Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:

Responsible for supporting bp in the commodity and financial markets, providing desk cover for all traded markets, initiating and maintaining positions based on current economic, political and financial conditions and actively building a customer base to develop and execute trading

The role will be accountable for the below T&S’s South Africa Marine business

• Maintain relationships with vessel agents and operations teams which supply export documentation

• Timely supply of bunker delivery documents and clearing instructions to clearing agents to ensure timeous export declarations.

• Retrieval and collation of all export documentation as required by legislation and as aligned with Indirect tax and Compliance. These documents will include but may not be limited to- Purchase orders, BDNs, Invoices, DA1/DA3s, SAD500s, VOCs, GEM tracking, clearing instructions, proof of payments

• Review collected export documentation for accuracy, completeness and validity; manage any discrepancies with relevant internal/external stakeholders

• Maintain retention of all export documentation in a central repository accessible by all internal stakeholders and in a manner that enables ease of retrieval in the event of any reviews and audits

• Perform weekly proof of export tracking

• Perform reconciliation of export transactions to trade statistics

• Prepare monthly dashboard that provides overview of exports compliance

• Lead the automation of export documentation collection and review efficiency of processes and the need for automation as applicable

• Performs attestation (Indirect Tax control Framework and any other which may be required) of compliance processes within the scope of this role

• Assist with updates of documented processes as changes in the business arise

• Support with the Monthly reconciliation between Marine MI and Statutory reporting

• Support the team with ARIBA related requests

• Lead response to any SARS Audit requests

• Supports the T&S Business Manager in their duties and responsibilities

  • Extracting data from the systems to support ad-hoc requests from the wider teams

  • Assisting with Interim and year-end external auditor requests

  • Assist with the implementation of process improvement solutions for activities within the team

  • Support with action tracking for identified projects

• Cover for the T&S Market analyst

• BCP updates

Essential Education

• Bachelor or Commerce in Accounting or similar

Essential Experience

• Operational indirect tax experience

• Understanding of O2C and export declaration to indirect tax acquittal processes

• Performing reconciliations and multi-way matching of documents within an audit trail

• Managing documentation management systems

• Understanding of the P2P process

Other essential skills

• Strong documentation processing & management skills

• Strong with administration, organisational and coordination/analysing

• Energetic, self-starting and able to take ideas and run with them without undue supervision

• Able to manage and build strong counterparty relationships in a short period of time with external and internal parties whom incumbent has not met or worked with before.

• Good with documents management systems

• Ability to work with various systems and identify potential areas of efficiency

• SAP experience advantageous

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.

Travel Requirement

Negligible 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:

Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Commercial Business Development, Continuous Learning, Customer promise execution, Customer service delivery excellence, Deal modelling and valuation, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Internal alignment, Listening, Loyalty Management, Marketing strategy and programmes, Negotiating value, Negotiation planning and preparation, Partner relationship management, Presenting, Sentiment and Trends, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Writing skills

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.