Global Process Manager

Grade GResponsible for managing a team to support the business with accounting issues, including 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

Finance Group

We are a global energy business involved in every aspect of the energy system. We are working towards delivering light, heat, and mobility to millions of people every day. We are one of the very few companies equipped to tackle some of the big complex challenges that matter for the future. We have a real contribution to make to the worlds ambition of a low-carbon future. Join us and be part of what we can accomplish together. You can participate in our new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero.

Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are owning the way in making energy cleaner and better - and how you can play your part in our best-in-class team

The Global Process Manager (GPM) is responsible for global OTR (Order to receipt or Requisition to PO) process across bp businesses, includes cross-functional inter linkages in transformation programs, where strategy-to-contract (S2C) and procure-to-pay (P2P), are one the functions undergoing improvement/transformation.

J oin our Finance Team and advance your career as a Global Process Manager!

The Global Process Manager will:

• Accountable for P2P process management, throughout the design-to-deploy & predominantly sustain/BAU phases of global P2P processes
• Standardization across process, policy, technology and controls
• Mine innovative opportunities, leading to quantifiable improvements, and ensure the policy adoption is weaved into the process and technology designs
• This role will lead process standardization, Procurement policy ownership, to enable global transformation programs such as (S4/HANA migration) and/or Ariba deployment and/or no-PO-no-pay policy implementation!

Essential skills -

• Requires in-depth knowledge of P2P processes & technology, in addition to value levers across source-to-pay-
• Strategic, analytical, solution oriented, problem-solving attitude with resilient leadership skills coupled with partner management and influencing skills
• Effective time management skills and ability to achieve collective program/project specific deadlines
• Maintain high standards of communication and partnership in all situations & scenarios
• 15+ years of work experience, preferably with knowledge across procurement processes and in particular experience of Source to Pay.

Essential qualification -

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in related area, or related experience
• Formal qualifications constituting university degrees, examination certificates that confirm a level of informative attainment or licenses
• Technology proficiency in SAP S4/HANA, Ariba is essential.
• Certifications/credentials (Procurement/SCM related, Lean, Six Sigma) are preferred.

Desirable criteria -

• Training and certification in Lean, Six-Sigma, Design Thinking, or similar quality management experience
• Proven experience and understanding of the terminology, business functions and processes
• Strong operational management experience

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, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Credit Management, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Financial Reporting, Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Internal control and compliance, Management Reporting, Managing change, Presenting, Risk Management {+ 2 more}