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About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide tax leadership across bp’s US and cross-border Upstream and Downstream activities in the Americas
- Develop tax planning, compliance, audit, appeal, and policy strategies
- Provide practical tax advice on investments, commercial arrangements, operating model changes, supply chains, restructurings, joint ventures, acquisitions, divestments, farm-ins, farm-outs, and other material initiatives
- Advise on US domestic, international tax, centralized funding, and treasury-related matters
- Manage and support debt-equity analyses, including instrument terms, legal documentation, repayment capacity, withholding tax, and audit-defensible technical positions
- Advise on interest deductibility, thin capitalization, earnings stripping, hybrid mismatch, anti-hybrid, base erosion, withholding tax, and treaty eligibility rules
- Coordinate with Treasury, Legal, Group Tax, and subject matter experts on funding structures and reporting
- Review treaty positions and beneficial ownership considerations for cross-border payments
- Support Upstream activities including exploration, development, production, joint operating arrangements, production sharing, decommissioning, asset swaps, and new-country expansion
- Support Downstream activities including refining, terminals and pipelines, retail, aviation, biofuels, renewable fuels, customer-facing businesses, supply chains, and commercial models
- Coordinate with Tax Operations on tax filings and financial reporting
- Lead or support tax audits and controversy workstreams
- Review and draft tax language in commercial, joint venture, acquisition, divestment, financing, and intercompany agreements
- Analyze proposed legislation, regulations, administrative guidance, and tax policy developments
- Manage tax risk, operational efficiency, standardization, simplification, and continuous improvement
- Coordinate with Transfer Pricing and Supply, Trading & Shipping advisory teams
- Collaborate with Group Tax, Legal, Finance, and business teams across direct, indirect, transfer pricing, accounting, and commercial matters
- Build and maintain tax playbooks, issue logs, technical memoranda, precedent libraries, and lessons learned
Requirements
What you’ll need- A post-graduate level degree in tax, accounting, law, economics, finance or another relevant subject area
- CPA, attorney, chartered accountant or equivalent professional qualification is preferred
- Significant, relevant experience in tax advisory
- Preferably experience with US federal income tax, international tax, energy sector tax matters, transactions, audit controversy, or in-house business advisory support
- Strong technical knowledge applied to corporations, consolidated groups, partnerships, joint ventures, transactions, financing, tax accounting, credits and incentives, and international operations
- Deep understanding of international tax concepts
- Expertise in Upstream and Downstream energy businesses and associated technical tax concepts, rules and operating structures would be highly advantageous
- Strong financial acumen and modelling capability
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical skills and judgment
- Ability to work independently, shape cross-disciplinary workstreams, handle multiple priorities, and lead cross-functional and cross-border projects
- Demonstrated capability to lead initiatives and operate at senior executive level
- Ability to represent bp before fiscal authorities, external advisors, auditors, and business leadership
- Ability to utilise AI and data extraction and analytical tools, including Power BI and Microsoft Office
- Proven ability to work effectively across global, multicultural teams
- Strong commitment to safe, compliant, and reliable operations
- Commitment to an inclusive, respectful, and high-performing work environment
Benefits
Comp & perks- Competitive pay
- Discretionary annual bonus program
- Long-term incentive program
- Share options
- Flexible benefits
- Healthcare insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-Term Disability insurance
- Long-Term Disability insurance
- Retirement benefits
- 401k matching program
- Pension for eligible employees
- Paid vacation: 120–240 hours per year for full-time employees
- 9 paid holidays per year
- 2 personal choice holidays
- Up to 8 weeks’ paid parental leave for birth or adoption
- Agile working
- Resources, networks, and development opportunities
- Inclusive work environment
- Up to 25% travel expected
- US Benefits – Core