The purpose of the global solutions organisation is to be a central solution strategy, development, deploy and sustain organisation. The solutions that are designed underpin processes that are critical to BP’s operations and compliance, to ensure that these processes are successfully executed requires the users to be well supported through training, accessible and responsive feedback from experts when new or unusual scenarios present themselves.

The Performance chapter is part of GBS enabling solutions which is accountable for leading product stewardship, prioritisation of transformation through deep business engagement and understanding of the value driven by the global products managed. Delivering process and system improvements to drive standardization and enable automation, whilst supporting future product deployments.

Key Accountabilities

Product stewardship

• Participate in cross-functional teams/squads to implement Data process or system enhancements
• Build and maintain strong connections with user community, both within GBS, I&E, ARC and wider bp, keeping their needs at the centre of operations
• Solicit input from the business, understand the data business requirements, and make recommendations on fit-for-purpose data solutions to support standard global processes underpinned by the ERP
• Provide input and support documentation of enhancements, process improvements in data domain
• Assess and validate business requirements for data; review change requests and move change requests through the governance processes.
• Provide process and system expertise in data domain

Agile practices

• Lead Data project deliverables through agile methods, adhering to the process and ensuring transparency of activity
• Lead delivery of the back log of data activity for identified product
• Add new demand and help iterate product backlog items into functional product requirements

Knowledge Sharing/Management

• Participate in knowledge sharing sessions for the performance team.
• Use designated knowledge management processes and tools.
• Ensure documentation is captured in a document management system.

Risk and activity management

• Robust understanding of and commitment to management of change (MOC) and will partner with a broad set of stakeholders. The incumbent is expected to contribute and comply with/support the office HSSE and D&I agendas, organizational capability and other performance targets.

Essential Education

Bachelors (or higher) degree

Job Requirements

Years of experience: 9 to 12 years of relevant experience

Experience

• Exposure to agile ways-of-working and Scrum methodology
• Strong presentation and ability conceive draft and deliver communication, including the ability to articulate complex processes and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Passion and experience in capturing business requirements and improving processes and systems.
• General understanding of systems deployment activities.

Desirable Criteria

• 5+ years of Finance experience with strong interest/work carried out in Data domain.
• Experience in business transformation projects, including data and process change activities

Product Experience and Expertise

• Ability of solving problems on their own, working on complex issues and large amounts of data
• Ability to prioritize and manage conflicting tasks while delivering high quality results to tight deadlines
• Experience in implementing process and systems, including continuous improvement, in a project environment.
• Understanding of business transformation projects, including data and process change activities
• Strong Interpersonal Skills – As an Individual Contributor, taking the initiative to create opportunities for improvement and problem resolution, energizing and influencing others to accomplish goals & initiatives, aware of internal business relationships within the organization. Ability to influence at all levels and across multiple cultures.

Join us in a crucial time of transition. We are bringing all of our finance and procurement activities for the group into one place, enabling better work.

For you this means working with us on:

Compliance – efficiently delivering external reporting requirements to ensure we continue to meet our regulatory ‎obligations in all jurisdictions, supported by robust control environment across all three lines of ‎defence.‎

Stewardship – laying out a robust finance framework and providing ongoing management of the balance sheet and ‎portfolio execution, supported by effective advocacy to the market.‎

Performance – facilitating the effective allocation of capital, development of business plans and coordination of ‎business performance interventions to ensure a consistent delivery between strategic aspirations, ‎operational forecasts and delivered outcomes. Furthermore, you will be responsible for value creation through mergers and acquisition-led ‎deals, commercial negotiations and integration of business opportunities.‎

Transformation – driving digital transformation (centralising, digitising, optimising) across all elements of the finance entity to ‎achieve sector-leading cost-performance.‎