Solution Analyst

bp; Maharashtra; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

bp seeks a Solution Analyst to design solutions for General Ledger, Fixed Assets and Project Systems, leveraging SAP FI-AA/PS and S/4HANA Finance to support bp's ERP Transformation. You will work with global deployment teams to ensure robust template solutions across the globe.

You will translate business needs into functional specs, lead design discussions, and contribute to training and knowledge sharing. This hybrid role offers country-based relocation within India and no travel.

Qualifications

• Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background.
• Accountancy qualification or working towards one (e.g. CIMA, CPA, ACA, ACCA).
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including ability to articulate complex processes.
• Experience capturing business requirements and improving processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the governance of template solutions and drive design changes.
• Translate business requirements into a simplified set of requirements for solutions.
• Propose design for global standard solutions to meet business needs.
• Explain concepts to technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Prepare input to functional specifications and support training materials.

Skills

Communication

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Problem solving

Education

Degree or equivalent education background

Accountancy qualification (CIMA, CPA, ACA, ACCA)

Tools

SAP FI-AA

SAP PS

S/4 HANA Finance

ERP systems

Job description

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

Entity

Finance

Job Family Group

IT&S Group

Job Description

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Additional Information

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, veteran status, or disability status.

As a Solution Analyst (for General Ledger, Fixed Assets & Project Systems) you will use your business and accounting knowledge to work on solution design relating to processes associated with asset accounting. In addition you'll work closely with project deployment teams to ensure the successful implementation of bp's Global Financial template solution for general ledger, fixed assets and project systems across the globe.

You'll also contribute your knowledge and experience towards new solution design using S/4 HANA Finance as part of bp's ERP Transformation Project.

What you will deliver

Support the governance of template solutions and bring design changes through the relevant design authority or forum.

For approved demand, understand business requirements and complex business processes and scenarios and translate / break these down into a simplified set of requirements for which solutions can be investigated.

Propose design for global standard solutions to meet business needs.

Explain concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical collaborators.

Prepare or provide input to functional specifications for solution design.

Support the preparation, structure, and delivery of presentation materials for template familiarisation, template fit-gap, solution design, user training and team knowledge sharing.

Support template fit gap and user training sessions

Support peer review process for design changes, providing input and feedback.

Identify, analyse, and delineate problems.

Investigate and resolve solution incidents and conduct root cause analysis.

Identify designs that need multi-functional input.

Advise others on integration considerations for interfaces coming from external systems.

For new designs or changes to design, provide testing scenarios to ensure the solution is robust.

Understand, adopt, and embrace 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.

Essential Education & Experience

• Suitably qualified professional with degree or similar education background.
• Accountancy qualification or working towards one (e.g. CIMA, CPA, ACA, ACCA)
• Strong presentation and communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex processes and influence a wide range of collaborators.
• Passion and experience in capturing business requirements and improving processes and systems.
• General understanding of systems deployment activities.
• Ability to work and collaborate within a virtualdistributed teamm environment
• Ability to prioritise effectively.
• Ability to learn and be the authority on template solutions
• Ability to formulate and solve problems
• Ability to build strong relationships with business collaborators, technical teams and delivery teams.

Product Experience & Expertise

• Knowledge and experience of General Ledger, Asset accounting processes and SAP FI-AA and SAP PS functionality
• Significant experience with SAP including a general working knowledge of transactional processes in an SAP environment

Desirable Experience

• 7+ years of relevant work experience with systems and process design.
• Experience working in a multi-national organisation
• 2+ years of experience of system design Collaborators

Enabling Solutions is a distributed team spanning multiple locations and serving collaborators from across the globe to design, deploy and sustain solutions.

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

Commercial Acumen, Communication, Data Analysis, Data cleansing and transformation, Data domain knowledge, Data Integration, Data Management, Data Manipulation, Data Sourcing, Data strategy and governance, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Data visualization and interpretation, Digital Security, Extract, transform and load, Group Problem Solving

Legal Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 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.