FP&A C&P Cost Performance Manager (Fixed-term)
Bp
Budapest, Hungary
Posted on Oct 22, 2025
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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.
It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions. And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you’ll be fully connected into the world of bp. You’ll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There’s a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we’re with you.
Join our FP&A Team and advance your career as an
FP&A C&P Cost Performance Manager (Fixed-term)
The FP&A C&P Cost Performance Manager leads a team of financial advisors and analysts located in Hungary, driving business value by providing performance insights and supporting the business delivery of the financial plan as it relates to assets. This role partners with key stakeholders across the mobility & convenience business in Europe including VP Transformation and business improvement, Finance VP, PPM Senior Finance Manager, business teams, and digital to provide insight and drive performance. This role also contributes to the transformation of PPM processes as part of bp transformation.
In this role You will:
- Manage a team of direct reports, ensuring the appropriate expectations, principles, structures, tools and responsibilities are in place to deliver the plan and deliver excellence. In line with continuous conversations, have regular honest and constructive dialogue with team members to support performance and career development
- Coordinate analysis and explanation of reports to ensure informed decision making and supports team to find opportunities for intervention and facilitate closure of performance gaps by providing performance insight to key partners. Partner with key stakeholders in the M&C Europe business, providing insights to drive the delivery of the financial plan for cash costs, embedding strong operating cost management.
- Act as a key member of the team accountable for decision support activities (economic modelling, scenario/sensitivity analysis, functional assurance, etc).
- Implement a fit-for-purpose functional assurance process and collaborate with teams outside the business (integrators such as ARC, Tax, Treasury, etc) as projects are progressed.
- Drive consolidation of TCC reports on Europe level focusing on standardization, simplification and automation
- Work closely with the business teams across Europe, provides analytical support, creates reports and insights on TCC including actuals and financialized forecasts for in-year, Plan and longer-term shape (5 years).
- Drive continuous improvement, standardization and simplification across the core Planning & Performance Management (PPM) processes including data analytics, automation and operating business Management information (MI), encouraging collaboration to design and implement system and process improvements and ensure internal and external guidelines are shared across the wider team.
What you will need to be successful:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is required - preferably in Finance, Business, or Accounting
- Significant experience (10+ years) in financial forecasting and planning
- Ability to interpret and communicate financial information with clarity providing insights to deliver business improvement and to optimize and protect value.
- Experience of quickly grasping new situations/business/activity
- Ability to create insights from data analysis and challenge the status quo
- Good command of written and spoken English, any additional language knowledge is an advantage
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong influencing ability to build consensus and engagement with key partners at all levels and across organizational boundaries
- Ability to lead change and prioritize team workload in a fast paced environment
- Strong analytic skills, business insight and understanding of business drivers, with related business experiences are preferred
- Experience of bp planning and performance management processes and systems (experience with SAC / IBP is an advantage)
- Experience with automation tools (i.e. Power BI / Tableau)
- Agile training and a working understanding of Agile techniques
At bp, we provide the following environment & benefits to you:
- Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
- Life & health insurance, medical care package
- Flexible working schedule: home office up to 2 days / week, based on team agreement
- Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
- Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
- Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
- Possibility to join our social communities and networks
- Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment
bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering 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.
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