Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. We invest heavily in our employees, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition. Our commitment and your drive will meet and help unlock your own potential and push forward Shell’s continuous innovation.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Finance Specialist
Ref No: 93084BR Location: Lagos
Job Purpose
To provide world class Finance operations support to Shell Companies in Nigeria leveraging on cutting edge technology and top quartile technical skills.
The role sits in the engine room that ensures the integrity and accuracy of the financial data of supported entities and ensuring that meaningful business insight can be derived therefrom. It requires laser sharp attention to detail coupled with an ability to zoom out and see the big picture.
Candidates may operate in one or more of the broad activity areas in the Finance operations spectrum including: Business Reporting and Analysis, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Expenditure, Revenue, Treasury, Governance & Risk Assurance amongst others.
They have high level Individual and team accountability for Critical Business Processes within an activity area. They serve as integrators where different steps in the process are carried out in different teams providing leadership and subject matter expertise to their immediate teams, supported business entities and the wider Finance Operations function.
Accountabilities
Candidates can expect to function in one of the following Operational areas with the opportunity to rotate into other areas over the course of their career
Business Finance:
Cash Management
Budget Performance Monitoring
Workplan & Budget Analysis and Latest Estimates
Ledger Entries and cost allocation
Management Information reporting
SAP Cost Object Maintenance
Requisition to Pay Finance Support
Assets under Construction and Difference in Exchange reviews
Expenditure:
Payroll Processing
Statutory Compliance
Vendor Relations
Invoice Processing
Indirect Tax & Transfer Pricing
Disbursement audit
Treasury Operations
Revenue:
Hydrocarbon entitlement computations
Customer Billings
Receipt allocation
Receivables Management
Reporting and Analysis:
Group reporting
Statutory account preparation
Financial Statement Latest Estimates
Financial Accounting for JVs & PSCs
Fixed Assets accounting
Reconciliations
Working capital Management
Systems Review and Improvement (SAP/BW)
Treasury:
Cash Forecasting
Counterparty Risk Management
Fund Management operations
Payment processing
Card transaction management
Governance & Risk Assurance:
Sox compliance
Controls Review and registration
Disbursement Audit
Incident reporting
Planning, Budgeting & Management Information Reporting:
Management Information Reporting/Dashboards
Reporting Template Maintenance and Standardization.
Report automation using Macros and Visual Basic
Master and transaction data integrity and availability
Business Plan upload and update
Budget approval and cost recovery process support
Requirements
Competence:
Strong analytical (Excel) and Communication skills are critical to the role
Strong Customer service and Continuous Improvement and performance delivery Mindset
Ability to effectively develop and manage multi-dimensional and multi-functional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Strong ability to carry along subordinates, work effectively in teams, and influence superiors.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
Professional Accounting Qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA
Essential:
9-11 years relevant post-qualification experience
Desirable:
Significant experience in one or more of the following will be an added advantage
Use of SAP and Business Warehouse or other ERP and MI systems
Management Information and reporting
Stakeholder management and negotiation skills
Working in a multinational corporation with International reporting lines
Financial Accounting Controlling and Reporting
Payroll processing and PAYE tax administration
3-4 years in a supervisory role
4+ years post-qualification experience in Audit practice and/or Assurance services
Development of Management Information solutions using macros and Visual Basic.
ERP and Management Information systems change management experience
The successful candidate should have Commercial acumen and drive as well as a Strong Business Partnering Focus characterized by:
A deep understanding of the impact of external trends and competition and its impact on the Oil & Gas Business
Ability to boldly challenge the Business/Function to think through strategic issues and value opportunities
Demonstrated ability to identify, articulate, initiate and deliver high-impact value propositions, overcoming political and organizational barriers
Initiation of cross-Business/Function and/or external collaborative efforts that significantly benefit the bottom line
Logical yet innovative approach to problem solving
Candidates should:
Be excellent team leaders with demonstrated ability to manage team dynamics, nurture a highly motivated and cohesive workforce with a balanced focus on delivery, development and personal life.
Have high ethical standards, integrity, a personal culture of maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information and of compliance to organizational policies and procedures.
Application Closing Date
24th November, 2018.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online
Note
Interested applicants should not apply for more than one of the six advertised finance and contracting & procurement roles. Submitting more than one application will lead to automatic disqualification of all the applicant’s applications.
Kindly note that all fields are mandatory in the online applications forms.