Job Description

Job summary

Entity:

Supply, Trading & Shipping

Job Family Group:

Supply & Trading Group

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Responsible for supporting bp in the commodity and financial markets, providing desk cover for all traded markets, initiating and maintaining positions based on current economic, political and financial conditions and actively building a customer base to develop and execute trading


The role will be accountable for the below T&S's South Africa Marine business


Maintain relationships with vessel agents and operations teams which supply export documentation
Timely supply of bunker delivery documents and clearing instructions to clearing agents to ensure timeous export declarations.
Retrieval and collation of all export documentation as required by legislation and as aligned with Indirect tax and Compliance. These documents will include but may not be limited to- Purchase orders, BDNs, Invoices, DA1/DA3s, SAD500s, VOCs, GEM tracking, clearing instructions, proof of payments
Review collected export documentation for accuracy, completeness and validity; manage any discrepancies with relevant internal/external stakeholders
Maintain retention of all export documentation in a central repository accessible by all internal stakeholders and in a manner that enables ease of retrieval in the event of any reviews and audits
Perform weekly proof of export tracking
Perform reconciliation of export transactions to trade statistics
Prepare monthly dashboard that provides overview of exports compliance
Lead the automation of export documentation collection and review efficiency of processes and the need for automation as applicable
Performs attestation (Indirect Tax control Framework and any other which may be required) of compliance processes within the scope of this role
Assist with updates of documented processes as changes in the business arise
Support with the Monthly reconciliation between Marine MI and Statutory reporting
Support the team with ARIBA related requests
Lead response to any SARS Audit requests
Supports the T&S Business Manager in their duties and responsibilities
Extracting data from the systems to support ad-hoc requests from the wider teams
Assisting with Interim and year-end external auditor requests
Assist with the implementation of process improvement solutions for activities within the team
Support with action tracking for identified projects
Cover for the T&S Market analyst
BCP updates

Essential Education


Bachelor or Commerce in Accounting or similar

Essential Experience


Operational indirect tax experience
Understanding of O2C and export declaration to indirect tax acquittal processes
Performing reconciliations and multi-way matching of documents within an audit trail
Managing documentation management systems
Understanding of the P2P process

Other essential skills


Strong documentation processing & management skills
Strong with administration, organisational and coordination/analysing
Energetic, self-starting and able to take ideas and run with them without undue supervision
Able to manage and build strong counterparty relationships in a short period of time with external and internal parties whom incumbent has not met or worked with before.
Good with documents management systems
Ability to work with various systems and identify potential areas of efficiency
SAP experience advantageous

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 crafting 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, collaboration spaces in a modern office environment, and many others benefits! We operate a hybrid model with 60% from the office and 40% from home with flexibility as agreed with line management.

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:

Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Commercial Business Development, Continuous Learning, Customer promise execution, Customer service delivery excellence, Deal modelling and valuation, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Internal alignment, Listening, Loyalty Management, Marketing strategy and programmes, Negotiating value, Negotiation planning and preparation, Partner relationship management, Presenting, Sentiment and Trends, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading Fundamentals, Trading knowledge, Writing 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.



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.