BP Australia
2021 12-month Co-operative Program: Finance (Accounting)
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- 3 vacancies
- Apply by 26 Jul 2020
About the role:
GBS is offering three (3) fantastic opportunities for Accounting students to join the team as part of our 12-month Co-operative (Co-op) program. Commencing in January 2021, the Co-op program provides penultimate year students with the chance to gain experience in a real job where you can apply the knowledge you have gained at university while continuing to develop your technical and business skills.
As a BP GBS Co-op student within the Finance team, you will deliver several disciplines within the Record to Report team including Financial Reporting, Banking Services, Tax, Management Accounting and Compliance.
This may include:
- Performing Period End Close (PEC) activities (including management of reporting requirements, data gathering, business sign-off and validation)
- Managing Business Partner Organisation (BPO) relationships and deliverables
- Analytical review of financials
- Assisting with global Treasury projects
- Loss Prevention and Fraud Analytics
- Supporting tax compliance activities
You will also have the opportunity to get involved in ad hoc projects and site audits and interact with a range of internal and external customers who will challenge and develop your communication, negotiation and problem-solving skills.
About you:
To be eligible for our Co-op program you are:
- In your penultimate OR graduating year of an Accounting-based (or similar) degree
- Available to start in mid-January 2019 for a fixed-term period of 12-months
- An Australian citizen or permanent resident
- Have experience in retail, customer service and/or office-based work (preferable)
Breadth of competence across the following capabilities is highly desirable:
- Strong personal effectiveness and leadership skills: you can communicate purposefully and clearly with a range of partners, present ideas, manage ur time and are hungry to learn, develop and acquire new skills
- Customer centricity: a customer-first mentality
- Commercial attitude: using time and resources to find opportunities to do things more efficiently and to ensure full benefits of activity is realized
- Digital fluency: able to understand the power of using digital tools to drive initiatives forward, identify improvement opportunities and natural preference to automate work to eliminate inefficient work practices
About the benefits:
- Competitive salary package + 9.5% super
- Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements
- Collaborative environment that celebrates achievements, diversity & culture
- Career development and mentoring programs in a global organisation
- Convenient location in a newly refurbished office in Docklands next to Southern Cross
- Barista training (make your coffee on our café quality machines!)
BP Australia acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia's First people. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for this role and all other current vacancies.
Reviews
Priorities and goals can lack lots of structure so hard to know what you should be prioritizing and working towards.
Process driven work that impacts daily operations
I have been very fortunate to work on a variety of projects throughout my time on the grad program. These projects have allowed me to develop a diverse set of skills and get a strong understanding of the bp business. I have also been given lots of opportunities to work with a range of people from different areas of the business and expand my professional networks.
About the employer
BP Australia
4.0
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Mining, Oil & Gas
Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and improve people’s lives.
Pros and cons of working at BP Australia
Pros
The exposure to the business is fantastic, as is the ability to grow my skills. Networking opportunities are fantastic.
Convenient location, friendly people, nice desk set-ups, free coffee, natural lighting, competitive salary
I think the company has a good work-life balance, and they care about you're overall wellbeing.
Work-life balance and flexibility in the workplace I am working towards something that I believe in and doing meaningful work. Mentoring and career development opportunities are very abundant. Freedom and trust by managers and experienced no micro-management.
Inclusive atmosphere, colleagues that are willing to help and encouraged to solve problems.
Cons
Nothing really! I would say, though, that the graduate program would be good if it were three years. I am finding that a lot of the graduates below me are grasping an understanding of the business in the first year and then going into their second year and rolling off.
A little bit disjointed in the sense that there are people from all over the organization making requests from you via email. I feel that task requests should only really come from the line manager or a member of your appropriate team.
Being forced to attend the office 60/40. I enjoy working in the office but would highly prefer this to be a personal decision, not enforced from top-down. Lack of salary transparency.
Starting as a graduate, it was challenging when other team members weren't in the office to learn off due to working from home.
While it is fantastic that BP is such a large business with many opportunities for growth, that benefit also has a flip side. Working in a diverse business can make it hard to specialize or focus on areas of interest, especially in the early stages of your career. This is due to two factors: 1. People with diverse experience are highly valued, so you are often encouraged to take a generalist approach to your career. 2. It can take time for roles in your desired area to come up.