Anandnagar, Maharashtra, India
Hybrid
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Finance
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Overview:
We are a global energy business involved in every aspect of the energy system. We are working towards delivering light, heat and mobility to millions of people, every day. Our people want to play their part in solving the big, sophisticated challenges facing our world today and, guided by our bp values, are working to help meet the world’s need for more energy while lowering carbon emissions. In our offices at Pune, we work in customer service, finance, accounting, procurement, HR services and other enabling functions – providing solutions as an integrated part of bp.
Would you like to discover how our diverse, hardworking people are leading the way in making energy cleaner and better – and how you can play your part in our outstanding team?
Join our team, and develop your career in an encouraging, forward-thinking environment!
About the role -
The tax manager will lead a small team providing transformation support to the global tax function as a member of the tax technology, data, and digitization team. This will entail working on several strategic tax projects – including Quantum (ERP Transformation) to ensure the transformation initiatives are effectively driven and that the benefits are realized. The mission of our team is to enable tax to continuously adapt to a changing business landscape by improving data integrity, simplifying processes, and accelerating technology solutions. This team works closely with our information technology teams, business partners, and other members of the tax and wider Finance functions to identify areas for process improvement and potential automation and to design and embed streamlined processes through digital solutions.
The work involves driving positive change in tax through technology and process optimization, coordinating agile teams, as well as gathering end user requirements from bp to deliver more efficient and, where applicable, standardized tax processes.
What you will deliver-
Manage a team of tax advisors / analysts supporting a range of transformation activities across Tax types and bp domains
Actively chip in to tax transformation by helping to collect, document, and enable prioritization of practical and scalable opportunities to significantly improve Tax activities and processes
Drive the execution of selected opportunities from inception to delivery.
Lead workshops with domain experts and partners to understand tax processes / activities / technologies and conduct opportunity analysis for risks and improvement opportunities
Own the development and deployment of tax digital assets and provide hands on support to tax citizen developers in the development of new digital technology solutions, including SAP S4, Power Apps and Power BIs.
Ensure the provision of training in these tools to wider tax team.
Ensure tax SMEs receive ongoing support through consistent communication, frequent updates, the exchange of success stories, and access to technical support groups.
Ensure active analysis of customer needs and identifying gaps and risks.
Work within our agile approach to plan, handle and own work, including supporting the facilitation of retrospectives to ensure lessons learned are incorporated into appropriate actions.
Deliver change activities required to embed new behaviors, practices, and business processes.
Crucial Education:
Educated to a degree standard with additional qualification or equivalent professional experience.
Crucial experience and job requirements:
Demonstrated experience in finance / tax transformation with a solid understanding of transformation projects, including data and process change activities.
Good understanding of core finance / tax concepts and activities
Ability to take the initiative to create opportunities for improvement and problem resolution.
Adept at understanding, compiling, and improving established policies and procedures through collaboration with support teams.
Strong analytical and documentation skills, attention-to-detail, and self-starter.
Excellent business verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to influence others to accomplish initiatives.
Able to work on multiple projects and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Strong working experience with SAP and Microsoft Suite
Desirable criteria:
A strong and broad understanding of developments in tax data, tax technologies, external digitalization including AI, and the impact on operational processes.
We are unique, as our team has access to other bp functions and senior leaders at a time when the organization is investing heavily in modernization, thus providing ample opportunity to develop networks and customer leadership skills. In addition, our focus on data integrity, accessibility, and insights to address regulatory pressures from around the world means the incumbent will rapidly be exposed to the needs of the future finance and tax professional!
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