Solutions Consultant

Job Description

Entity: People, Culture & Communications Job Family Group: HR Group Job Description: At bp, our people are our most valuable asset. The People, Culture & Communications (PC&C) function develops a diverse, inclusive culture where everybody can thrive. As part of an integrated energy company, PC&C is embarking on a major transformation to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused. We’re investing in key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, offering an exciting but challenging opportunity to shape a fast-moving PC&C function, building teams and structures and driving continuous improvement. We’re looking for driven, ambitious enthusiasts who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about people. If you're ready to build something transformative, this is the place for you. This purpose of the Solution Consultant (SC) is to own and drive a portion of the People, Communications & Culture (PC&C) solution, encompassing both process and technology, ensuring that we deliver a great and efficient service for our people. The SC will build strong partnerships across PC&C – with the relevant centre(s) of expertise, integrators, services teams and within the solutions teams. The SC will apply their technical expertise (process and technology) to deliver stable operations alongside projects and innovation. The SC will be responsible to support the Global payroll and time strategy for the region supporting new country rollouts, M&A, new entity setup. For deployed solutions you will supervise the integrity, support systemic changes and retrofits impacting the team globally. You will own and run the technical architecture including the interfaces between the HR systems of records, the wider team solutions, other 3rd party solutions impacting payroll and time (like benefits, statutory interfaces). To innovate and deliver HR services and solutions globally, ensuring compliance and consistency across Business Technology Hubs, and drive continuous improvement and efficiency. What you will do: Managing a part of the PC&C solution - maintaining the health and operational integrity of your solutions / products, working with others to deliver stable operationsEnsure compliance with regulatory requirements and business needs, for example data privacy and digital security requirementsWorking closely with colleagues to ensure solutions / products co-exist seamlessly across PC&CDeploy the payroll and time solutions for the new country/entity thereby providing necessary governance, risk management and delivery assurance to relevant partnersAnalyse, prioritize, and deploy product changes in tandem with business priorities.Lead the operational integrity (functionality, performance, security, availability) of deployed solutions globallyResponsible for compliance with statutory bodies and works with relevant internal teams (tax; policy; pensions et al.), independent auditors to drive and sustain bp’s compliance to the law of the landEnsures compliance to relevant cyber security regulations, standards, and contractual requirements.Lead project implementations from Blueprinting through to Go live/Hypercare. Serve as the interface point between the global vendors and the business on functional and technical requirements.Accountable for gathering requirements from country SME’s, advising, and developing solutions.Gather and document functional requirements. Define Testing strategy and scripts. Perform appropriate level of testing as required and review test results.Support the requirements from finance and collaborate with vendors to support the payroll accounting, provisions, etc.Managing a prioritised backlog of changes, covering maintenance, fixes (non-urgent) and improvements, with a horizon typically up to one year aheadPlanning, organising and leading the design, configuration, testing, and deployment of changes for your part of the PC&C solutionPlanning and executing substantial aspects of change projects, including acting as product owner, delivering through others, delivering to time, cost and quality, managing risks – organize and execute projects, under limited supervision, by facilitating design sessions, leading configuration, coordinating testing, and completing cutoverBuilding strong partnerships with numerous bp stakeholders – with the relevant centre(s) of expertise, integrators, services teams, within the solutions teams, and with teams outside P&C such as colleagues in TechnologyBuilding external relations including vendor management and partnershipTruly understanding the business requirements and acting as a trusted advisor to develop solutions to complex problems, driving the required outcomes – actively elicit, analyse and document business and functional requirements through requirements workshops, interviews or meeting sessions with Project Sponsors, SMEs and other Stakeholders to diagnose and resolve complex technical, process, and business issues related to your part of the PC&C solutionEvaluate, communicate, and coordinate the functional and technical impacts of configuration and other decisions to stakeholder groupsResearch and resolve process and technical problems, unexpected results or process flaws and recommend solutions or alternate methods to meet requirementsSupporting bp to be a thought-leader in the relevant technology space through ongoing external networking and tech landscape analysis What you will need: 10+ years of work experienceSignificant experience in building digital strategies and roadmapsSignificant experience in systems development and implementationSignificant experience in corporate-wide implementation of global systems and processesSolid understanding of Recognition and Performance solutions and the Recognition and Performance technology marketAdvanced project management methodologies experience with ability to create/manage comprehensive project plansComprehensive broad knowledge of P&C systems (esp. reward) and web applicationsPossesses/applies advanced HR systems experience/judgmentExpert knowledge of technology trendsAdvanced leadership skills Skills: Technical Capability: Strong functional knowledge in core solution, SAP Payroll (specifically in ADP products), Workday, Time applications, including business process framework, security, and reportingSAP Payroll Implementation experiencePayroll service delivery experience is an added advantage.Breadth and depth across the HR functional areas and able to provide professional advice and act as a coach to others in most of the areasAbility to effectively partner with the Services and Solution teams and successfully influence leadersDigital fluency - not only comfortable and competent using technology to enable and enhance ways of working and thinking, also comfortable in the wider digital environment and the collaborate with business transformation including people, processes and data driven actions. Business Capability: Demonstrable record of getting results from your field of expertise to develop processes and productsStrong business insight and able to show where solutions can add new value to / enable the business at the leadership levelCustomer focus – Puts the customer and business strategy at the heart of decision making. Ability to guide leaders through choices to best suit business requirementsDrives value-adding solutions - driven to create solutions to business problems. Track record of improving/adding new valueExternally orientated – actively working on developing external connections, aware of standard process and actively learns from others Leadership & EQ Capability: Acts as a coach develop your expertise for all Services and Solutions colleaguesContinually enhancing capability in line with HR Capability Framework with an equal balance of EQ, IQ and DriveGroup mind-set - demonstrates an understanding of the value of, and ability to develop, high quality, trust-based relationships with HR colleagues & with the wider organisation - leaders & employeesIs self-aware and actively seeks input from others on impact and effectivenessEffective team player able to work successfully across organisational boundariesApplies judgement and common sense - demonstrates good understanding of client's business and is able to apply sound judgement / wise counselActs with integrity; role model of BP V&Bs to others in the function and businessCultural fluency - able to operate successfully across cultural boundaries with sensitivity. Why join us? 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 challenging environment. We believe that team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are significant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits. Reinvent your career as you help our business meet the challenges of the future. Apply now! Travel Requirement Negligible travel should be expected with this role Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working Skills: 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. 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