HR Business Partner - Treasury, M&A, IR & Group Finance (mat cover)

Job description

Segment

Corporate & Functions
Role synopsis

This business partner role will provide a great opportunity to gain exposure to how the financial heart of BP works as the client group includes:
·  The Group Finance team which supports the deployed Finance function with common processes, accounting standards and systems to deliver functional excellence. This team owns the responsibility for the Group's annual and quarterly reporting cycles, and hosts the finance support for OB&C.
·  The Treasury team whose objectives are to fund the Group, manage cash financial assets and liabilities and enable transactions in order to protect the Group's financial resilience and maximise value. Treasury also manages key risks, makes ~$2 trillion in clearing payments, manages $41 billion of pension fund assets, undertakes foreign exchange dealing and interfaces with banks.
·  The M&A team who play a key part in both the growth and transition agenda of BP. M&A handled BP's $38 billion divestment programme and is on track to deliver a further $4bn of divestments, identify inorganic options and actively support the Group and Segment strategy and portfolio decisions.
·  The Investor Relations team which manages BP's interactions with the investment community. They hold relationships with BP's institutional shareholders, potential shareholders and independent equity analysts who research the oil industry. They are responsible for communicating BP's results and strategy externally, and also for bringing feedback from the investment community back into BP The successful incumbent will become a member of the functional Leadership Teams and have the opportunity to shape the people agenda. The role will provide a great range of experiences including looking after Group Leaders the opportunity to gain a global macro-economic as well as geo-political outlook.

In addition, the HRBP operates as part of the CFO HR team with the opportunity to undertake projects and activities across the CFO portfolio, and plays a critical team role in delivering a cohesive One HR agenda which includes involvement in projects working across Corporate & Functions. This is a global HR role and as such the incumbent is expected to operate across the three main regions of North America, Europe and Asia.
Req ID

78265BR
Location

United Kingdom - South East - London
Is this a part time position?

No
Relocation available

No
Travel required

Negligible travel
Key accountabilities

·  Business Partnering – ensures critical people processes are effectively and efficiently undertaken.
·  People Plans – engages line managers in the compilation of people plans and successful delivery of key people initiatives.
·  Organisational Effectiveness – provides line management with advice and options for improving organisational effectiveness, productivity and working practices.
·  Talent Management and Succession Planning – delivers talent review process in collaboration with line managers. Facilitates talent review meetings and implements effective action plans to support increased capability.
·  Recruitment and Staffing – manages experienced business recruiting and migration activities for line managers, conforming with group recruiting standards and D&I plans.
·  Development – implements key leadership development initiatives and supports development for all.
·  Reward and Performance Management – ensures line manager enrolment and execution of key reward and performance cycle activities.
·  Employee Relations and Engagement – primary point of contact for all employee relations matters. Delivery of grievance and disciplinary processes, including execution of investigations.
·  HR Policy Administration and Services – accountable for ensuring accuracy of team leaders' people data. Manages the BP People service delivery model for client group and pursues continuous improvement in transactional efficiency.
Essential Education

·  Degree
·  CIPD
Desirable criteria and qualifications

None specified
About BP

Our business is the exploration, production, refining, trading and distribution of energy. This is what we do, and we do it on a truly global scale. BP operates with business activities and customers in more than 80 countries across six continents. Every day, we serve millions of customers around the world. We are continually looking for talented, committed and ambitious people to help us shape the face of energy for the future.

To remain one of the world's premier integrated oil companies, BP recognises that it needs a highly respected, high performing, world class HR function which combines the provision of strategic advice to business leaders with efficient and effective transactional support to managers and employees. The HR function does this through the development and delivery of well executed HR services and by defining standards, policies and processes to help ensure we have the right people in the right roles when we need them, motivated and able to deliver outstanding performance. This is achieved by delivering business partnering and support; operational excellence; people data and core HR processes; governance, policy and coherence and ensuring that we have an effective system of HR compliance and controls in line with regulatory requirements and company policies and standards and by creating coherence in core HR areas. We are looking for talented, committed HR professionals who can work with the business to deliver the right people solutions that create competitive advantage to the organisation.
Application close date

03-Feb-2017
Sub-category

Human Resources
Job category

Human Resources
Countries (State/Region)

United Kingdom - South East

Desired profile

Essential experience and job requirements

·  Experience Requirements:
·  Demanding operational contexts
·  Commercial business environments
·  Transformational change programmes
·  HR project management role
·  Broad generalist experience Functional Skills Requirements:
·  HR functional specialist in at least one area
·  Understands and can apply operational HR processes
·  Connects HR activities to business goals
·  Able to support effective implementation of business change
·  Strong analytical and problem solving ability
·  Numerate and financially literate
·  Good judgement and well developed diplomacy skills
Other Requirements (eg Travel, Location)

N/A