Where do you fit in?? 

Reporting to the Senior Financial Controller, you’ll join one of the UPX country teams and be responsible for Finance Analyst activities for growing entities. You will work closely with Legal Entity Controllers for entities within your scope, delivering high quality financials and ensuring all related activities are conducted in line with Shell Frameworks and policies as well as partner and government requirements.  

Next to this you’ll actively help the team identify process improvement opportunities and be empowered to deliver and implement them, sharing best practice and your learnings along the way. To be successful you’ll need to be able to balance regular fit-for-purpose deliverables and effectively prioritise competing priorities in a dynamic environment, whilst employing a risk/value focus to everything you do. 

What’s the role??

Given the dynamic nature of the portfolio, scope and volume of activities will vary, the role-holder is expected to be willing and open to supporting wider team agenda. The role-holder will: 

• Perform period close activities including high quality balance sheet reconciliation in Blackline 

• Be responsible for preparation of financial reporting, including group reporting submissions, revenue transparency, CBCR, statutory accounts and government & partner reporting 

• Support the preparation and perform submission of fit for purpose LE for entities within own scope 

• Understand the reported numbers and be able to provide accurate commentaries on significant movements as needed 

• Ensure processes are conducted in line with relevant Shell frameworks and policies 

• Provide support to auditors including statutory, JV partner, government/regulatory, tax and SIA  

• Work closely with Legal Entity Controller and Finance Manager and other stakeholders to support business growth or other changes including e.g. drilling 

• Supporting venture set-up if required in cooperation with Legal Entity Controller, business & functions, including ERP implementation 

• Ensure processes are proportionate to the value they drive or risk they mitigate and ‘speak up’ and challenge where unnecessary activities are taking place 

• Actively contribute to identification of improvement opportunities and support their implementation 

• Actively support touchless MI journey 

• Support global R&A projects agenda as applicable 

What we need from you?? 

• Very good knowledge of end to end accounting processes and understanding of financial controls 

• Ability to efficiently execute standard processes whist ensuring appropriate levels of compliance  

• Ability to?understand complex data quickly and translate information into insightful analysis  

• Ability to remain resilient under time pressure and independently prioritise multiple competing priorities and maintain appropriate attention to detail 

• Strong communication and partnering skills with ability to collaborate across a matrix organisation 

• Improvement mindset, with experience of identifying and driving improvement projects 

• Preferably a Graduate in a finance related discipline with minimum 2 years of relevant experience in finance/accounting roles, a professional qualification (ACCA/CIMA) would be an advantage 

• Experience in SAP and supporting tools (NextGen, Blackline, Report One) would be an advantage