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.

It's an exciting time to join bp. Meeting the energy challenge requires many different approaches and solutions.

And as part of Finance Business & Technology (FBT), you'll be fully connected into the world of bp. You'll play an increasingly important part within a network of like-minded colleagues partnering on strategic projects that stretch across the globe. And it starts with you. There's a world of opportunities to build new skills, challenge yourself and grow a long-term career at bp. And no matter where you work, your role will have meaning, purpose and impact. So if you want to be part of a caring, supportive environment where you can realize your full potential, we're with you.

Join our Team and advance your career as a Quantum Finance Change Senior Lead! The role can be based either out of Hungary (Budapest), or India (Pune).

In this role you will work with the Quantum Finance Change Manager and will support efforts to ensure the Quantum Finance Program is efficiently implemented across the globe and that the benefits are realized.

The role is part of the Finance, Business, and Technology (FBT) Finance ERP Transformation Team, a team whose objectives underpin the overall Finance vision of creating and protecting value through innovation, insight and stewardship. The role will mainly lead the S/4 implementation Change activities.

The team's objective is to lead the efforts to establish a single global ERP Business template that will incorporate standardized global processes, a common data taxonomy and simplify our ERP landscape. This includes partnering with Technology, Process, global and business colleagues to also handle interdependent processes and tools for an agile, consistent and collaborative execution of change.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support the Change and transformation workstream activities for S/4 implementation in accordance with functional and system requirements and translate these into detailed plans.
• Lead and conduct detailed Change Impact Assessment (CIA) to identify, analyse, and validate them for S/4 implementation including Entity Confirmation and localization. Secure approval of the CIAs by Governance.
• Collaborate with key partners to understand the scope and depth of key changes and their potential impacts on the organization.
• Support the Training Need Analysis (TNA) and Curriculum design that effectively addresses the needs of different user groups for S/4 implementation.
• Support the scope definition of the UAT for S/4 implementation.
• Establish and maintain a robust change network across bp to ensure widespread engagement and support for the S4 implementation.
• Clearly communicate the most impactful changes to the organization, ensuring that all employees understand the significance of the change and how it will affect their day-to-day activities.
• Ensure all key customers (internal and external) are committed to, and actively encouraging of the deployment.
• Ensure strong business and FBT engagement via finance and business change champions (BCCs) and team leads.
• Collaborate with all key partners (internal and external) to gain commitment to, and active support of the deployment.
• Integration with other teams and groups across the Quantum Programme to optimize Change delivery
• Actively participate and help develop a network of Finance & Business Change Champions (BCCs), Super Users and Team Leads.
• Support execution of Change & Transformation activities required to embed new behaviours, practices and business processes including areas of key system and/or process dependency (i.e. workday, data lake, business warehouse, etc.)
• Support Business Readiness activities including tracking of the BCC Plans and tracking and management of the Business Readiness project plans.
• Collaborate across workstreams/squads to connect on related change impacts for input into program/ project work.
• Support the development and completion of the role mapping for end users.
• Support communication and engagement initiatives and delivery
• Support the coordination and delivery of training including onboarding of training team, development of any required localization of training materials, training need analysis, scheduling of training and delivery of training.
• Build and supervise business stability metrics before and after launch to measure post release stabilization.
• Understand adopt and embrace agile principles and agile ways of working.

Essential Education & Experience:

• Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
• Previous experience in Finance deployments and/or SAP system implementation, including planning and execution of project work.
• Exposure to agile ways-of-working and Scrum methodology.
• Good communicator - Ability to communicate effectively through various channels using a range of styles and approaches to gain commitment and support from diverse partners to help achieve business outcomes, create acceptance for decisions, build consensus or resolve conflict.
• Attentive listener - Demonstrated ability to work with a broad range of business, functional, and technical groups.
• Critical thinker - Ability to establish information requirements, seek out information from various sources to systematically decipher key messages to varied partner groups.
• Collaborative style - provide demonstrable evidence of thriving in a team environment & of building positive, productive relationships that foster teamwork and cooperation among individuals and various functional groups.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and to identify and adopt optimum ways of working.

Desirable Criteria:
Relevant knowledge and process experience in the following areas:

• Finance transformation.
• Change Management.
• SAP Financial system deployment.
• Significant exposure to global operations is a plus.
• Project management experience and knowledge of process re-engineering tools is a plus.
• Proficiency in MS office application.
• Experience in business transformation projects.
• Ability of solving problems on their own, working on complex issues and subjects across multiple teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills.
• Ability to work within a virtual global team environment.

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

• Different bonus opportunities based on performance, wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life & health insurance, medical care package
• Hybrid working arrangement aligned with team arrangements and business needs
• Opportunity to build up long term career path and develop your skills with wide range of learning options
• Celebrate in bp's success. You may be eligible to join bp's Global ShareMatch plan. This non-contractual benefit lets employees buy bp shares and receive matching shares, in line with plan rules
• Family friendly workplace e.g.: Extended parental leave, Mother-baby room
• Employees' wellbeing programs e.g.: Employee Assistance Program, Company Recognition Program
• Possibility to join our social communities and networks
• Chill-out and collaboration spaces in our beautiful Budapest Agora and Szeged offices e.g.: Play Zones, Office massage, Sport and music equipment

bp Hungary won the Most Attractive Employer 2024 Award (SSC / BSC sector) fourth time in a row at PwC's annual employer research. Come and join us!

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

Disclaimer: Please note that, according to Hungarian law (2012/I. 113. §), mothers or single parents caring for a child under three years of age cannot be employed in night shift positions.

Travel Requirement
Some travel may be required with this role, this is negotiable

Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation

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

Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility tools, Business Acumen, Business Operations, Business process architecture, Business process control, Business process improvement, Communication, Data Management, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Demand Management, Design Thinking, Goal Setting, Influencing, Lean Practices, Managing change, Managing Performance, Project and programme management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Thinking, Workload Prioritization

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