Execution Analyst, Payments

BP; India; Hybrid; INR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

BP’s Finance Business & Technology centre in Pune, India, is hiring for a payments/accounting specialist to ensure accurate and timely payment processing, coordinate reconciliations, and support internal controls and audits. The role requires 3–5 years in general accounting or payables operations, with a hybrid office/remote setup to align with global partners including ANZ, ASPAC, UK, Europe and US.

The role leverages agility, digital fluency, and negotiation skills to drive process

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in general accounting or payables operations.
• Experience in payables and reconciliation processes.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate and timely payment processing.
• Coordinate reconciliation of systems and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain controls with Internal Control team and support audits.
• Provide payables related advice and information as required.
• Suggest improvements to expense processes and drive continuous improvements.
• Support business partners across diverse regional shifts (ANZ/ASPAC/UK/Europe/US).

Skills

Agility core practices

Agility tools

Business Requirements Analysis

Category Strategy

Digital Fluency

Negotiating

Negotiation planning and preparation

Product and market intelligence

Supplier Relationship Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field

Job description

Entity: Finance

Job Family Group: Procurement & Supply Chain Management Group

Job Description

Overview :

At bp, we're reimagining energy for people and our planet. We have a bold ambition: be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner, and help the world get to net zero. Crafting a more efficient business that makes the best use of its resources is a critical part of getting there. And that's what our new Finance Business & Technology (FBT) centre in Pune, India is here to do - put digital at the heart of our business and accelerate the transformation of bp's business processes across the globe. Driven by the bp values and comprising capabilities in data, procurement, finance and customer service, the FBT centre will drive groundbreaking digital solutions and agile ways of working.

Key Accountabilities and Expectations

• Ensure accurate and timely delivery of payment processing services.
• Manage and coordinate the reconciliation of the relevant systems to ensure they balance and that any discrepancies or variations are investigated and corrected.
• Work with relevant Internal Control team to maintain controls currently owned within the team and facilitate internal and external audit review
• Provide payables related advice and information as and when required.
• Implement procedures for the expense process and proactively identify, propose and implement continuous improvement opportunities in existing processes.
• Regularly supervise and resolve outstanding issues that have been brought up, or further raise to the vital parties.
• High level of familiarity with the systems used in order to maintain and reconcile the relevant system to ensure it balances accurately.
• Detailed knowledge in payment processing.
• There is a high financial and reputational risk involved in timely and accurate payments processing. Payments reviewed thoroughly to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Invoices need to be processed and verified in an accurate and timely manner within timelines.
• Working hours (ANZ/ASPAC/UK/Europe/US shift) to support Business Partners.

Crucial Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Minimum of 3 - 5 years of experience in general accounting and/ or payables operations

Travel Requirement

No travel is 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

• Agility core practices
• Agility tools
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Category Strategy
• Digital Fluency
• Negotiating
• Negotiation planning and preparation
• Product and market intelligence
• Supplier Relationship Management

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