Grade GResponsible for supporting the business with accounting issues, using advanced technical capabilities in controlling, performance reporting and integrated business planning, advising on policy and compliance, working with relevant teams across the business to effectively coordinate a range of finance activities and assisting in the delivery of the financial strategy to drive outstanding business results.Entity:
Finance

Job Family Group:
Finance Group

Job Description:

• ROLE SYNOPSIS

• The GBS Finance Strategy & Process Manager is part of the Finance Transformation and Innovation team, which includes the role of Global Process Ownership (GPO) for Finance. This team provides support to the GBS Finance, Strategy & Process Excellence, Finance Process Manager / Finance Process Lead in exercising the accountabilities of the GPO in line with the GPO Policy and the process scope defined by BP's Enterprise Activity Model.
• This role will assist in the identification, planning and execution of business process management projects, specifically in the areas of period end close (PEC) accounting and its associated processes working with the operational delivery teams, ensure process consistency across regional and organizational boundaries.
• The role will facilitate Process Advisory to ensure process standardization is achieved, efficiencies are identified and realized, and automation is maximiser.
• Need to maintain high standards of communication, and determination to drive the process standardization and transformation agenda.

• KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• The PEC processes within the Finance scope, the Finance Process Manager will:
• Define process standards for owned R2R processes in line with the Global Process and Standards framework.
• Drive the adoption of standardization of end-to-end R2R processes, working closely with delivery centers and other teams. In doing do so, govern any variation to process standards and ongoing compliance.
• Recommend process improvement and system changes to improve process standardization, drive simplification, improve control and enable visibility of performance.
• Conduct impact assessment on legislative changes identified by operational entities which impact existing Global Process Design changes and develop plan to update all impacted standards ahead of the effective date of the change.
• Support the broader network of R2R process experts and practitioners to ensure effective engagement and to aid in the effectiveness of governance forums. Foster learning and sharing of best practices, ensuring alignment with the end-to-end process objectives.
• Ensure that global projects are completed in alignment with the global processes.
• Define the key KPIs and PPIs for the PEC processes and develop dashboards for the timely reporting of these. Monitor and intervene with the General accounting and PEC hubs, including compliance with Financial Close Cockpit (FCC) automation.
• Monitor compliance with policies underpinning PEC process, procedure and process controls embedded in the processes to ensure that the operational team are operating using standardized policy, processes, and related controls.
• Provide assertion to the control teams that the standardized processes and associated controls have operated as designed and that any process deviations have not resulted in a control gap.
• Support the regular review of activities performed by delivery centers and embedded teams to ensure compliance to strategy.
• As one of the main content experts for R2R global process design, provide process expertise and knowledge to stakeholder and practitioners as required.
• Identify internal and external process benchmarks and best practices, including potential tactical automation solutions that could drive efficiencies.
• Identify requirements for global process performance dashboards that provide visibility to process performance and total cost to serve for agreed R2R processes and agree approach for development.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing skill and ability to manage significant change management conversation within GBS and Business stakeholders to drive process standardization.
• For specific transformation projects within the GBS Finance scope, the Finance Process Manager will support:
• Appraise studies to define potential solutions, with associated high-level timeline and benefits case.
• The selection of the target solution
• The Define of project delivery phases, depending on the nature and scale of the project in question.
• Conduct impact assessment on legislative changes identified by operational entities which impact existing Global Process Design changes and develop plan to update all impacted standards ahead of the effective date of the change.
• Establish the agenda for and facilitate R2R Process Advisory Groups and GBS R2R Service Delivery Network sessions with R2R Operational leads and Business Optimization teams.
• Support the broader network of R2R process experts and practitioners to ensure effective engagement and to aid in the effectiveness of governance forums. Foster learning and sharing of best practices, ensuring alignment with the end-to-end process objectives.
• Identify internal and external process benchmarks and best practices, including potential tactical automation solutions that could drive efficiencies.

• ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
• Degree qualified or equivalent qualification

• ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• PEC Record to Report operational experience.
• Demonstrated experience in writing proposals and business cases.
• Knowledge of SAP financial modules / functionality and reporting tools

• DESIRABLE CRITERIA
• Previous operational experience of FCC

Travel Requirement
Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is eligible for relocation within country

Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:
Accounting policy, Accounting policy, Accounting processes and financial systems, Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business process control, Business process improvement, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Credit Management, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Financial accounting and reporting, Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Internal control and compliance, Management Reporting, Managing change {+ 4 more}

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