Job Description:

Let me tell you about this role:

This role will sit within the Finance FP&A organization and will be accountable for delivering business planning and performance management and business partnering support for Castrol Asia Pacific (AsPac) Lubricants Business.

This is an individual contributor role with indirect influence across multiple key functions across business and functions, both regionally and UK.

What you need to deliver:

• The Castrol AsPac Finance Advisor is a highly skilled leader responsible for leading all aspects of financial performance reporting, articulates business strategy and actual performance to senior leadership. The incumbent runs the agenda, working with regional Finance Managers & PPM leads, ensure business planning and performance management products and insights to Castrol AsPac Performance Unit (PU).
• The role involves end-to-end business planning, performance management, and control activities, supporting the creation and implementation of the business strategy and financial roadmap. The incumbent supports senior management in driving business performance in economic and strategic terms and leads interventions to ensure strategic objectives are met. The role acts as the interface between Embedded Finance and FP&A, serving as the single point of accountability (SPA) for business context and cross-finance integration.
• Strategic planning: collaborate closely with business and finance teams to lead core planning activities, including financial forecasts and resource allocation strategies. Provide input and challenge to business plans and strategies, addressing risks and mitigations. Cultivate strategic partnerships and collaborations that form organizational performance goals. Supervise annual and multi-year planning processes, including the development of financial plans, engagement materials, and top-down/bottom-up planning processes. Drive business-specific non-routine processes.
• Performance Management: lead timely, accurate, and reliable financial and management information to support Executive level decision making. Consolidate forecasts from individual markets, understand key movements, variances and provide insights to leadership through preparation of presentation materials. Directly contact Executives to provide performance insights passionate about improving profitability to achieve targets, driving performance intensity.
• Partnering: collaboration with local finance and business leadership to implement the delivery of business planning and performance reporting processes. Provide oversight to develop robust long-term plans with performance insights that enable decision making and drive improvement.
• Financial Forecasting: consolidating, interpreting and presenting financial forecasts of the P&L and cash flow statement in both planning and actuals. Apply judgment in the consolidation of realistic forecasts. Provide recommendations for realizing required financial outcomes.
• Actuals Analysis: Lead delivery of the monthly/quarterly PU-level actuals variance analysis, identification of key insights on key line items and financial outcomes.
• Leadership: Although this role does not have direct reports, there is a need for the incumbent to drive indirect influence across both the various finance teams and business/market leads. Work with the business and finance teams to resolve issues and lead continuous improvement.
• Standardization and Process Optimization: Drive continuous improvement to promote standardization and simplification. Implement strategies that drive the automation of financial products, to improve the efficiency of financial analysis and reporting.

Requirement

• Master's Degree or post-graduate qualification in a finance field (e.g. MBA, CA, ACCA, CIMA)
• 15+ years of relevant post degree experience in financial reporting, forecasting and analysis, preferably in a Manufacturing business such as Retail, FMCG, or Manufacturing and Logistics.
• Deep knowledge and application of performance management processes, strategic planning, analysis and digital literacy (Excel, PowerPoint).
• Leadership skills with the ability to build capability and influence beyond formal reporting lines.
• Relationship building: cross-cultural sensitivity; a true team player, with an ability to partner across multiple dimensions and stakeholder groups, build strong relationships based on trust and honest discussion.
• Communication: explaining complex finance terminology to non-finance colleagues, in a way that is easy to understand.
• Building capability: ability to build capability and influence beyond formal reporting lines to drive high performance across the regional Castrol PPM Network.

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

• 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.
Don't hesitate to get in touch with us to request any accommodations!

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:
Analysis and modelling, Analysis and modelling, Analytics, Benchmarking, Business Performance, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Commercial performance management, Communication, Cost Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Economic evaluation methodology, Economic modelling, Financial Analysis, Group Problem Solving, Integrated Planning, Investment appraisal, Long Term Planning, Management Reporting, Managing change, Measurement and metrics, Organizational knowledge, Performance and planning, Performance management {+ 4 more}

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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