Team Manager- Intercompany Accounting

Role & responsibilities Operational Delivery & Process Excellence Lead and develop the team to execute end-to-end intercompany financial accounting and reporting processes, ensuring all activities are recorded accurately, reported timely, and delivered with high standards of integrity, transparency, and operational excellence. Build and maintain strong internal and external stakeholder relationships to enable smooth delivery of accounting and reporting activities, providing expert support on requests, issues, projects, audits, and planning cycles. Drive simplification, standardisation, and continuous improvement by empowering the team to design and implement process and system enhancements, ensuring best practices are shared and embedded across the wider Intercompany Hub. Oversee the analysis, explanation, and validation of financial reports and account balances, ensuring insights are reliable, data is retained appropriately, and outputs support informed decision-making. Demonstrate strong technical capability across SAP, Blackline, AO tools and other IC systems to guide operations, troubleshooting, and solutioning. Ensure strict compliance with bps Code of Conduct, Values & Behaviours, and all relevant accounting, reporting, and internal control frameworks. Leadership & People Management Deliver all people-management responsibilities in line with organisational policies and legal requirements. Plan, assign, and guide work for team members, ensuring clarity of priorities, expectations, and deliverables. Set goals, provide timely performance feedback, and conduct appraisals for direct reports as required. Coach team members to close process gaps, identify inefficiencies, and build a culture of continuous improvement and operational discipline. Mentor and develop talent by providing guidance, stretch opportunities, and long-term career development support, safeguard retention of key talent. Identify and secure learning and development opportunities to strengthen team capability and ensure competency for current and future demands. Foster a culture of trust, accountability, collaboration, and high performance within the team. Manage resource allocation and workforce planning to support FBT service delivery, controls, and cost requirementsensuring flexibility to respond to variable business demand. Business Understanding & Strategic Partnership Demonstrate strong understanding of bps business context to ensure delivery of high-quality accounting, reporting, and control outcomes aligned with business needs. Partner effectively with People & Culture and relevant teams to ensure the organisation has the right capabilities, skills, and experience to operate in a fast-paced and complex environment. Respond swiftly and effectively to changing business requirements, ensuring the team adapts to evolving priorities. Proactively seek opportunities to improve processesdelivering solutions that are better, faster, more efficient, and aligned with bps play to win mindset Qualification & Experience and Competencies Education & Experience Finance & Accounting graduate or qualified professional (e.g., CA, CPA, CMA) with 15+ years of proven experience delivering end-to-end financial accounting and reporting processes with a strong record of operational excellence. Extensive Record-to-Report (R2R) operational experience, with deep understanding of accounting, reporting, controls and financial governance frameworks; prior experience managing high-performing teams with full delivery accountability. Strong working knowledge of SAP financial modules, intercompany functionality, and reporting tools; hands-on experience with BlackLine, AO/analysis tools, and other finance systems used in IC operations. Demonstrated ability in process re-engineering, standardisation, and continuous improvement, with a strong drive for process transformation and digital enablement. Prior experience in the Oil & Energy industry with sound understanding of sector-specific terminology, business processes, and operational models. Proven involvement in process transformation initiatives, including design, implementation, and change management across finance operations. In-depth knowledge of R2R processes, including key controls, reconciliations, KPIs, metrics, and risk & control considerations. Flexibility to work across global time zones, including US time zones, to support business demands. .