Senior Control and Assurance Advisor

BP PLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is searching for a Senior Control and Assurance Advisor in Greater London. In this role, you will ensure the integrity of financial reporting by designing and implementing internal controls compliance with current regulations. The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with extensive experience in internal controls and external audits, and possess strong communication and interpersonal skills. A collaborative work environment with excellent benefits is offered.

Benefits

Life and health insurance

Flexible working options

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with previous external audit experience.
• Deep experience of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting.
• Strong ability to coach, challenge, and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and monitor internal control and assurance processes.
• Provide guidance on compliance and remediation actions.
• Coordinate internal audits and external audits.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Risk identification

Process improvement

Ability to influence

Education

Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent)

Job description

Senior Control and Assurance Advisor

As a Senior Control and Assurance Advisor at BP PLC, you will play a critical role in safeguarding our financial integrity and operational efficiency. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring robust internal controls and assurance processes, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and company policies, and driving continuous improvement across our business processes.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for delivery of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) requirements for ST&S businesses, including compliance with SOx 404 requirements.
• Provide ST&S input on BP group control policy revisions, and other common control topics across the BP group.
• Drive continuous improvement into ST&S control processes to simplify and make sustainable.
• Ensure timely identification and reporting of ICFR gaps, including drafting complex control gap papers, and coordinate input from multiple finance and business key partners to ensure clear gap write‑ups, root cause analysis, and alignment on remediation actions.
• Provide control input and guidance to ensure timely delivery of remediation actions.
• Perform ‘gap assessments’ against BP’s internal control framework for new acquisitions, align partners on practical control integration plans and provide regular status updates to senior finance management.
• Fulfil requests from the business for ICFR advice and provide practical guidance to ensure compliance with BP group control processes.
• Provide clear and practical control advice to cross‑functional stakeholders of projects and complex business transformation initiatives, and deliver BP group control policy requirements.
• Deliver annual review of trading delegations and provide guidance on complex aspects of delegation of authority interpretation.
• Perform ICFR risk assessment on ST&S projects and process changes with an impact on financial reporting and/or controls, and provide updates to senior management.
• Provide required input to the BP external auditor in relation to external audit deliverables, including control incident reviews, walkthroughs, agreement of findings and management actions, and driving remediation of deficiencies through to resolution.
• Provide required input to Internal Audit on SOX walkthroughs and audits; support delivery of the internal audit cycle, and timely resolution of agreed audit actions.

Essential Experience & Job Requirements

• Qualified accountant (ICAEW, ICAS, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
• Previous external audit experience.
• Deep experience of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting and a track record of documenting internal controls for a trading organisation, preferably commodities based.
• Sound understanding of external financial reporting requirements for a trading organisation and associated control processes.
• Ability to identify control risks within complex processes and advise on actions to mitigate risk.
• Evidence of complex process improvement/design and development.
• Strong impact, interpersonal and communication skills; maintaining constructive working relationships.
• Ability to coach, challenge, and influence effectively.
• Ability to communicate, influence and challenge multiple finance and business stakeholders—including VP and SVP level—particularly regarding the robustness of internal controls and resolution of audit findings.
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple priorities.

Key Interface Groups

• Finance & risk and business teams (70%)
• BP group control & assurance teams (20%)
• External audit, internal audit (10%)

At BP, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work‑life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package, and many others. We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment and commit to crafting an inclusive environment where everyone is respected and treated fairly. Our benefits enable your work to fit with your life, including flexible working options and collaboration spaces in a modern office environment.

Travel & Relocation

Some travel may be required with this role; this is negotiable. The role is not eligible for relocation assistance.

All candidates are welcome. 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, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to BP’s recruiting process.