The Financial Analyst – Portfolio & Investments supports the EPMO, FP&A and Capital Committee by providing financial analysis for enterprise projects and initiatives. This role partners with project owners, business sponsors, Procurement, IT, Accounting and FP&A to develop business cases, evaluate investment returns, support project lifecycle economics and monitor whether projects deliver expected value over time.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain business cases, financial models and standard templates for project evaluation and approval.
- Perform breakeven, payback, ROI, NPV, IRR and sensitivity analysis for capital investments and resource-intensive initiatives.
- Support Capital Committee materials with clear financial summaries, assumptions, risks and return profiles.
- Track approved project benefits, budget performance and value realization over the project lifecycle.
- Support administrative financial activities related to AFEs, POs, JD Edwards, Oracle EPM Cloud, forecast updates and project financial documentation.
Key Traits & Capabilities
- Strong analytical curiosity and willingness to dig into data, assumptions and business drivers.
- High attention to accuracy, documentation and financial controls.
- Business partnership mindset: able to translate finance concepts into plainspoken decision support.
- Process-builder orientation with interest in templates, standards and repeatable reporting.
- Comfort balancing detailed financial work with practical project and stakeholder needs.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business analytics or a related field preferred.
- 0–3 years of financial analysis, FP&A, investment analysis, project or business case experience preferred.
- Strong Excel skills, including formulas, data organization, modeling and scenario analysis.
- Exposure to Oracle EPM Cloud, JD Edwards, Power BI or financial reporting systems preferred.
- Ability to work collaboratively with FP&A, Procurement, IT, project teams and business owners.
What Success Looks Like in the First 12 Months
- Project business cases become more consistent, comparable and decision-ready.
- Capital Committee receives clearer financial assumptions, return metrics and value-tracking expectations.
- Project financial templates are adopted across the enterprise portfolio.
- Approved initiatives are tracked against expected benefits and lifecycle financial commitments.
- EPMO and FP&A have a stronger bridge between capital planning, project execution and results measurement.
Pay Range
54,600 - 61,950
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics, business analytics, or a related field
- 0-3 years of financial analysis, FP&A, investment analysis, project, or business case experience
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, data organization, financial modeling, and scenario analysis
- Exposure to Oracle EPM Cloud, JD Edwards, Power BI, or financial reporting systems
- Ability to collaborate with FP&A, Procurement, IT, project teams, and business owners
What We Do
Murphy USA (NYSE: MUSA) is a leading retailer of gasoline and convenience merchandise with more than 1,700 stores located primarily in the Southwest, Southeast, Midwest and Northeast United States. The Company and its team of over 17,000 employees serve an estimated two million customers each day through its network of retail gasoline and convenience stores in 27 states. The majority of Murphy USA's stores are located in close proximity to Walmart Supercenters, but we also operate standalone stores that market gasoline and other products under the Murphy USA, Murphy Express, and QuickChek brands. Murphy USA ranks 214 among Fortune 500 companies. Such exponential growth speaks to Murphy’s commitment to provide quality fuels, convenient locations and best-in-class customer service. Today, the company continues to move forward for the benefit of its customers, investors, employees and other valued partners by making solid alliances, responsible investments and smarter business practices.
