Senior Advisor - Project Control

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Project Management Group

Job Description

As bp transitions to an integrated energy company, we must adapt to a changing world and maintain competitive performance. Bp's customers & products (C&P) business area is setting up a business and technology center (BTC) in Pune, India. This will support the delivery of an enhanced customer experience and drive innovation by building global capabilities at scale, demonstrating technology, and developing deep expertise. The BTC will be a core and connected part of our business, bringing together colleagues who report into their respective part of C&P, working together with other functions across bp. This is an exciting time to join bp and the customers & products BTC!

Shift timings: 5 AM to 2 PM (IST)

About The Role

This position is responsible for overseeing project control discipline and performance against established operational metrics and capital budgets. Additionally, it involves providing timely performance reports in accordance with BP reporting requirements and serving as a key interface with the finance department.

Furthermore, this role entails leading the development of suitable project controls, including performance measures for time, cost, quality, and risk on ANZ projects to meet BP standards.

Collaboration with key stakeholders, such as finance and controls, is essential to ensure timely reporting and adherence to alignment protocols.

What You Will Deliver (responsibilities)

• Provide expertise on cost performance, financial budgeting, and control.
• Conduct audits to assess and advise on quality management.
• Perform self-verification to ensure compliance and address non-conformances.
• Establish and monitor budgets in alignment with project and program budgets.
• Use tools to evaluate cost performance and ensure transparency against the budget.
• Analyze cost reports for inconsistencies.
• Examine budget performance to identify trends for financial management.
• Offer recommendations based on cost analysis to improve budgetary performance.
• Promote sustainable growth by focusing on customer perspectives and demonstrating data analytics.
• Oversee and report on capex and revex budgets.
• Collaborate with regional construction leads and program management to report metrics and derive insights.
• Work with finance teams to ensure accurate reporting and project management.
• Maintain strong interfaces with finance and control teams.
  
  

What you will need to be successful (experience, job requirements & qualifications):

• Tertiary qualifications in Project Management, Finance, or Commerce.
• Strong commercial competence with a performance bias and thorough understanding of end-to-end business operations.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Working knowledge of SAP, Power BI, or other corporate financial reporting/data systems.
• Proficiency with digital workplace tools, including the MS Office Suite and MS Project.
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant project management experience.
• Commercial experience in the retail or fuel industry is advantageous.
  
  

You Will Work With

Join the dynamic team at BP, where we pursue sustainable growth through a customer-centric approach. You will collaborate with a team of Construction and Project professionals committed to delivering safe, reliable, and timely projects. Our emphasis is on operational excellence, risk management, and maximizing returns through focused investments, thereby transforming strategy into success.

Why join bp?

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others! We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation

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

Analytical Thinking, Budgeting, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Continuous Improvement, Cost Management, Cost Modeling, Creativity and Innovation, Customer quality requirements, Digital Fluency, Financial Modeling, Financial Project Management, Project Management, Quality Audit, Quality in Design, Quality Management Systems, Quality Planning, Root Cause Investigations, Supplier Quality Management, Timely Reporting

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