- Global Lubricants is a significant business in Shell; With Shell being the Global Market leader in Lubricants by volume for 18 years. The Global Lubricants business operates in a very competitive environment and heavily depends on the provision of right insights from MI, Analysis, and Analytics for its business performance management and decision making
- This role will part of the overall Global Lubricants R&A team and is a very attractive business finance role with great exposure and a lot of opportunity to have an impact on the performance of the business.
- The role has to build in-depth understanding of the business performance in order to provide deep analysis and insights. The Analyst/Team lead has to work collaboratively with the business & finance teams to influence the value drivers and to inform business decision making.
- It is expected that the role will increasingly include data analytics to leverage the data available from our ERPs and accounting systems.
- The Analyst/Team lead will be accountable to manage and develop a team to deliver the expected outputs.
What you will be doing
- Management Information, Planning and Analysis
- Prepare monthly business results and explain insights on key value drivers.
- Review key drivers & do deep dives to better understand trends/ areas of improvements.
- Balance Sheet analysis and Cash Flow reporting
- Support Yearly Budgeting (Targets & Resources) and appraisal activities including Latest Estimates
- Drive development/design of new MI and finance support processes
- To support business/customer operations in monitoring their performance.
- Continuous focus on improvement opportunities in process and content to reduce complexity, promote best practice and provide focus on financial issues.
- Support resolution of the issues/bottlenecks in the reporting process.
- Initiate and implement innovative approaches to data analysis and reporting.
Stakeholder management
- Proactively manages relationships with the Business Partners
- Keeps abreast of Business developments and Business performance drivers.
- Drive projects in line with the business priorities to deliver value for business
Key Stakeholders:
- Business GMs, Business Managers, Regional Planning Manager, Marketing Manager
- Business Finance teams
Additional stakeholders & relationships:
- Business Analysts and other process members in the GL R&A organization
What you bring
- Chartered Accountant
- 1-2 years of working experience, post qualification
- Degree in Finance or any related
- we'll-rounded finance professional (ACA, MBA, CIMA, ACCA etc) with significant experience in business finance (preferably in areas of pricing, commercial finance, brand management)
- Strong financial and business analytical skills
- Strong collaboration, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Presence to interact with senior management. Ability to understand / identify where the value sits
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Experience in managing teams would be an advantage
- CI Mindset, experience in driving operational excellence
- Understanding of a marketing business would be an advantage
- Experience in ERP systems (GSAP) and business intelligence tools like Spotfire, BI4, etc is preferred
- Exposure to data analytics would be an added advantage.
- Demonstrated evidence of Enterprise first values and behaviors will be taken into account during the selection process.
What we offer
You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. you'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. 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.
- Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
- Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
- Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
- Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
- Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
- Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
- international teams.
- Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.
An Inclusive & Progressive Place to Work
- To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we're nurturing an inclusive environment one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.
- we're creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we'll take it from there.
- we're closing the gender gap whether that s through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
- we're striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
