VP Audit Digital, Technology, People & Culture

VP Audit Digital, Technology, People & Culture

Entity:
Finance

Job Family Group:
Audit Group

Job Description:
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.

The VP Audit - Digital provides leadership in influencing the management of bp's significant digital/information technology risks. The role involves overseeing the development and delivery of a portfolio of digital audits, managing senior stakeholder relationships, inspiring Internal Audit staff, and building audit and risk management capability.

IA's vision is to enable bp's energy reset strategy through its objective insights and advice. We are a global and diverse team of ~120 people engaged in auditing and supporting bp's businesses across the globe to efficiently and effectively manage risk.

We offer exceptional opportunities to make a difference to how bp manages its principal risks, to influence senior management as well as enhance your career, business knowledge, networks, and leadership skills.

Key Accountabilities
As a VP Audit, you will:

• Deliver a global portfolio of audits across several business areas including:
• Maintaining subject matter expertise and a strategic perspective on relevant risks to bp, including risk trends, industry developments, and the evolution of bp's business activities.
• Developing the annual audit programme for those business areas, using judgement to focus and prioritise the programme whilst ensuring appropriate risk coverage.
• Coaching and supporting audit managers and leads in the planning and execution of focused, cost-effective impactful audits and insightful audit reports as well as rigorous closure of audit actions.
• Maintain relationships with relevant senior stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across the relevant business areas to support efficient and effective execution of audit work.
• Understanding of the dynamic business environment.
• Attraction of talented staff, guest and business auditors, and out-placement of audit staff into the business.
• Leverage networks to communicate audit insights to influence improvement in risk management across bp.
• Lead and line manage audit staff, including:
• Active role in IA's leadership team, influencing important decisions, prioritizing effort and resources; and driving transformation and continuous improvement.
• Mentor and develop audit managers and other staff, delegating appropriately to empower and build capability, identifying growth opportunities for staff within and outside IA.
• Demonstrate curiosity and continuous learning, championing improvement and adoption of digital and agile approaches.
• Role model bp's values & behaviours including a strong focus on safety management, diversity, inclusion and equity.
• Exemplify conformance with bp requirements and processes.

Essential Education

• Educated to degree level or IT certification or possessing exceptional information technology industry knowledge.

Essential Experience

• Broad experience in auditing, managing or operating information technology - cyber security, development and deployment of digital products, platforms and services, maintenance of critical business systems, IT project management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to influence senior leaders with sound business judgement, technical credibility and focus.
• Significant people leadership experience and a track record for motivating diverse, impactful teams and building capability.
• Track record of driving process and controls improvement or change projects with a commitment to continuous learning and personal development.

Essential behaviours
Create a one team approach within Internal Audit, champion bp's Who we are culture - specifically:

• Follow and uphold the rules and standards of bp, hold others to account for doing the same.
• Listen carefully and consider different perspectives - championing and supporting bp's psychological safety objective.
• Create an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.
• Build strong relationships based on trust and honest discussion.
• Foster learning, the sharing of knowledge and continuous improvement.
• Speak out when something is not right and be prepared to say "no" or "stop" when necessary.

Desirable Criteria

• Audit technical skills, given the reliance placed by bp management on Internal Audit work and the potential for external disclosure of audit results. Where necessary, in-house training will be provided.
• Strong listening and verbal communication skills, able to reconcile different perspectives, challenge the status quo, deliver clear messages and provide honest, empowering feedback.
• Organised, strategic thinker, able to predict and manage potential issues and adapt to changing priorities.
• Self-directed leader and great teammate with a passion for developing people and an equitable, inclusive workplace.
• Early adopter of digital tools, data, technology and innovative, problem-solving approaches.
• Awareness of evolving new digital technologies and potential for opportunity and risk.

Why join bp:
At bp, we provide an excellent working environment and employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others.

We support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting 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 significant, 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 others benefits.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Travel Requirement
Up to 25% travel should be 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, Analytical Thinking, Digital fluency, Influencing, Internal Auditing, Managing change, Managing volatility, Negotiating, Organizational knowledge, Organizational Savvy, Regional perspective, Risk Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management.

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.