James Erte

Experience

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  Bp

  Jan 2011 - now

  Planning & Performance Management• Influencing business decisions through effective performance management: Quarterly Plan Freeze, cost tracking and insightful reporting to leadership, driving successful outcomes• Create insightful, relevant and succinct briefing material to support LT decision making• Development and delivery of the Long Term Plan, aligned with business strategy: Preparation andsubmission of long term and annual planning. Supplying insight in order to build an accurate and robust plans from the bottom up.Cost Recovery• Maximise partner recovery by providing variance analysis of resource utilisation to Leadership,efficient forecasting and setup of Technical Service Work and education to the Technical team.• Coordinate R&D Tax Credits & Norway Partner Recovery.• Lead R&D Regional Allocations.Commercial• Produce and present the results of economic evaluations as input to Investment Governance ﴾IG﴿ documentation, commercialisation plans, steering committees, key stage gate reviews and partner negotiations.• Co‐ordinate and lead the creation of IG documentation to sanction key project spend that will unlock value to the business.Investment Governance (IG)• Co‐ordinate and lead Functional IG check‐in meetings, bringing together key IG stakeholders to maintain connectivity, share context, provide input to the UT IG lookahead, share best practice and provide feedback on key issues.• Communicate any required updates to UT IG guidance and processes to maintain a sound control environment.• Act as first point of contact for any IG related queries from the function. Show less Investment Governance• Establish and apply an appropriate, practical and consistent methodology for understanding the valueof the investment BP makes in the Upstream Technology Portfolio• Provide economic modelling capability to Technical, Commercial and Intellectual Asset Managementdisciplines for the development of flagship commercialisation plans and present the results at steeringcommittee and key stage gate reviews.• Develop business cases, ATN and FM required to obtain management approval of projects, networking across BP functions as required.• Support the preparation of the Upstream Technology Function metrics, interrogating the Technology Information Management System where necessary• Collate the results from investment case economic evaluations and value delivered, conductingportfolio analysis and providing a view on the potential value of the Upstream Technology portfolio.LoSal Technology Transfer and Licensing• Support the development and implementation of the EOR Technology Transfer and LicensingModel, including organising and facilitating regular cross functional meetings in aid of managementalignment, establishing a document management structure and producing shared project plans.• Support Head of Licensing in developing BP’s annual and long‐term business plan for EORdeployment and licensing.• Lead economic evaluations in support of licensing projects, including negotiation of licenceagreements.• Support creation of standard proposal and technology package documents• Evaluate the EOR market to create a prioritised, risk‐weighted, portfolio of projects in BP’s assets andexternally. Show less • As Subject Matter Expert for the Technology Information Management System ﴾TIMS﴿, ensure thesuccessful progression of the project• Produce a mock up of TIMS and engage stakeholders• Interview 3rd Parties to identify a suitable tool to satisfy the specifications of TIMS• Implement TIMS tool including user manual• Facilitate cross functional meetings to ensure alignment and successful delivery of projectmilestones• Produce Decision Support Packs as input to Stage Gate Reviews.• High level valuation of technologies that allow for sensitivity/what if analysis• Build and deploy an integrated gas value chain cost model• Provide a consistent approach to justification of Upstream Technology spend and enable assessmentof alignment with business strategy Show less

  • Finance Digital Transformation Advisor

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Senior Finance Data Analyst

    Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Planning & Commercial Analyst

    Jul 2015 - Nov 2018

  • Licensing & Technology Value Analyst

    Jan 2012 - Jun 2015

  • Finance Analyst

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2011