Solution Specialist

Entity:

Finance

Job Family Group:

Finance Group

Job Description:

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. We are one of the very few companies equipped to solve some of the big complex challenges that matter for the future. We have a real contribution to make to the world's ambition of a low-carbon future. Join us and be part of what we can accomplish together. You can participate in our new ambition to become a net zero company by 2050 or sooner and help the world get to net zero.

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 premier team?

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 (bp's system for group reporting), SAP Ariba and Salesforce.

As Solution Specialist (for Procure to Pay templates) you will use your business and procurement knowledge to design and govern the solution design of bp's template solutions for procurement in the P2P area as well as advising on the systems requirements relating to procurement templates.  In addition, you'll work closely with project deployment teams to ensure the successful implementation of bp's Ariba, and Fieldglass template solutions across the globe.    
As design lead for the templates, you will ensure that solutions proposed by yourself and your team are aligned to our template principles and that these drive standardisation of processes and designs across the bp group.

The Solution Specialist collaborates with the Solution Manager P2P

Be the authority on template solutions within the functional area and participate in design authorities.
For approved demand, understand business requirements and sophisticated business processes and scenarios and translate / break these down into a simplified set of requirements for which solutions can be investigated.
Design global standard solutions to meet business needs.
Explain concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical customers.
Prepare, review and/or approve functional specifications for solution design.
Lead the preparation, structure, and delivery of presentation materials for template familiarisation, template fit-gap, solution design, user training and team
Lead template fit gap and user training sessions.
Guide and constructive feedback to peers design work.
Identify, analyse, and delineate problems.
Investigate and resolve solution incidents and conduct root cause analysis.
Guide for designs that cross multifunctional to achieve end to end solutions that meet our customers' needs. Advise others on integration considerations for interfaces coming from external systems. Review and signoff cross-system cutover plans and integration testing scenarios.
For new designs or changes to craft, provide testing scenarios to ensure the solution is robust. Understand, adopt, and accept 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.

Crucial Education & Experience
Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background.

Strong presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to articulate sophisticated processes and influence a wide range of customers.

Passion and experience in gaining business requirements and improving processes and systems.

General understanding of systems deployment activities.

Ability to work and collaborate within a virtual distributed team environment.

Ability to prioritise efficiently for yourself and the team.

proven ability of system design • Ability to learn and be the authority on template solutions.• Ability to formulate and solve problems.

Ability to build positive relationships with business customers, technical teams and delivery teams.

Desirable Criteria

12+ years of relevant work experience with systems and process design.

Experience working in a multi-national organisation.

Experience of Agile ways of working  

Product Experience & Expertise
Authority on multiple of the following Procure to Pay areas:   SAP Business Network - Supply-chain Collaboration; SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing; SAP Guided Buying; SAP Fieldglass Contingent Worker, Statement of Work, Profile Worker; SAP Ariba Invoice Conversion Service; Open Text VIM
Knowledge of Source to Contract processes

Significant experience of system and process design and system deployment in SAP Ariba

A tried understanding of user transactional processes within SAP Ariba.

The enabling solutions team is part of the Digital Solutions & Transformation organisation in Global
Business Services. It provides services to all functions within Finance (R2R, Procurement, Customer, Data) and partners with Global Process Owners and transformation delivery teams to drive the strategy and transformation agenda. It also supports the end user community through sustain processes, training
Sessions and user groups. The team also works directly with other functions, enablers and businesses in bp, to provide solutions to their business needs and to enable their own transformation agendas. Enabling solutions operates in a fully agile framework and is located primarily in the global business service hubs across three locations.
 

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% 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:

Accounting policy, Accounting policy, Accounting processes and financial systems, Agility core practices, Agility tools, Analytical Thinking, Business process control, Business process improvement, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Credit Management, Customer centric thinking, Data Analysis, Data visualization and interpretation, Decision Making, Digital fluency, Financial accounting and reporting, Group Problem Solving, Influencing, Internal control and compliance, Management Reporting, Managing change, Presenting, Project Management {+ 2 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 disabilities may request a reasonable 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 accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us to request accommodations.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy.  This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

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