| | Specialist- Management Information Planning Analysis |
| | India |
| | The
aim of the Shell Business Service Centre, Chennai is to provide the
Group with operational excellence through highlighting and utilizing
process improvements and functional efficiencies as well as by
leveraging economies of scale. Currently, the Chennai centre provides a
wide range of finance, accounting and business services to Shell
operating companies across several business sectors globally.
Set up
in September 2007, the Chennai centre has grown rapidly and now , in its
fourth year of operations , it has crossed the 1600 staff mark. The
centre is located in the RMZ Millennia Business Park, where the Shell
campus is a LEED Platinum building with world class infrastructure. The
business is expected to grow further over the next two years and
infrastructural additions to support this have been planned.
The main
focus in Chennai is on Finance Operations which supports delivery of
the global Finance functional plan. There is also a ‘Downstream India’ -
Customer Services Team that handles lubricant depot ordering within the
country. The Business Service Centre (BSC Team) manages the centre
facilities and supports business partners’ operations on site. There is a
strong focus at SBSC on safety & well being of staff and on its
three core values: Compliance, Intervention & Respect. |
| | Shell
operates some of the world’s largest and most complex Upstream energy
projects and is considered the industry leader in advancing energy
technology. Continuous innovation in exploration and production have
unlocked resources that were once out of reach or too expensive.
The
Upstream Reporting & Analysis team is strategically placed
alongside the controllers, exploration, development and operating
finance teams to support the successful delivery of these projects
within very dynamic operating, regulatory and commercial circumstances.
This close proximity to the projects provides Finance a distinctive
view to deliver value through meaningful performance analysis,
commercial insight and cost leadership.
As Shell’s Upstream business
continues to evolve rapidly, we are seeking talented finance
professionals to integrate into the Upstream Reporting & Analysis
team to help enable our growth ambitions. These individual contributor
roles offer a valuable opportunity to understand the complexities of the
Upstream Oil & Gas industry, gain advanced level SAP and data
structures comprehension and play a valued role in one of Shell’s
strategic growth areas.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
The contributions to the business that are expected from these positions can include combinations of the following:
Management Information, Planning & Analysis
•Handle
a variety of financial/business activities related to Month-end close
and reporting. This includes Control operations, Accrual Analysis, Month
close activities including Journals and Accruals, Authority for
Expenditure Cost center Releases, pre-payments, Time Writing Analysis
and follow up, Cost Allocations and Review of unallocated balances,
Project reporting and SKF uploads.
•Complex economic modeling to evaluate project, reserves and carrying value economics.
•Measure
and manage the operational and financial performance for businesses
across the corporation to support delivery of optimum business
performance.
•Assisting Finance in the Business in business planning, budgeting and strategy formulation.
•Provide expert judgment, by way of thorough analysis on queries from management on Upstream issues.
•Participate
in creating narratives that are linked to financial/operational results
and highlighting financial impacts of critical business/operational
decisions.
•Provide management information and timely analysis on key
financial and nonfinancial metrics. This will include corporate
reporting and appropriate communication to the organization, including
variance analysis of forecast and actual compared to plan.
•Facilitate
benchmarking and sharing of best practices across the Business Line to
include bringing competitor insights into performance analysis.
•Formulate
solutions, alternatives and recommendations over complex theoretical
and practical accounting, financial systems, internal control, or other
matters not covered by standard practice or precedent.
•Contribute to the design and implementation of the planning and performance management processes.
•Formal
review of financials prior to close to ensure that the financial
performance is correctly represented. This will involve includes
analysis and maintenance of supervisory mechanisms to ensure first time
right quality.
•Support additional migration of activities with a view on eliminating, simplifying, standardizing and automating.
•Administration of Shell’s complex internal control framework.
Stakeholder Management
•Proactively manages relationships with the stakeholders in respective Line of Business.
•Engage
with other Processes and teams within Finance Operations that are
involved with related work to develop end to end process knowledge of
various processes and finding ways.
•Support Change Management both in onshore and offshore whenever needed.
•Network
with the Business / Focal (as applicable) to ensure adequate business
understanding is maintained. Connectivity will help align role with the
underlying business and will ensure that the Finance and Business
objectives are addressed appropriately.
Process Improvements
•Perform
ongoing review of desk processes and procedures and proactively seek
enhancements. Provide data supporting proposed changes and related
impacts to the Sr. Team Manager for review.
•Contribute to Finance Operations’ continuous improvement goals, including Sigma Green Belt certification opportunities.
•Independently
troubleshoot issues that arise, make adjustments and corrections as
needed, within delegated authorities and responsibilities. If actions
are needed that are not within the desk scope or authority, brings
actions to be taken to the appropriate level needed for handling. |
| | JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
General
- The
incumbent should be a CA/ICWA/CA (Inter)/ICWA (Inter)/full time MBA
with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience (in any of the
mentioned disciplines) with relevant experience in budgeting, planning
and management reporting. She/he should also have experience in
providing incisive analysis for a line of business with variance
analysis explanation, decision support planning and budgeting.
- Exhibiting
desire to learn the complexities of the Upstream/P&T business –
Reaching out, asking the right questions and quickly acquire a good
understanding of the asset supported to begin contributing valuable
insight to the business.
- Working in virtual teams with different time zones / cultures
- Ability make end to end connections and deliver adhoc requests and effectively and efficiently.
- Ability to see beyond the numbers by connecting knowledge of the asset’s activities to the financial outcomes.
- Ability to adapt to business needs and respond to them swiftly.
Skills
- Communication and Interpersonal skills - stakeholder relationships are critical to the success of this position.
- Seek and provide feedback to improve performance of self and the team.
- Ownership and accountability to individual deliverables and team goals.
- Ability to prioritize -Ensuring that timelines and quality parameters are adhered to.
- Proactive communication of problems/issues and being able to work swiftly towards solutions.
- Ability to work within the framework of business process controls.
- Well versed with applications such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Blueprint.
- Exhibit Shell behaviors in day to day work.JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
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