Sr. Functional Analyst

Whats the role

As a Senior Functional Analyst - S/4 Group Reporting, you will identify and document client and stakeholder business needs, focusing on SAP S/4 Group Reporting Projects. You'll be part of IDT Engineering, delivering technical, functional, and consulting expertise. This role offers opportunities to work on IT projects across Shell's value chain, supporting your development through learning and certifications. Join us to grow your career, develop cutting-edge skills, and deepen your business knowledge.

What youll be doing

• Work with a portfolio of SAP S/4 HANA Group Reporting, gathering business requirements and delivering both large and small projects and enhancements in the Finance ERP portfolio
• Work closely with IT Managers/Product Owners and the Business to ensure that new requirements are understood and captured
• Drive/participate in requirements gathering workshops
• Assess and model business processes, data flows, and technology to understand the current value and issues, and identify opportunities for improvement
• Translate business requirements into solutions and assess the risks, feasibility, opportunities, and business impacts
• Create clear documentation to communicate requirements and related information; keep updated to align with the solution over the project lifecycle
• Ensure traceability of requirements from business needs and requirements, through testing and scope changes, to final solution
• Interact with software engineers, designers and developers to understand software limitations, deliver elements of system and database design, and ensure that business requirements and use cases are fully accommodated
• Create acceptance criteria for test scenarios and participate in the appropriate test cycles in order to validate that solutions meet business needs
• Define and maintain standards, methodologies, tools and knowledge repositories along with contributing to functional excellence in terms of standards, methods and tools
• Ensure lessons learned from market service implementations are identified, applied and acted upon
• Drive continuous improvement, lifecycle/portfolio management, and stable operations in all IT applications that underpin business-critical processes with end-to-end ownership of the portfolio capability

What you bring

• 9-12 years of proven project experience in the Area of Finance, Reporting & Consolidation
• At least 3-4 years of experience in SAP S/4 HANA Group Reporting (GR)
• Expertise in several of the following: General Ledger, S/4 Group Reporting, worked on implementation of S/4 Group Reporting scope item, Group Reporting Data Collection (GRDC), SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• Good knowledge in SAP FI area, ledger concepts and integration of FI - Group reporting
• Should be able to provide expert guidance to business users on Data monitor, Consolidation monitor activities
• Understanding of IT project management and project delivery methodology, including agile
• Understanding of IT security and compliance
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, rapidly changing environment
• Strong engagement skills, working with senior leaders on a regular basis

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. Youll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. Youll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.