GBS Enabling Solutions owns, designs, governs, deploys and supports global template products critical to bp's success, such as SAP global financial template, Finance Business Warehouse, SAP Ariba and Salesforce.As a Solution Analyst (for Controlling and Resource Related Billing) you will use your business and accounting knowledge to work on solution design relating to processes associated with internal management reporting covering time-writing, allocation of overheads and billing of recharges to entities across the bp.You'll also contribute your knowledge and experience towards new solution design using S/4 HANA Finance as part of bp's ERP Transformation Project.Job Family Group:
Supply & Trading Group

Job Description:

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
• Support the governance of template solutions and bring design changes through the relevant design authority or forum.
• For approved demand, understand business requirements and complex business processes and scenarios and translate / break these down into a simplified set of requirements for which solutions can be investigated.
• Propose design for global standard solutions to meet business needs.
• Explain concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Prepare or provide input to functional specifications for solution design.
• Support the preparation, structure, and delivery of presentation materials for template familiarisation, template fit-gap, solution design, user training and team knowledge sharing.
• Support template fit gap and user training sessions
• Support peer review process for design changes, providing input and feedback.
• Identify, analyse, and delineate problems.
• Investigate and resolve solution incidents and conduct root cause analysis.
• Identify designs that need cross functional input.
• Advise others on integration considerations for interfaces coming from external systems.
• For new designs or changes to design, provide testing scenarios to ensure the solution is robust.
• Understand, adopt, and embrace agile principles and agile ways of working.
• Where agreed, act as Solution Integration Lead for specific projects, providing support to the project teams and their interaction and solution needs with the rest of the solutions team.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:
• Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background.
• Accountancy qualification or working towards one (e.g. CIMA, CPA, ACA, ACCA)
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex processes and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
• Passion and experience in capturing business requirements and improving processes and systems.
• General understanding of systems deployment activities.
• Ability to work and collaborate within a virtual global team environment
• Ability to prioritise effectively.
• Ability to learn and be the authority on template solutions
• Ability to formulate and solve problems
• Ability to build strong relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams and delivery teams.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Deep knowledge and significant experience of SAP FICO functionality especially SAP CO
• Knowledge of internal management reporting processes and requirements
• Significant experience with SAP including a general working knowledge of transactional processes in an SAP environment.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA
• 7+ years of relevant work experience with systems and process design.
• Experience working in a multi-national organisation
• 2+ years of experience of system design

Travel Requirement:
Negligible 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:
Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Commercial Business Development, Consultative selling skills, Continuous Learning, Customer promise execution, Customer service delivery excellence, Deal modelling and valuation, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Internal alignment, Joint venture structuring, Listening, Loyalty Management, Marketing strategy and programmes, Negotiating value, Negotiation planning and preparation, Partner relationship management, Presenting, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Writing skills

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