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London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Data Transformation team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide data transformation programmes and data governance across the bp group. The role involved supporting the broader data transformation agenda across GBS, enabling improved control, compliance, efficiency, and value creation through the adoption of a common data model for Finance. I was accountable for leading data validation activities between SAP HANA and SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), supervising a team responsible for the connection of SAP and non-SAP systems to the SAP HANA box (including source data extraction logic, data mapping via Cookbooks, and Informatica logic), managing data defects and change requests and identifying resolutions, providing functional requirements, and testing the target solution (HANA).

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Global Solutions team in Global Business Services which is accountable for designing and governing solutions for the bp group that optimise, standardise and automate key processes. I was accountable for implementing SAP S/4 HANA for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) deployments, evaluating SAP Business Warehouse (BW) design, SAP BW data take on/off, leading global divestments in relation to their impact on SAP BW, cloud migrations, Informatica Subject Matter Expert (SME), and supervision of the group financial close.

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Group Financial Processes team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide standardisation and optimisation of all financial processes across the bp group. The role involved the group wide roll out of a standardised International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 16 process and solution. I was accountable for designing the to-be process for the IFRS 16 Lease Accounting Programme, leading data cleansing and deployments, designing the project deployment methodology and approach, and leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for the target solution (SAP Nakisa).

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Group Financial Processes team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide standardisation and optimisation of all financial processes across the bp group. The role involved the group wide creation of standardised financial processes for Fixed Assets. I was accountable for launching a redesign of the Fixed Assets Global Process Design Standards (GPDS) models and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Group Financial Processes team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide standardisation and optimisation of all financial processes across the bp group. The role involved the group wide adoption of a Balance Sheet Integrity (BSI) financial process and solution. I was accountable for managing the day‐to‐day operations of the global BSI programme, leading a team responsible for deployments, leading ERP BSI deployments, investigating opportunities to deliver BSI efficiencies and process compliance, designing the non‐functional requirements for the IT build of the BSI portal, and delivering BSI training to end users.

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Group Financial Processes team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide standardisation and optimisation of all financial processes across the bp group. The role involved the group wide adoption of an SAP BW Business Consolidation System (BCS) solution. I was accountable for building the requisite capability within bp to leverage the group's investment in Finance SAP BW, leading the deployment of the group and statutory BCS solution across the bp group, and delivering SAP BW end user training.

London, England, United Kingdom

The role was in the Group Financial Processes team in Global Business Services which is accountable for group wide standardisation and optimisation of all financial processes across the bp group. The role involved the group wide adoption of SAP BW. I was accountable for coaching a team responsible for the BW deployment of trial balance load companies, leading ISP BW deployments (including day‐to‐day deployment activities in conjunction with local business resources, deployment planning, business engagement, local data cleansing, source to BW mapping (Informatica) and data validation activities), creating BW training materials, and delivering training to the end user community.

London, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the Procurement Operations team in Downstream Procurement. I was accountable for the roll out of a standardised vendor master form across Europe, leading the design of the Accounts Payable (AP) process for Purchase-to-Pay (P2P), providing finance expertise for the roll out of a new Procurement Card, and leading Pay on Time initiatives.

London, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the Finance Control & Accounting (FC&A) team in Fuels Marketing Europe. I was accountable for integrating reporting flows following a group reporting restructure, the coordination of forecasting, providing MI, leading the implementation of a new reporting tool, delivering working capital end user training, and month end close activities for the UK Head Office.

London, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the Finance Control & Accounting (FC&A) team in Commercial Fuels Europe. I was accountable for the coordination of forecasting, providing MI, delivering working capital reporting and credit reporting, and month end close activities for the UK Head Office.

London, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the Performance Reporting team in Integrated Supply & Trading (IST). I was accountable for trading forecasting, submitting monthly actuals, the coordination and submission of plans, month end close activities for the UK Head Office, and producing a monthly newsletter for the strategic performance unit.

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the European Marketing team in the Specialised Industrial Business Unit in Castrol, bp. I was accountable for leading the research of investment opportunities in Europe, researching the potential for automated / remote monitoring equipment for metal working fluids, planning presence at a marketing exhibition, and assisting with the launch of Castrol Advantage.

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

This role was in the Primary Transport team in Integrated Supply & Trading (IST). I was accountable for managing the day‐to‐day operations of the rail fleet, negotiating liquidated damages claims and demurrage claims, and managing operations for the Naphtha / condensate contract for bp chemicals.