Lightsource bp
Finance Data & Systems Optimisation Manager
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Finance Data & Systems Optimisation Manager
About Lightsource bp
We are Lightsource bp – and we’re on a mission to become a global leader in onshore renewables, anchored by our proven track record in solar development. For over a decade, we’ve worked to diversify the way our world is powered with sustainable and responsible renewable power. We deliver affordable, reliable, large-scale onshore renewable and energy storage solutions to support global decarbonisation.
Our growing business continually innovates and invests to drive the energy transition, with a focus on long-term sustainable growth and energy security. We operate by five core values: Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, and Drive.
We seek individuals who share our commitment to:
- Creating a safe workplace
- Upholding the highest standards of integrity
- Demonstrating respect for colleagues, communities, and the environment
- Valuing long-term growth and responsible practices
- Driving innovation and leadership in the global energy transition
Together, these values guide how we engage, assess, and welcome talent to deliver transformational solar power solutions worldwide. In 2024, we were fully acquired by bp.
Role: Finance Data & Systems Optimisation Manager
This role leads initiatives to improve how Finance manages, accesses, and uses its data and systems. With responsibility across the finance function, the Finance Data & Systems Optimisation Manager identifies and delivers improvements in reporting, data accessibility, and system effectiveness.
The role blends strategic project management with hands-on technical work to create sustainable, high-impact solutions that enable Finance to automate and deliver timely, accurate, and insightful information.
Key Responsibilities
Digital Project Management & Implementation
- Lead and manage initiatives to enhance Finance’s data accessibility, reporting capabilities, and systems utilization through:
- Programme roadmap ownership
- Milestone tracking
- Benefits realisation reporting
- Drive data discovery activities to establish lineage, identify sources, flows, and dependencies, then prioritise reporting and system use cases
- Work as a liaison between Finance and IT Data Teams:
- Support scoping of Data Lake use cases
- Conduct citizen development and testing within sandbox environments
- Define requirements for data transformation, consolidation, and quality checks to ensure accuracy and integrity
- Utilise company tools (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform) to deliver immediate reporting improvements via citizen-developed solutions
- Oversee technical developments (e.g., via internal/offshore teams) ensuring technical designs align with business requirements and are scalable and fit for purpose
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Stakeholder Engagement
- Proactively identify data and reporting optimisation opportunities through:
- Workshops
- Discovery sessions
- Collaborative stakeholder engagement
- Contributions to a broader pipeline of initiatives
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders on:
- Project objectives
- Risks and progress
- Translating complex data/systems concepts into accessible language
- Maintain engagement with global end-users, ensuring outputs are:
- Practical
- Understood
- Fully adopted
Technical Expertise, Governance & Support
- Maintain and develop knowledge of data modelling, transformation, and dashboard/reporting solutions relevant to Finance operations, including:
- Microsoft Power Platform
- SAP data structures
- Cloud-based platforms (e.g., Snowflake)
- Evaluate and recommend system configuration changes, integrations, or tools to improve data management, including:
- Data Lake integration
- Leverage of IT-managed environments for Finance
- Leverage AI tools by:
- Staying aware of emerging capabilities
- Collaborating with IT & Digital AI teams to explore/undefined>
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Requirements
Knowledge
- Experience assessing, executing, and documenting digital transformation business opportunities
- Broad experience in developing and implementing automation and digitalisation initiatives within global finance teams
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including cross-functional/cross-regional relationship management
- Genuine curiosity for technology with a proven ability to quickly learn new tools/platforms
- Exceptional analytical skills to challenge existing processes and drive value creation
- Bachelor’s degree in one of the following (or equivalent practical experience):
- Finance
- Data Analytics
- Information Systems
- Related field
- A Master’s degree is an advantage
- Certification in business intelligence (BI) or data visualisation is desirable
- Qualified/Part Qualified Accountant (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is advantageous
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Experience
- Minimum of 3+ years in finance data analysis, reporting, and/or systems optimisation within an international environment
- Proven track record of:
- Improving reporting practices
- Automating data preparation
- Enhancing system performance
- Hands-on experience with reporting/data integration tools
- Experience in cross-functional/cross-regional stakeholder management
- Hands-on experience with:
- SAP ECC/S/4HANA
- Snowflake
- Workday
- Microsoft Power Platform
Personal Qualities
- Adaptable and organised with experience in international/multi-entity project delivery
- Flexible and resilient, adopting a positive "can-do" approach in a dynamic environment while staying composed under pressure
- Effective problem solver with a curiosity to understand business challenges and drive value creation
- Self-starter capable of working with minimal direction
Why Work for Lightsource bp
Our workplace prioritises personal and professional growth:
- Be you: A fully inclusive community that values every individual.
- Be responsible: Driven by our core values (Safety, Integrity, Respect, Sustainability, Drive).
- Be recognised: Competitive salary, annual bonus, retention benefits, health insurance, pension packages, and regional benefits.
- Be inspired: Opportunities for personal development, including:
- Charitable initiatives
- Support for our Solar Honey project
- Volunteering for our VIBS committee and more
Learn more about opportunities and life at Lightsource bp: https://www.lightsourcebp.com/careers/
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