Process Expert

**The Role**:
The Shell global Trading and Supply business is one of the largest energy trading operations in the world. We have key hubs in Dubai, Houston, London, Rotterdam and Singapore, trading in crude oil, natural gas, LNG, electrical power, refined products, chemical feedstocks and environmental products. This combined with an integrated network of supply and distribution activities and an industry-leading shipping and maritime capability add value for Shell across its Upstream and Downstream businesses.

The purpose of this position is to be the Trading Settlements and Accounting (TSA) Process Expert for Power Transformation and be accountable/responsible for generating process vision. This role will support the Power growth/scale-up agenda in the Europe (& rest of the world where needed) and will be part of the Power Transformation project team for planning and implementation of growth agenda. This role involves strategic thinking to come up fit for purpose solution/create process roadmap for dynamic/demanding business and work alongside the front office, mid office, process management team, IT and other business partners to drive Operational Excellence and the improvement agenda. The Power transformation is the center of overall Energy transition program initiated by Shell and this role will make a real difference to Shell’s overall climate change commitments by supporting rapid growth of Power business.

TSA processes cover invoicing, debt chase, settlements and accounting of buy/sell transactions, inventory reconciliation and valuation, volume imbalance reconciliation & related accruals, Trade book to financial reconciliations, related controls design, Group disclosures, LFR (legal, fiscal and regulatory reporting), inter-group balancing, specific accounting, Continuous Improvements, SOX compliance and audit activities. The processes are complex and often time critical; they involve working closely with different teams within the Trading business, particularly the front office and mid office teams at the different Trading locations. Each day, Finance Operations processes transactions worth billions of dollars with third parties for Trading and hence poor process performance would have a significant impact on Group profitability, cash flow and reputation. Trading also has significant transaction numbers and value with Group Companies, and hence poor process performance can create significant issues between Trading and other Group Companies.

The Power business is rapidly growing via many new markets/contract types, registering with various trading venues/exchanges, registering with various system operators, taking additional responsibilities of Balancing Responsible Party (BRP) in various locations we operate and complex/structured deal making. The key challenge for the next few years will be to understand the growth agenda, carry out impact assessment on TSA scope and then support the business growth in a sustainable way by designing the processes while ensuring ongoing operations keep delivering to a high standard. Delivery examples would be further migrations into the operations teams, supporting new market entries/business growth projects/complex deals, system implementation/upgrades/changes, tackling and resolving manual risky processes and generating value from closer integration across the life of the deal and building out a business capability roadmap of change for TSA organization to support the business’s growth ambitions.

In summary, the role provides an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to quickly gain knowledge and add value to a fast moving/ exciting Power Trading business, related processes design experience and grow extensive stakeholders management skills to work with business partners and our operations teams to ensure top quartile performance.

The process management organization has approx. 320 FTEs, of which 280 FTEs in Chennai and 40 FTEs in Krakow. Process covers physical and financial transactions, Trade book to Financials. Staff levels are constantly changing due to the new market entries, migrations in and system implementations.

Systems: Aligne, Endur, Nucleus, SAP P80, Billing/Portfolio Systems. The role demands interactive leadership with Finance Operations in Chennai and Krakow.

Accounting or related business degree is essential. Professional Accounting Qualification would be desirable.

Experience of
- process designing, leading, and delivering large scale projects with an ability to think strategic “fit for purpose” solution and create roadmap for dynamic business needs.
- providing leadership, steer and support within a large-scale change management program with significant technical/IT delivery.
- Experience in working with ETRMs (Energy Trading Risk Management system) and various digital tools with an ability to understand the various functionalities to accommodate changes/new business scenarios.
- Integrating newly acquired businesses/