Led all Planning & Budgeting, and management information processes,reporting to CFO, working through HQ & Regional finance staff.Delivered strategic & financial performance analysis to Executive &Board.• Responsible for Group Budget & Long-Term Plan for business with annual >$5Bn Revenue, >$1.4Bn Expenses, and >$0.5Bn Capex.• Provide the business with commercial, finance, and economic analysis & assurance for all major investment and M&A decisions.

Managed project economic evaluations, strategic portfolio analysis, and macroeconomic research. Established Group standards for economic analysis.• Facilitated a pivotal company-wide strategic review for the Executive Team, focused the portfolio & canceled over 75% of projects. • Led Cost Transformation Core Team, achieving >20% reduction in cash costs and >40% reduction in capex costs for total company.• Established a global centre of excellence on project economics… Show more Managed project economic evaluations, strategic portfolio analysis, and macroeconomic research. Established Group standards for economic analysis.• Facilitated a pivotal company-wide strategic review for the Executive Team, focused the portfolio & canceled over 75% of projects. • Led Cost Transformation Core Team, achieving >20% reduction in cash costs and >40% reduction in capex costs for total company.• Established a global centre of excellence on project economics, disseminated appropriate guidance across the Group, and supported to ensure compliance. Show less

Led a team of 10 analysts in delivering budgeting & long-term planning, economic analysis, and business case solutions.• Led a project team of analysts and consultants in developing a new planning process and economic model for N. American assets.• Led the team in preparing business cases for the Montney and Duvernay shale gas capital programs, including BoD documentation.• Coordinated a strategy review for Talisman’s Montney Play, involving a multi-disciplinary team, resulting in a… Show more Led a team of 10 analysts in delivering budgeting & long-term planning, economic analysis, and business case solutions.• Led a project team of analysts and consultants in developing a new planning process and economic model for N. American assets.• Led the team in preparing business cases for the Montney and Duvernay shale gas capital programs, including BoD documentation.• Coordinated a strategy review for Talisman’s Montney Play, involving a multi-disciplinary team, resulting in a significant change in direction. Show less

Managed team of analysts providing high-quality budgeting & economic analysis on operations involving ~$400m in opex & 50 mboe/d. • Combined 14 office and field analysts into one functional team, improved performance reporting and financial discipline.

Led the economic analysis and business case preparation for two major projects, with combined capex of over $5bn. • Developed Coal Bed Methane (CBM) long-term development plan and, with team, achieved access rights to 1bn boe Mist Mountain coalfield.• Represented BP’s commercial interests in intense public forums and government meetings.• Accurately & efficiently modeled complex development scenarios for a $1.5bn tight gas project, and prepared the approved business case.

Collaborated with multiple teams in Russia, U.K., & Houston to prepare business cases, develop budgets, & monitor financial performance.• Prepared the approved business case for two major offshore exploration wells, drilled ahead of schedule and under budget.• Modeled future exploration prospect drilling offshore Sakhalin, and optimized the economic model used for project evaluation.

Developed valuation models for M&A proposals. Drafted Purchase & Sale documentation and prepared competitor benchmarking presentations.• As M&A deal coordinator facilitated >20 successful closings by leveraging the expertise of numerous internal & external resources.• Improved BP’s capital investment planning by creating an MS Access database tool used for project ranking & performance tracking.