Finance Adviser/Analyst at Shell Petroleum Development Company

What's the role?

A. Finance Advisor

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.
 

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 Mgt and Assurance amongst others. This role will provide in-team subject matter expertise, peer guidance and support to their immediate teams and the wider Finance operations function in general. The job location for this role is Lagos.

Key accountabilities:

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 and Treasury Operations

Revenue

• Hydrocarbon entitlement computations, Customer Billings, Receipt allocation and 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

What we need from you?

• Bachelor’s degree
• Professional Accounting Qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, is a must 
• 3 to 6 years post-graduation work experience in accounting or finance Analyst role and good understanding of financial concepts and standards

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
• Treasury Management and Operations or banking experience
• Financial Accounting, Controlling and Reporting
• 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.