Entity:

People, Culture & Communications

Job Family Group:

HR Group

Job Description:

Ways of Working

At bp our P&C service solution are an integrated subject area. Movement between businesses, teams, and projects, takes place flexibly based on business need, activity flow, payroll services development needs and readiness for new experiences. We aim to provide broad growth opportunities in both standard processes, and project delivery when needed. This role may be placed to support any of bp’s business entities in South Africa, Angola, Nigeria and Ghana and may be required to support projects with a broader geographical footprint.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES 

Develops working relationships with internal customers to support successful delivery of P&C Services and leverage partnership opportunities, collaborating with other teams to assist in operational delivery of assigned portfolios and support consistency to standards and policies.Prepares and monitors payroll data ensuring processes and data are in place for payroll processing per local country requirements and regulations.Ensures integrity of Workday organisation structure data. Maintain. org units, jobs, position master data in Workday.Ensure that payroll deadlines are adhered to ensure timeous delivery of payroll runs and employee and salary payments.Processes large scale and /or complex re-organisations ensuring Organisation Management processes and procedures are being followed.Thoroughly investigate complex and often critical queries to quickly achieve problem resolution, handling customer expectations, and at times applying judgement based on a higher level of understanding of component systems, processes, and policies, being cognisant of setting precedent.Accountable for the analysis and fulfilment of Ad hoc Workday, Cornerstone, TAS and SAP reporting requests from the customer (providing existing and creating new reports in Workday).Accountable for the set up and management of all standard/scheduled workday reports.Applies knowledge of HR Services in order to support efforts to centralise, standardise and simplify HR administration, recommending potential continuous improvement opportunities.Aligns with the BP's Code of Conduct and models BP's Values & Behaviors.Performs Gap analysis and suggest solutions.Supports any testing requirements for system upgrades/implementation of new requirements for the payroll solution.Represents P&C benefits, policies, and processes.Attends to People care tickets diligently and professionally aligned to BP policies.Creates new and Manage SOP within P&C local and other African countries.Maintains the UIF recon, ensuring accuracy of the data and records are align to the applicable leavers code.Operational quarterly meeting with benefits principal officers.

Key Capabilities

Technical Capability

Proven track record in managing payroll deliveries within the team in a shared service environment in a multi- national organization.Developing capability to reconciliations, payroll data management and identifying errors with minimum supervisory assistanceExpert knowledge of Payroll systems and reporting extraction and running of macrosAdvance Excel abilities to enable macros and payroll checking excel formatted sheets.Tax knowledge in identifying with South African payroll-related legislation, tax regulations,Strong financial acumen in managing monthly recons in benefits and general ledgers/cost centers.Analysis monthly integration error log and correct where applicable.Managing FIRSHT platform and reconcile to ADP.Ability to convey technical payroll concepts/issues to all levels.High attention to detail, including the ability to sense check actual outputs against expected outputs to spot errors.Strong numeracy, analytical and interpretive skills.The ability to recognize issues and problem solve.Integrity and approachability, to discuss sensitive and confidential issues.Ability to create an automated platform to allow employees to submit payroll documents successfully.

Business Capability

Strong business insightCustomer focus – Puts the customer and business strategy at the heart of decision making. Ability to guide leaders through choices to best suit business requirements.Externally orientated – actively working on developing external connections, aware of best practice and actively learns from others.Ability to coordinate projects that impacts payroll and provide guidance to stakeholders ensuring compliance and accuracy.

ESSENTIAL EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Payroll Administration, Human Resources, or other relevant field.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Advance application of SAPFoundational knowledge of WorkdayExtensive Tax Expertise specifically for South AfricaFoundational knowledge of CRM systemsA continuous improvement approach; seeking simple, ‘best fit’ solutions to challenges.Requires at least 3- 5 years’ experience in Human Resources, proven capability and experience in delivering payroll management, payroll reconciliation, change management, and organizational development

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

degree relevant for Human Resources or Financial Management

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 important, 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

No travel is 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:

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Customer service delivery excellence, Customer Service Design, Data Management, Decision Making, Developing and implementing strategy, Discovered resource estimation and assurance, Employee and labour relations, Extract, transform and load, Global Perspective, Information Security, Leading transformation, Management Reporting, Managing change, Managing strategic partnerships, Measurement and metrics, Organizational knowledge, Performance and planning, Project and programme management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management {+ 2 more}

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.