People & Culture Manager Back-Office (HR Operations)

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.

Join our Team and advance your career as People & Culture Manager Back-Office (HR Operations)!

The role is responsible for ensuring successful delivery of in country HR Services. You will lead a team of P&C Assistants and Payroll Specialists, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing, optimizing processes and maintaining compliance with employment regulations. This involves providing excellent first-line support to employees and management, benefits administration and payroll delivery. You would also oversee knowledge management, hold vendor partners to account and resolve issues. The role requires working with stakeholders to create improved processes, minimize risk, reduce costs and improve the quality and reliability of the service.

Payroll Management

• Oversee the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payroll execution in compliance with policies and statutory requirements

• Review payroll data, deductions, benefits, and tax information to ensure accuracy

• Be responsible for the monthly pre-payroll checking and corrections

• Approve the monthly payroll to release the payments

• Manage the overpayments and reclaim process as well as submission of prior tax year adjustments

• Identify and leverage continuous process improvement opportunities

Local Delivery / abscences / benefits

• Lead Local HR Delivery team which is responsible for processes such as employee records management, benefits, absence & reintegration and time off

• Manage employee benefits administration

• Monitor and manage compliance requirements, keeping up to date with changes in legislation

• Ensure up to date LOPs for all processes

Process Improvement, Reporting and other

• Ensure that country-specific process content is aligned with business needs, legislation, fiscal, regulatory rules, best practice and benchmarks

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll and administrative efficiencies

• Provision of documentation and knowledge share to satisfy audit requirements

• Liaise with cross-functional global and local teams in support of country delivery, provide subject matter expertise to resolve issues

• Be an escalation point of contact between vendor partners and bp

• Generate, analyze, and present payroll and HR metrics to support data-driven decision-making

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or HR

• Additional courses / qualification on specific legislation, social security, benefits, payroll

• 5+ years HR Services and payroll experience

• Excellent command of English and Dutch

• Proven people management experience

• Sound understanding of HR legislation, social security and benefits in the Netherlands

• Project management skills

• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical and organizational skills, attention to detail

• Knowledge of HR systems including time management and payroll (preferably ADP)

• Efficient problem-solver

• Experience in managing remote / global team members is an advantage

This position is office based at our central Dutch BP office near our BP Refinery - Europoort Rotterdam. Candidates must be in the possession of transport towards our location. The location can't be reached by public transport. The role holder is expected to be present in the office 3 days / week.

We recognise the contribution you make to our business with a whole range of benefits including a competitive salary, benefits and work environment for our staff as well as being committed to your ongoing professional development. We provide also phenomenal environment such as inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, and life & health insurance, medical care package.

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life.

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.