Control & Assurance Advisor

About Bp

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of constant change and possibility we need talent to pursue opportunities, motivated by elite insight and expertise. We’re always aspiring for more digital solutions, balanced outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world’s leading energy company!

The role will be the part of The Finance Business & Technology (FBT) organization at bp is modernizing and digitizing finance activities. Within FBT, the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team plays a critical role in driving end-to-end process control and compliance. The FP&A team is instrumental in delivering best-in-class financial insights and analysis to support business decisions, while also chipping in to the standardization of our processes and driving operational perfection. By joining the FP&A team, you will be part of a group that brings additional value to bp through innovative financial strategies and solutions.

Business Entity

This role will sit within the Finance FP&A organization and will be accountable for delivering business planning and performance management and business collaboration support for specific Business/Functions.

Let Me Tell You About The Role

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The Control & Assurance (C&A) team is bp’s second line of defence. It is ultimately accountable for ensuring compliance with external requirements and assurance over BP’s internal control over financial reporting (ICFR). This includes quarterly due diligence, development and deployment of internal control policy, governance and risk management, and the annual management assessment for Sarbanes Oxley purposes. The agenda of strategic modernisation and transformation overarches across all its scope. This role provides ample opportunities to drive bp’s ICFR strategic agenda, work across different bp businesses, and participate in end-to-end transformation projects across the company.

You Will Help Us To

• Support group standard procedures by collaborating with and influencing senior collaborators in bp’s first line of defence and business and technology organisations
• Support the development of controls data analytics to continually modernise and digitise bp’s ICFR framework
• Drive convergence and standardization in control processes across bp.
  
  

The incumbent may be required to work under alternative shift arrangements at certain times of the year to ensure appropriate overlap hours with UK Time zones.

What You Will Deliver

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• Establish, maintain, communicate and support consistent application of the group’s financial control policies; maintain expertise and awareness of current developments with external authoritative mentorship (e.g. SEC, PCAOB, Turnbull, COSO) and the related impacts to policies.
• Produce bp’s annual Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR) management assessment and quarterly deficiency evaluation and reporting
• Facilitate compliance with the groups' delegation of authority framework, which is a critical part of bp’s system of internal control that describes who can make decisions or approve actions.
• Ownership and monitoring of the group’s ICFR impact assessment process for projects with a potential impact on financial reporting or financial reporting controls
• Build long-term capability for the finance community by crafting, developing and delivering a suite of control training modules
• Maximize value by leading or actively supporting control modernization and simplification / standardization initiatives that leverage technology / digital solutions.
  
  

What You Will Need To Be Successful

Must have educational qualifications:

• University degree and Accounting qualification (CA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, ACCA, etc.) or MBA.
  
  

Preferred Education/certifications

• University degree and Accounting qualification (CA, ACA, CPA, CIMA, ACCA, etc.) or MBA.
  
  

Minimum Years Of Relevant Experience

• 8-10 years of relevant post degree experience in financial control, reporting or auditing (or similar) in an Oil and Gas business or experience in industries such as Retail, Asset-based business, Manufacturing, and Logistics
• Experience of driving transformation across finance or control processes
• Challenges existing ways of working and identifies quick wins and strategic solutions
• Digital skills including SAP knowledge, Power Bi, Power Apps etc will be advantageous
  
  

Must Have Experiences/skills

• Strong impact, interpersonal and communication skills, maintains constructive working relationships. Ability to communicate, influence and challenge at different levels including VP/SVP levels.
• Strong organisation, process, and governance mentality, and work towards excellence
• Ability to identify control risks within sophisticated processes and advise on actions to mitigate risk. Rapidly identifies key issues in a complex situation – and makes the complex simple.
• Self-starter with proven capability to manage multiple priorities and with a strong track record of delivery
• Experience of driving transformation across finance or control processes
  
  

Why join our team?

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

• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Flexible working schedule
• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: parental leave, bereavement and compassionate leave
• Employees’ wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
  
  

If this role attracts you, apply now!

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.