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Ref: KP754-244
Job description / Role
The Assets Accountant is an active member of the Financial Reporting Team, and reports to the Accounting Services Manager, the Financial Reporting Team is primarily accountable for ensuring that the transactions and financial results are completely and accurately recorded and reported in a timely manner. As a key support role to the business the post holder will be expected to develop relationship across all business and functional areas and at the same time will need to have a broad understanding of the business activity set they are in support of. They will need to be able to communicate effectively with business peers in PSCM, D&C and Project services as well as other members of the Accounting Services Team. Whilst familiarity with the BP Group Accounting and Internal Control policies is not required initially, it is expected that the post holder will become increasingly familiar with these, and will be provided with the appropriate on the job.
As a member of the Accounting Services team the Asset Analyst will be involved in the delivery of key Financial Accounting and Control Processes and activities, including:
* Control on BP Movable Assets allocation.
* Co-Ordination with PSCM team on BP movable assets transactions.
* Monitoring new asset creation, settlements and updating settlement rules.
* Asset retirements.
* Asset adjustments.
* Asset impairments.
* Depreciation.
* Period End/Year End closing entries.
Requirements
* Degree in Accounting, business or economics.
* Sound knowledge of MS Excel.
* Working knowledge of SAP.
* Flexibility to adapt and utilize different information systems (e.g. Business Object, Maximo, etc.)
* The post holder should have a minimum of 5 year's accounting experience.
About the Company
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. With a workforce of nearly 80,000 employees, 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.