Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

Join our Team and advance your career as a Planning & Performance Senior SME

As a Planning & Performance Senior SME , you will play a critical role in developing financial forecasts, delivering business planning insights, and supporting executive-level decision-making. This position involves partnering with business and finance teams across multiple geographies to gain a deep understanding of the business context and create financial products that drive performance and commercial value.

You will need strong analytical skills, excellent stakeholder engagement capabilities, and the ability to manage conflicting priorities while delivering high-quality outputs.

In this role You will:

• Performance Management: Prepare accurate and timely management information to support decision-making. Develop forecasts, analyze variances, and provide actionable insights to leadership.
• Financial Modelling: Build and refine financial models to forecast business outcomes and support scenario planning.
• Business Partnering: Collaborate with finance and business teams globally, resolve issues, and contribute to strategic discussions.
• Actuals Analysis: Review monthly actuals, perform variance analysis, and ensure data integrity.
• Business Planning: Support multi-year and in-year planning processes, quarterly updates, and prepare presentation materials using Excel, Power BI, and SAP systems.
• Collaboration: Work closely with team members to ensure seamless execution and promote cross-team collaboration.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance performance management processes and digital solutions.

What You will need to be successful:

Essential Education

Education:

• Business/Finance degree or equivalent.
• Preferred: Master’s degree or professional certifications (MBA, CA, CIMA, ACCA).

Experience:

• 5+ years in financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Experience in large-scale, global, matrix organizations (preferably oil & gas, retail, manufacturing, or logistics).

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of financial statements (P&L, cash flow).
• Expertise in performance management and business planning processes.
• Proficiency in SAP, Microsoft tools, and visualization platforms (Power BI).
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration skills.
• Digital literacy and analytical capabilities.

Language: Fluent English.

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.

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.

Travel Requirement

Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable

Relocation Assistance:

This role is eligible for relocation internationally

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Analysis and modelling, Analytics, Commercial Acumen, Commercial performance management, Communication, Data visualization and interpretation, Financial Analysis, Integrated Planning, Investment appraisal, Performance management

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.