Execution Senior Analyst, Payments

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

Job Description

OVERVIEW :

At bp, we’re reimagining energy for people and our planet. We have a bold ambition: be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get to net zero. Crafting a more efficient business that makes the best use of its resources is a critical part of getting there. And that’s what our new Finance Business & Technology (FBT) centre in Pune, India is here to do – put digital at the heart of our business and accelerate the transformation of bp’s business processes across the globe. Driven by the bp values and comprising capabilities in data, procurement, finance and customer service, the FBT centre will drive groundbreaking digital solutions and agile ways of working.

Key Accountabilities and Expectations :

• Review and analyze aged open items in the AP ledger.

  
  

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies, duplicate payments, and unmatched invoices.

  
  

• Coordinate with internal departments and vendors to clear aged items.

  
  

• Enforce compliance with the Balance Sheet Integrity/ Reconciliation standard; accurate and timely reporting to Internal Control on ledgers for which the team is responsible

  
  

• Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of the relevant systems to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected

  
  

• Work with relevant Internal Control team to maintain controls currently owned within the team and facilitate internal and external audit review

  
  

• Implement best practices for the expense process and proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities.

  
  

• Regularly track and resolve outstanding issues that have been called out, or further call out to the necessary parties.
  
   

  
  

  Qualifications, Proficiencies & Mindset

  
  

  Essential Education & Experience

  
  
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 5 - 7 years of experience in general accounting and/ or payables operations

Expectations

• Detailed knowledge in Accounts Payable Process.

  
  

• High level of familiarity with the systems used in order to maintain and reconcile the relevant system to ensure it balances accurately.

  
  

• Liaising with vendors and colleagues in different time zones and potentially in different languages requiring meticulous coordination between teams.

  
  

• Supporting team members who are servicing different vendors in various geographical locations and using different systems.

  
  

• Working hours (ANZ/ASPAC/UK/Europe/US shift) to support Business Partners.

  
  

Come, join our bp team!

Travel Requirement

No travel is 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 Processes and Financial Systems, Analytical Thinking, Analytics, Business process control, Business process improvement, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Digital Automation, Digital Fluency, Financial Reporting, Internal control and compliance

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