Controllership Analyst - Afternoon Shift

About the role

bp's ST&S Finance & Risk unit supports Supply, Trading & Shipping with financial stewardship, reporting, control and risk. The Controllership team, part of Core Finance & Risk, delivers controlled close and reporting and reports to the Controllership Lead. The Controllership Analyst completes and supports accurate, timely and controlled close, accounting and reporting, investigating movements and exceptions and operating financial controls. The role requires flexibility to work the afternoon shift (US time) at least 10 days per month.

Key responsibilities

• Complete monthly, quarterly and annual close activities, including reconciliations, journals and reporting within agreed deadlines.
• Perform controllership activities such as due diligence, management-to-accounting alignment, derivative and valuation accounting, intercompany matters and statutory reporting support, and investigate material movements.
• Operate and evidence financial controls, identify gaps or failures, support remediation and raise material risks.
• Support the accounting implementation of new business and change by documenting requirements, analysing and testing, and embedding approved process, data and control changes.
• Investigate accounting, data and process issues, explain their impact and actions, and raise items needing broader decisions.
• Contribute to standardisation and continuous improvement, reduce manual activity, improve data quality and support automation.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in accounting, finance or a related field.
• Proven experience in accounting, reporting, financial control or controllership, including period-end close, reconciliations, controls and investigations.
• Professional accounting qualification preferred or in progress.
• Good understanding of commodity trading and supply businesses, and experience with physical and financial commodity accounting, including valuation and derivatives.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• Financial accounting, period-end close and financial reporting
• Accounting policy, processes and financial systems
• Internal control and compliance
• Data analysis and analytics

What we offer

• Performance-based bonus opportunities and a wide range of cafeteria elements
• Life and health insurance and a medical care package
• Hybrid working arrangement
• Long-term career path and learning options
• Eligibility for the Global ShareMatch plan
• Family-friendly measures such as extended parental leave and a mother-baby room
• Wellbeing programmes and chill-out spaces in the Budapest and Szeged offices

No travel is expected, relocation assistance is not available, and the position is a hybrid of office and remote work.