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Budget Analyst

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Marathon Petroleum — Hot Springs, AR
Salary: $60,000 - $84,000 Level: Mid-Level Posted: 2026-10-23 Closes: 2026-12-03
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The role

There's a freelance opening at Marathon Petroleum for a Budget Analyst, and the work starts where Stress Management meets a genuinely hard problem. With ownership, a $60,000 - $84,000 salary, and 3 years of Facilitation to draw on, you'll do your best work at Marathon Petroleum.

Key Responsibilities

  • Read the room and adjust how you pitch Communication to each audience
  • Trade quick wins for relentlessly-kind fixes when the math favors patience
  • Support daily operations at our Hot Springs site and keep workflows moving
  • Sense when a Hot Springs relationship needs a call, not an email
  • Keep skills current through ongoing training and self-directed learning
  • Read between the lines of what Hot Springs customers actually need

What You'll Bring

  • A bias-to-action attitude and eagerness to learn new skills
  • Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
  • Comfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
  • Real Time Management chops, plus the Growth Mindset curiosity to keep growing
  • The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
  • Mid-level fluency in Negotiation, with Communication on your roadmap

Marathon Petroleum writes the software that keeps general operations humming, all of it engineered in Hot Springs, AR by a wildly-collaborative bunch. Collaboration over heroics is our default, and we'd rather win as a group than burn anyone out.

Land here and your reward starts at $60,000 - $84,000, then climbs alongside the mentorship, flexible hours, and benefits we keep stacking on top.

Updated within the day, the Budget Analyst position keeps welcoming resumes.

Make Marathon Petroleum your next answer when someone asks where you work, and apply now.

Skills required

  • Analytical Thinking
  • Negotiation
  • Time Management
  • Creativity
  • Relationship Building
  • Facilitation
  • Collaboration
  • Active Listening
  • Growth Mindset
  • Communication
  • Work-Life Balance
  • Stress Management
  • Resilience

Why join Marathon Petroleum

  • International assignment opportunities
  • Estate planning services
  • No-meeting Fridays
  • Employer-paid health premiums
  • Phone Allowance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Discounts on company products
  • Paid sick leave
  • Physical therapy coverage

Next step

This Freelance role in Hot Springs, AR closes 2026-12-03.