Process Expert

The Shell Global Trading and Supply (T&S) business is one of the largest energy trading operations in the world with key hubs in Dubai, Houston/Santiago, London/Rotterdam, Singapore and Brisbane trading in crude oil, natural gas, LNG, electrical power, refined products, chemical feedstocks and environmental products.

This combined with integrated network of supply and distribution activities and industry-leading shipping and maritime capability adds value for Shell across its Upstream and Downstream businesses.

Energy Risk and Accounting (ERA) team comprises of Market Risk Operations and Trading Settlements and Accounting (TSA). The TSA team plays an important role in the Life of a Deal (LoaD) covering processes such as pre-settlements & settlements for buy/sell transactions, period-end close including accruals & Inter Group matching/reconciliations, inventory reconciliation/valuation, M2M accounting, Trade book to financial reconciliations, balance sheet reconciliations, Group disclosures, CI, controls/SOX compliance and audit activities.

This present role is part of TSA PO team which supports Shell Energy Trading involving Gas & Power, EPTB, Global LNG and ETD businesses. The **Process Expert**for Global LNG and ETD business will be accountable for process design of settlements and accounting processes for new business transactions / deal executions, support transformation projects, assess the current design, understand requirements/pain areas and design the best-in-class future state design.

This role will focus on supporting and steering TSA activities of the following areas:

- ** Global LNG Business**
- Design processes for settlements and accounting for new purchase and sales deals of both LNG and DLNG businesses, complex deals involving Liquified BioMethane (LBM), BioLNG, carbon compensated LNG cargoes, etc.
- Design processes for tradebook-to-financial reconciliation and other accounting processes including applicable controls set-up of LNG and DLNG
- Support implementation mark-to-market financial reporting of physical commodity contract portfolio of SLMT entities from process design perspective
- Support system transformation initiatives involving upgrade of ENDUR, migration of SAP P80, set up of data platforms / hubs
- Run continuous improvement initiatives to ensure efficient deployment of efforts for operations team
- ** Global ETD Business**
- Understanding of derivative / paper transactions, hedging principles and business rationale for derivative transactions is imperative to design processes for settlements and accounting
- Understanding of derivative instruments, structuring options, exchange operations and OTC counterparty operations
- Design processes for Margin Call Settlements, Price Indications (M2M Variance analysis), Trade Reconciliations
- Support onboarding new business in OTC / ETD space including preparation of Process Maps, WI, FMEA, etc.
- Design processes for tradebook-to-financial reconciliation and other accounting processes including applicable controls set-up of ETD transactions

Support system transformation initiatives including ETRM transformation programs like ADA, ASPIRE and ERP migration of SAP P80, P81, GSAP to S4Hana

This role will also play a natural integrator role for wider FO scope in new deal set-up as well as system transformation projects.

The Energy Trading business acquire companies. This role will be required to support from FO perspective in integration programs of such acquired entities to align with PDS landscape of Shell T&S. Most of these projects are expected to be multi-year journey, the expectation for the role holder is to support design, lead and deliver execution.

In summary, the role provides an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to quickly gain deep knowledge/experience of a fast moving/ exciting Trading business of LNG and Exchange Traded Derivatives and an opportunity to work amongst focals handling other Energy businesses like Gas & Power, EPTB and RES.

This role will provide experience in processes/data/systems, automation/digital transformation and opportunity to work extensively on stakeholders management skills with business partners and our operations teams to ensure top quartile performance.

**Accountabilities**:
**Process Data and Systems**
- Ensure seamless ERA processes and design of efficient and effective processes for settlements and accounting
- Continue to support implementation of new business transactions / requirements whilst maintaining a robust financial control framework.
- Ensure alignment and collaboration with other process excellence organizations (in T&S and FO) and Continuous Improvement teams.
- Actively support knowledge sharing within the teams that aids standardization/ streamlining of processes

**Stakeholders**
- Develop and foster connections with relevant business partners and other stakeholders (including other processes) to ensure any issues in the end-to-end process are identifi