Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Business Support Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Finance Managing and protecting the balance sheet of an organization of bp’s size and scope is a responsibility that demands world-class expertise. Our finance professionals play a vital role in the growing our company’s value through providing commercial insight and handling financial risk. Join us, and you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career as you address some of the most important challenges in the energy sector.

Let me tell you about the role

This role is part of the Finance Business and Technology (FBT), ERP Transformation Team, a team whose objectives underpin the overall Finance vision of creating and protecting value through innovation, insight, and stewardship. The team’s objectives are to lead the efforts to establish a single global ERP Financial business template that will incorporate standardized global processes, a common data taxonomy and simplify our ERP landscape. This includes partnering with Technology and global and business stakeholders to also manage interdependent processes and tools for an agile, consistent, and collaborative execution of change.

Finance ERP transformation data advisor will work with the Finance ERP Transformation Data Manager and play a critical role in overseeing the end-to-end deployment of the SAP global financial data, ensuring alignment to fit to standard requirements and seamless transforming all bp finance data according to S4 finance template design. Additionally, you will closely work with business to ensure standard data strategies are implemented globally to drive successful project outcomes and ensure project benefits realization.

What you will deliver

• Serve as an SME in the Data squad/work stream and help transform bp global finance data in accordance with functional and system requirements and translate these into detailed plans
• Implement timely all in scope Data deliverables with quality
• Help develop a data strategy ensuring close collaboration with the Finance Data ETL Team, CDO of all workstreams and functional data experts
• Identify global data impacts due to coordinated systems or dependent activity outside of the S/4 Hana
• Work closely across squads to provide comprehensive data inputs into the design of the standard global financial template for S/4 Hana
• Participate and support an effective data governance process
• Supervise data metrics to confirm benefits realization around the maintenance of a standard master data set
• Identify data activities required to certify the efficient flow of data, including data interfaces from other key systems and/or processes e.g. workday, data lake, business warehouse
• Collaborate across squads/workstreams to validate data flows, account structures and ownership
• Provide data aspects of training to change squad to help upskill end users
• Create and report business data stability metrics before and after launch to measure post-release stabilization
• Support data validation of data deployments to ensure a timely business sign off
• Participate in data retrospectives to ensure lessons learned from previous sprint cycles are incorporated with appropriate mitigating actions, ownership, and progress tracking
• Understand and communicate data impacts and functionality of S/4 Hana modules as well as those SAP modules within the scope of interfacing systems/modules (i.e. Ariba, Plant Maintenance, workday)

Essential experience and qualifications

• Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or equivalent experience.
• Strong Analytical skills – Detailed oriented with the ability to analyze large quantities of data and convert into understandable results. Ability to identify efficient ways to address a variety of task and complete in a timely manner. Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Leadership – Take ownership. Ability to lead priorities while maintaining focus and field to accomplish key work. Ability to take action and progress initiatives independently within an environment where some information may be limited. Can identify and escalate issues quickly if needed.
• Collaborative Style - Provide proven evidence of thriving in a team environment & of building positive, productive relationships that develop partnership and teamwork among individuals and various functional groups.
• Good Interpersonal skills – Ability to network optimally across a diverse set of collaborators, take the initiative to create opportunities for efficiencies and problem resolution, ability to communicate ideas both concisely and persuasively

Desirable experience and qualifications

• Experience in supporting integrated solutions, including standard process, data, roles and systems
• Experience with ERP data structure, data flow and data consolidation process
• Experience (7+ years) in finance area of a specific BP business (i.e. P&O, C&P, T&S)
• Proficient in legacy finance master data (PC/CC and its attributes, asset, WBS element, etc.) requirements/setup
• Solid understanding of various modules (AA, PS, FI, CO, AR, AP, JV, PCA etc.) of ERP financial systems (SAP) and tools used for analysis and presentations (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience in collaborating with a Global team
• Experience with JVA, Revenue and PCA accounting is a plus

Additional Information

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

• A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
• Life and health insurance, medical care package
• And many other benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Integration, Managing strategic partnerships, Research and insights, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Sustainability awareness and action

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.