Shell India | RA PAR and Controller Lead

Responsibilities

• This evolution is enabled through organic performance improvement, strategic partnerships, and selective acquisitions, positioning Downstream as a critical platform for delivering competitive returns today while progressively decarbonising products, services, and operations.
• Additionally, this role will give you opportunity to leverage your leadership capabilities and further grow as a finance professional.
• This new role has been created to lead team that supports the Downstream Business, being accountable for all R&A processes for entities and businesses in scope.
• This role reports to the R&A DS PAR Manager and leads a team of financial professionals who are accountable for the timely, complete and accurate submission of Group Financial Returns & Local Statutory for the DS Portfolio, as well as for planning, forecasting and Planning and Appraisal processes for these businesses.
• You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Lead a team finance professionals of up to 10 finance professionals, providing e2e R&A support, i.
• Controlling, Accounting and Reporting, including MI, with first-time-right reporting and providing quality insights for the assets in scope.
• Own the Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reporting processes for the business in scope.
• Own and resolve reporting issues providing steers to stakeholders on financial queries.
• Own and ensure efficiency of R&A process as well as effectiveness of underlying financial control framework in the area of responsibility.
• Support the preparation of the annual Business Plan and related assessments to ensure a sound submission including operational, economic and financial KPIs.
• Ensure delivery of the quarterly latest estimates process for the business in scope.
• Ensure that performance is well analyzed and explained in the periodic management information packs (delivery through team).
• Contribute to the preparation of performance overviews and appraisals.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis as required for leadership teams, including insights on financials/results, and specific performance measures.
• Develop productive relationships with key stakeholders, to deepen the team's understanding of underlying issues within the line of business.
• Ensure data confidentiality, integrity and accuracy in line with Group standards.
• Ensure full and quality support for internal audits and reviews (controls, financials, SIA and other); co-owning the end results and driving improvement and completing remediation actions.
• Ensure effective team management, focussed on sustainable delivery and high team engagement.
• Support global initiatives and projects in the PAR and controllership space, including new systems implementation.
• Build team capability and expertise
• Champion and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.

Requirements

• Deepen insightful analysis which incorporates external perspective, to support decision-making and drive the performance improvement agenda.
• Experience of working in a highly dynamic, or start- up environment, dealing with ambiguity and managing change, providing direction and structure.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills with an ability to: influence; overcome barriers and resistance.
• Experience with leading teams and/or project teams, effectively assigning and coordinating the work across various team members to drive towards a successful outcome.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong understanding of financial and management reporting combined with the ability to easily identify value drivers and appropriate performance metrics.
• Ability to effectively leverage a matrix organisation (FO/CoE/Business) with a focus on partnering and successful delivery.
• Ability to work under pressure, with short deadlines and quick turnaround and still maintain an immaculate attention to detail.
• Excellent people management skills

Shell

Shell's history in India goes back to 1928, when it began operating here as Burmah Shell. The group's parent, Shell plc, is incorporated in the United Kingdom and has been run from London since it simplified its share structure in 2022; its shares trade in London and Amsterdam, with ADSs on the NYSE. Shell is an integrated energy and petrochemicals group. In India it sells fuel through its own retail stations, blends lubricants at Taloja in Maharashtra and operates the Hazira LNG receiving terminal in Gujarat. It also has a technology centre in Bengaluru and a finance operations centre in Chennai that works for Shell businesses in other countries.

Chennai is where Shell's India finance roles are based. Current examples include FP&A advisers and managers, a controller lead role and analysts who handle trading settlements. Postings generally prefer a professional accounting or finance qualification, an MBA or a degree in accounting, finance or business, and one senior reporting role asks for an accounting qualification with ten or more years in financial reporting.

• Industry: Integrated energy and petrochemicals: oil and gas, LNG, fuel retail, lubricants
• Headquarters: London, United Kingdom (Shell plc)
• In India: Shell India Markets Private Limited (registered office in Chennai, office in Gurugram); finance operations centre in Chennai, technology centre in Bengaluru, Hazira LNG terminal in Gujarat and a lubricants blending plant at Taloja