Entity: Finance Job Family Group: Finance Group Job Description: Purpose of role: The Senior Business ARC Analyst supervises a team comprising of professionals and is accountable for ensuring accurate and timely recording, collection, and processing of end to end process in general accounting and reporting, fixed assets, accounts receivables, credit, accounts payable, costing, performance reporting, statutory accounting, and direct tax transactions while ensuring adherence to policies and procedures in the drive for exceptional customer service, operational excellence and compliance. Key Results / Accountabilities: Ensure the team’s accurate and timely delivery of end-to-end process in general accounting and reporting, fixed assets, accounts receivables, credit, accounts payable, costing, performance reporting, statutory accounting and direct tax services (i.e. journal postings, GL maintenance, system postings, report preparation, reconciliations, tax submissions, etc.) in accordance with SLAs. Handle and coordinate the reconciliation of the respective systems to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected. Provide relevant advice and information to staff across FBT and its customers as and when required. Regularly supervise and resolve outstanding general accounting and reporting issues that have been sophisticated, or further raise to the vital parties. Develop the annual plans and budget for own team in support of the overall planning and budgeting for FBT Finance. Proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities in existing processes within the team. Liaise with senior stakeholders internally and externally. Leadership & Supervisory: Carry out people management responsibilities in accordance with the organisation’s policies and applicable laws, including: Plan, assign and advise on work for team members. Set goals and transparency expectations, provide regular feedback and conduct appraisals where required with direct reports. Coach team members to address process gaps, identify inefficiencies and help to embed a continuous improvement culture in the organisation Provide mentoring, guidance and feedback to team members to support long term career development and retention of key talent. Identify and provide opportunities for learning and self-development to build capability of the teams and ensure competency in performing activities. Secure resources to support development efforts. Continuously strive to build a culture of high-performance. Assign work to team members and manage resource allocation for the team and people in support of FBT service, control and cost requirements. Ensure resource allocation strategy is flexible enough to respond to demand variations. Key Challenges: Ensure 100% accuracy and timeliness of group and statutory reports in accordance to agreed service levels. Develop a good understanding of the customer organisation as well as the business to be able to deliver high quality service. Managing the day-to-day work activities of the team and ensuring the vital skills and experience are available to meet the challenges of a fast paced and sophisticated workload. High level of familiarity with the various systems used for the different functions (e.g. general accounting, reporting, direct tax, etc.) to maintain and reconcile the accounts receivable system to ensure it balances accurately. Collaborating closely with customers and colleagues in different geographical locations, time zones and potentially in different languages using different systems requiring meticulous coordination between teams. Leading team members who are servicing different customers in various geographical locations and using different systems Any Other Relevant Information (Particular reference to planning (nature and impact), scope of impact (Team, BU, Segment, BP globally etc) This covers Key Decisions and to what extent? Types of relationship internally and externally that the person required maintaining contact with. This position’s primary interfaces are: Internal FBT teams FBT business partners External Auditors Qualification & Experience And Competencies Education and Experience Chartered Accountant with 10-12 years of Indian GAAP experience. Bachelor’s degree in commerce. Recognised professional accounting qualification (e.g. MIA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA). Minimum of 8 - 10 years of experience in general and/or financial accounting. Required Criteria English language competency. Preferred Criteria Shared service centre experience. JDE/SAP system experience 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: Analytical Thinking, Business process improvement, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Curiosity, Customer experience, Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Internal control and compliance, Resilience, Thought Leadership, Trading knowledge 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 an accessibility need may request an adjustment/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 adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us. 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. Show more Show less
