Field Business Associate at Buckeye Partners in Corpus Christi, TX

FIELD BUSINESS ASSOCIATE Buckeye is the premier infrastructure and logistics provider for the world’s energy needs, both today and tomorrow. Since 1886, we have successfully navigated transitions in the way energy has been distributed to continually meet the needs of an evolving market and industry environment. Our people are a critical element to the success and longevity of our operational history and our future as we seek to thrive through the energy transition. We own and operate a diversified global network of integrated assets providing midstream logistic solutions, primarily consisting of the transportation, storage, processing, and marketing of liquid petroleum products. We are committed to safely and responsibly providing world-class service to meet the continually evolving energy needs of our customers and the communities we serve. As part of this commitment to our customers, we are continually diversifying our platform and service offerings to enable less carbon intensive energy solutions and undertaking decarbonization efforts on our operations.   Buckeye Partners is currently seeking a Field Business Associate in the Oil & Gas Industry to join our team! Role Summary: The Field Business Associate provides financial and business support to the South Texas Asset Team. This role is responsible for managing the asset team’s expense tracking, budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting processes. The Field Business Associate ensures accurate and timely financial information is available to support sound business decisions and works closely with budget owners and leadership to drive cost awareness and accountability.   Key Responsibilities: Expense Management & Financial Reporting • Oversee the coding and processing of invoices for the South Texas Asset Team. • Work with budget owners to compile accurate monthly accruals and ensure costs are recorded in the correct period. • Analyze actual costs on a monthly basis to identify trends, anomalies, and actionable takeaways; present findings to asset team leadership. • Review actual costs monthly and correct any errors (e.g., miscoding's, expense vs. capital classifications). • Work with budget owners to compile clear, concise comments explaining variances to budget/forecast for inclusion in monthly reporting packages.   Budgeting & Forecasting • Lead the preparation of the South Texas Asset Team's annual operating budget.  Includes line-item entry for over ten responsibility areas with a total annual spend in excess of $65 million. • Lead all budget update cycles throughout the year for the South Texas Asset Team. • Support and guide budget owners through each phase of the budgeting and forecasting process to ensure accuracy and alignment with business objectives. • Create and maintain financial guidelines and checklists for South Texas Asset Team staff and management (e.g., proper time recording to work orders, work order creation, expense vs. capital delineation). • Train South Texas Asset Team members on budget processes and financial guidelines to build financial acumen across the team.   General Business Support • Respond to ad hoc information and data requests from asset team leadership, corporate FP&A, and other internal stakeholders. • Provide Finance support within the Incident Command System (ICS) when necessary. • Assist with inventory tracking for South Texas Asset Team equipment and materials. • Support asset team personnel with contract-related tasks as needed. • And other duties as assigned.   Position Requirements: • Experience: 2+ years in business analysis, accounting, bookkeeping or related roles. Experience in midstream oil & gas is a plus. • Education: Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance, or related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered. • Skills: Strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills; ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. • Technical Proficiency: Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel); comfortable learning new software and systems. Experience with Oracle JDE, OneStream, Insight, and Open Invoice is a plus   Certificates & Licenses: • None Required   Essential Functions: • This position requires the ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and or/quantitative productivity standards. • This role requires the ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards. • This position requires compliance with all personnel policies.   Physical & Safety Requirements: • Normal office environment.   About You: To be successful in the Buckeye culture, our employees must possess a demonstrated commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance. Excellent communication, both written and verbal, as well as strong organizational skills are paramount. You must work independently and be able to exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism when dealing with internal and external customers, and when handling sensitive and confidential information.  Buckeye wants to create and reward an organizational focus that stimulates the creative and entrepreneurial actions of its employees that result in innovative ways of reducing costs, generating revenues, improving productivity, or improving processes.    People First Culture:  From managing over 5,000 miles of pipeline to commercializing clean energy projects, our people collaborate to provide world-class service and meet the changing energy needs of our customers. Our employee-first culture means that we invest in our employees and equip them to be fully contributing members of high performing teams. We are focused on collaboration, inclusion, empowerment, accountability, and professional development. We want the best in you to bring out the best in us.    Join us as we work together to build a business that is responsive to the needs of the future while continuing to serve the energy needs of communities today.