Senior enterprise technology engineer

 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.

You will work with 

This role collaborates closely with the Business Teams, ERP Sustain & Operations Team & the ERP Transformation Programme to design and implement best-in-class Tax solutions in SAP. You will work alongside business stakeholders, enterprise architects, functional consultants, and third-party vendors to develop and integrate the solution. This role will work within the Technology DevOps Team and is expected to work in close collaboration with geographically diverse stakeholders including Global Functional and Technical Product Managers and Owners and to collaborate with wider teams within Technology.  

Let me tell you about the role 

As a Senior Enterprise Technology Engineer (SAP Tax - Excise) you will play a critical role in leading the design, development, configuration, integration, testing and ultimate implementation and support of our SAP Tax solution. You will be responsible for defining and leading business requirements from business team members using structured business analysis tools, techniques and methodologies, to ensure that delivered Technology products and solutions successfully meet those needs, and that business users' expectations are met. You will be part of a DevOps team and will be expected to adopt the Agile framework around all aspect of the Product delivery and operations. You will be expected to engage other Technology teams such as Architecture, Application Support, Digital Security and so on as required to deliver agreed activity. 

What you will deliver: 

• Requirement Gathering & Documentation: Interact closely with stakeholders to gather business requirements, translate them into functional and/or technical specifications, and document them for implementation. 

• Deliver the solution design, configuration and customization of a system to meet the business process design and business requirements in line with the Product led organization. 

• Supports the Business Process Team, Business Stakeholders and Product Managers to validate business requirements then to drive common process and functional solutions globally. 

• Carry out the solution prototype and conduct a conference room pilot to validate the configuration design and explore fit/gap resolution options. 

• Complete the associated solution design document including the Configuration Rationale documentation. 

• Enter the configuration into the “gold” or master configuration client and prepare it for migration and transport to the next environment(s) as defined in the system landscape. 

• Coordinate/Participate in testing, including unit test, regression test and user acceptance test. 

• Complete all appropriate documentation required by the testers, deployment team and application support team 

• Sets up and prepares systems for migration to the next system environment up to production. 

• Collaboration & Communication: Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring effective communication and alignment throughout the implementation process. 

• Continuous Improvement: Monitor the performance of the system post-implementation, gather feedback, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. 

• Vendor/Partner Management: Collaborate with external vendors or partners involved in the implementation, ensuring deliverables meet expectations and timelines. 

• Knowledge Sharing: Share best practices, lessons learned, and insights gained from the implementation with relevant teams for organizational learning and improvement. 

As an SAP Tax Senior Enterprise Technology Engineer, your role is critical in bridging business requirements with SAP capabilities, ensuring the effective utilization of these functionalities to enhance asset management processes and drive operational efficiency. 

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications) 

Technical Skills we need from you 

• Strong analytical thinking, extensive operational and functional process knowledge in SAP functional as an implementation consultant or digital solution designer. 

• In-depth knowledge and proven experience in at least 2 full-cycle SAP implementation projects with complex business process re-engineering, process design and significant change management. 

• Experience in leading functional or technical team would be an added advantage. 

• Ability to align your skill set with market requirements and flexibility to learn new systems and business processes to deliver digital solutions at pace. 

• Ability to understand the short-term (tactical) and long-term (strategic) perspectives, how they relate to achieving targeted business outcomes and to associated technical solutions. 

• Ability to compare and evaluate solution proposals based on the main objectives and key results. 

• Experience in Agile delivery, User Experience (UX) design and Design Thinking Methodologies is a must. 

• Strong communication skills in a global, multi-cultural and diverse environment. 

• Good stakeholder management (business, functional, technical, internal and external customers). 

• Deep Knowledge on Tax specifically on Excise process and system solution especially for the Europe region as well as Australia and New Zealand countries 

• Expert as SAP Functional with SAP configuration skills in IS-Oil area specifically for the TDP (Tariff Duties and Permit) module. 

• Good understanding of integration of SAP FI with other modules including MM, SD, Logistics, as well as IS-OIL TSW (Trader Supply Workbench) and TD (Transport & Distribution) modules 

• Ability to identify options to enhance SAP standard functionality 

• Good understanding of interface design and framework such as eDocument, ALE, and SAP integration with SAP BTP, APIs etc. 

• Experience on S/4 HANA implementation 

• Business process knowledge in e-Invoicing, SAFT 

• Knowledge on SAP analysis for office 

Essential Skills 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Engineering/ finance /MBA or equivalent education 

• 8+ yrs plus experience as an SAP consultant. Functional experience and deep understanding of integration with SAP Supply chain solutions 

• Minimum 2 end to end SAP Implementation experience 

Skills that set you apart 

• Certification in SAP FICO 

• Very Good understanding of S/4 HANA 

• Good understanding of integration of SAP FI with other modules including MM, SD, Logistics, SSR 

• Knowledge on SAP Document compliance. 

• Good communication and verbal skills.  

• ABAP debugging skills will be an added advantage.