Senior Control and Assurance Advisor

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner.

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 frameworks. Within this team, we have a sub-team that focuses on:

• Advancing bp’s controls and assurance framework over its current externally published Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and non-financial reporting (NFR) as well as developing a future-ready framework to prepare for upcoming climate change related reporting regulations.

• ESG reporting is wide ranging and a rapidly evolving landscape. Legislation in multiple jurisdictions will increase the control and assurance requirements over mandatory disclosures.

A key focus of the ESG-NFR team (within C&A) is to design and maintain a fit for purpose framework to ensure integrity over externally reported ESG-NFR, including compliance with forthcoming regulations, and other controls and processes. You will encounter a wide range of ESG and sustainability related issues through regular engagement with key non-financial partners across all levels of the organization.

What you will deliver:

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• Undertake assurance of externally reported ESG-NFR metrics and narrative content.

• Design appropriate controls to mitigate risks of reporting errors.

• Provide advice and controls support to the ESG-NFR metric owners, many of whom are not in finance.

• Take the lead on projects/activities to migrate current manual control and assurance activities to a more preventative, data-driven, and risk-based environment.

• Assess the impact of forthcoming legislation on the ESG-NFR control and assurance framework.

• Provide valuable input into the design of ESG-NFR policies and procedures to facilitate redesign of assurance activities.

• Support the annual external assurance of selected ESG-NFR metrics

• Work with cross-functional partners as we design our future-ready framework.

• Build and maintain a proactive partnership with business partners and business facing finance and non-finance teams

What you will need to be successful:

• Consider whether a degree and/or professional qualification is required to succeed in the role. If not a direct requirement for the role, academic achievements and professional qualifications should not be listed

Must have educational qualifications:

• Experience in / knowledge of ESG and/or other sustainability and non-financial reporting and assurance landscape

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

Preferred education/certifications:

• Certifications in Sustainability reporting and/or assurance

Minimum years of relevant experience:

• Experience of driving transformation across control processes

• Challenges existing ways of working and identifies quick wins and strategic solutions

• 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

• Digital skills including Power Bi, Power Apps etc will be advantageous

Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with):

• Strong impact, interpersonal and communication skills, maintains constructive working relationships.

• Ability to communicate, influence and challenge at different levels including VP/SVP levels.

• Ability to identify control risks within complex processes and advise on actions to mitigate risk.

• Strong organization, process, and governance mentality, and work towards excellence

• Rapidly identifies key issues in a complex situation – and makes the complex simple.

• Self-directed performer and collaborative teammate who steps in to support colleagues

• Strong continuous improvement perspective and delivery oriented

You will work with:

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You will have numerous opportunities to expand your knowledge and strengthen your technical and professional foundation. You will work across Finance FP&A ARC, Sustainability, and Planning and Performance Management and many other teams in the businesses and technical functions, such as Carbon and Environment, Safety, Communications & Corporate Reporting, Internal Audit, and Group Risk amongst others. Our team prides itself on its agile perspective and you will build enduring relationships with bp leadership and peers and influence across the three lines of defence and external auditors.

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future.

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Accounting policy, Accounting Processes and Financial Systems, Business process control, Business process improvement, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Digital Fluency, Financial Reporting, Influencing, Internal control and compliance, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement

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.

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