Products

Job Family Group

Business Support Group

Job Description

This role is a core commercial and financial partner to bp’s EV and mobility growth agenda, responsible for translating strategy into disciplined investment decisions. The role leads the development of robust financial models, commercial forecasts, and market insights to evaluate new opportunities, optimise the existing portfolio, and support capital allocation. By providing evidence‑based business cases, scenario analysis, and performance insight, the role enables bp to deploy capital efficiently, manage risk, and deliver attractive returns while scaling low‑carbon mobility in support of bp’s overall transition and growth strategy.

Key Accountabilities

• Build and Maintain Financial Models
  
  

Develop, own, and continuously refine detailed financial models (DCF, IRR/NPV, sensitivity, scenario and portfolio models) to support investment appraisal, long-range planning, and commercial decision-making.

• Commercial Evaluation of Opportunities
  
  

Lead the quantitative assessment of new sites, demand partnerships, and strategic initiatives including utilisation and margin forecasting, cost benchmarking, and return analysis.

• Support Business Cases and Investment Papers
  
  

Produce high-quality business cases, and investment committee submissions, ensuring assumptions are evidence-based, aligned with strategy, and stress-tested.

• Market, Competitor & Performance Analysis
  
  

Conduct structured analysis of market trends, competitor performance, utilisation volumes, customer behaviour, pricing, and margin drivers to generate actionable insights.

• Own Commercial Forecasting & Cost Modelling
  
  

Deliver accurate forecasts for revenue, margins, utilisation, Opex, and capex; reconcile forecasts to actuals and identify drivers of variance to improve forecast accuracy.

• Cross-Functional Business Partnering
  
  

Partner with Finance, Strategy, Real Estate, Engineering, and Operations to input commercial insight into pipeline prioritisation, contract negotiations, pricing decisions, and operational optimisation.

• Data Insights & Reporting
  
  

Develop dashboards and reporting packs to track KPIs, evaluate commercial performance, and provide insight to senior management; ensure data integrity and improve data flows.

• Risk, Sensitivity & Scenario Management
  
  

Identify and model commercial risks, downside cases, sensitivities, and opportunities; provide recommendations to mitigate risks and optimise project/portfolio returns.

Education

University degree or equivalent experience or higher-level financial qualification (i.e CFA)

Essential Experience

• At least 5 years’ commercial analytical experience, preferably related to retail markets or real estate
• A good understanding of establishing business infrastructure networks
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills and the ability to interpret data sets
• Experience in data projects
• Experience in Discounted Cash Flow Models
• Fluent in English
• Strong experience in data base management tools
  
  

Why Join our team?

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 crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type

This position is not available for remote working

Skills

Business Analysis, Business modelling, Corporate Finance, Data Analysis, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Financial Modeling, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Valuation, Methods and tools, Microsoft Excel, Product Management, Project Management, Real Estate Appraisals, Requirements definition and management, Stakeholder Management, User Experience Design, User experience research

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.

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