Senior/Lead Business Analyst

An exciting career awaits you

At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

The Business Analyst is a business representative for the end-to-end processes used within several Commercial product lines including, but not limited to, Enterprise Trading & Risk Management (ETRM), Marketing Pricing & Rates (MPR), Operational Margin (OM), End Product Sales Forecast (EPSF), and Product Availability & Allocations (PAA). The role interacts with business leaders, subject matter experts, and IT to validate functional and system requirements, develop business cases, explore and implement process improvement suggestions, and execute problem resolutions within Commercial systems.

The successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter, with strong attention to detail and interpersonal skills and tenacity to work through process improvements and change readiness opportunities for the benefit of MPC. The candidate will work with a wide array of organizations and business functions within MPC. It will also work closely with Product Owners and IT to troubleshoot issues and advocate for changes on behalf of the business. The candidate should be able to work in a team environment and maintain a strong business partnering focus.

• Provides day-to-day system administration support for at least one product line within the Commercial application space (OM, EPSF, or PAA). Also expected to become able to support RightAngle / ETRM applications, Sales Data Flows, and Market Pricing & Rates over time.

• Collaborates with stakeholders to elicit, document, and prioritize business requirements for trending issues with the help of the Commercial Product Owners.

• Conducts thorough analysis of existing processes and systems to identify areas for improvements in the Commercial application space.

• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can inform business decisions.

• Creates and maintains reports and dashboards to track key performance indicators.

• Develops process maps and workflow diagrams to illustrate current and future states of business processes; identifies bottlenecks and areas for optimization within existing workflows.

• Works closely with cross-functional teams to design and propose effective and efficient solutions.

• Provides input and conducts testing for the development and implementation of new systems or process enhancements for supported product lines.

• Communicates to internal stakeholders and trains end-users on new systems or process enhancements.

• Ensures business needs are clearly communicated and understood by all stakeholders.

• Ensures implemented solutions meet business requirements and quality standards for short and long-term supportability.

• Monitors industry trends and best practices to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Serves as business liaison for internal and external audits.

• Prioritizes work items and is adaptable to changing priorities.

• Supports applications that require 24x7 availability and has an on-call requirement of 1-2 times per quarter for a week at a time.

Additional responsibilities will be required if the individual is hired into the Lead Business Analyst role.

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Four (4) years experience required.

Lead Business Analyst:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Six (6) years experience required.

• Experience working with Commercial business and systems preferred.

• Experience working within ServiceNow preferred.

• Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.

• Building Partnerships - Developing and leveraging relationships within and across work groups to achieve results.

• Communication - The ability to speak and write effectively, demonstrates fundamental command of language, communicates well using all mediums.

• Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.

• Critical Thinking - Identifying and understanding issues, problems and opportunities; using data analysis to draw conclusions; using judgment in choosing a course of action; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences. Intellectually curious.

• Customer Focused - Ensuring that the internal or external customer’s perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.

• Data Management - Knowledge of governance frameworks for data analytics, including data usage policies, data access controls, and oversight of analytical processes

• Organizing - Ability to anticipate resource needs and then lay out, prioritize and shape activities to meet objectives. Aligns resources with work plans.

• Project Management - The discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. General Project Management applies to all kinds of projects such as construction, studies, information technology, marketing and sales, real estate, finance, purchasing, engineering, utilities, etc.

• Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risk, making timely decisions and holding people accountable for results.

• Teamwork - The ability of team members to work well together in every situation and empathize with each other. Teamwork skills consist of interrelated abilities that let you work effectively in an organized group.

• Technical Knowledge - Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; leveraging expert knowledge to accomplish results.

• Work Standards - Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

Findlay, Ohio

Job Requisition ID:

00016178

Pay Min/Max:

$104,300.00 - $179,800.00 Salary

Grade:

11 - 12

Location Address:

539 S Main St

Additional locations:

Denver, Colorado, San Antonio, Texas

Education:

Bachelors (Required)

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship  or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
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