Shell India | Trading Settlements Analyst

Responsibilities

• The Trading Settlements Analyst is responsible for supporting daily settlement activities for Shell’s trading business.
• The role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic global trading environment, collaborating with stakeholders across multiple functions to support efficient and effective trading operations.
• You’ll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector.
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of customer billing invoices in line with agreed service levels and controls.
• Handle settlement, contract, and pricing-related queries in a timely manner.
• Resolve process-related disputes within a short turnaround time, prioritizing high-value invoices to minimize working capital impact.
• Monitor and achieve process KPIs, providing appropriate rationale for any gaps in performance.
• Maintain accurate and timely operational trackers and reports.
• Manage settlement-related exceptions, including failed transactions and system issues, working closely with relevant stakeholders to resolve them effectively.
• Support contract and pricing activities, ensuring requests are completed within agreed service levels.
• Review and comply with documented work instructions, procedures, and escalation processes.
• Support month-end and quarter-end activities, including ad hoc manual journal entries as required.
• Participate actively in daily operational team meetings and contribute to continuous process improvements.
• Manage a high volume of transactions while maintaining accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Process payables within agreed service level agreements (SLAs).
• Escalate overdue receivables and outstanding disputes in a timely manner with clear supporting information.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams.

What you bring

• Experience in Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), and finance operations.
• Knowledge of Supply-to-Trading (STI) processes or similar trading and settlement operations.
• Knowledge of GSAP Contracts & Pricing processes or similar contract and pricing management processes.
• Hands-on experience using SAP is required. Experience with DEX and other trading operations systems is an advantage.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable processes.
• Experience supporting settlements, invoicing, collections, cash application, and reconciliations.
• Good accounting knowledge with the ability to understand transaction flows and financial impacts across AP and AR processes.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of Trading Financial Crime policies and exposure to Trading & Supply (TS) operations is an advantage.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver within tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders across diverse teams and cultures.
• Proven ability to work proactively and independently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated Continuous Improvement (CI) mindset, with experience supporting process improvement initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to resolve operational issues in a timely manner.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and compliance.
• Strong team player who demonstrates accountability, integrity, and respect while contributing to shared goals.

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