Senior Functional Analyst

, India

Job Family Group:

Information Technology (IT)

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

September 22, 2025

Business unit:

Projects and Technology

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role

As a Senior Functional Analyst – Finance, you will join the IDT Engineering team, delivering business value by providing top-tier technical, functional, and consulting expertise. In this role, you'll contribute to IT projects, programs, and products across Shell's value chain, with a strong focus on S/4 PaPM. You'll have opportunities for personal growth through learning and certifications, and you'll be part of a community that nurtures technical talent and business knowledge. Your responsibilities will include identifying and documenting business needs for clients and stakeholders, ensuring the right skills are delivered at the right time and place.

What you'll be doing

• Deliver SAP Profitability and Performance Management (SAP PaPM) solutions by translating business and process requirements into technical specifications.
• Perform system configurations while ensuring adherence to build standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with Process Architects and Design Authorities to develop IT solutions aligned with business needs
• Work closely with Lead Business Analysts and Process Experts to design complex solution specifications.
• Conduct unit testing and support integration testing for applicable solutions.
• Undertake problem analysis to identify root causes of incidents, escalating findings within the Line and Business, to minimize such incidents re-occurring
• Drive resolution of defects during test cycles and hyper care as well as for critical incidents.
• Define and safeguard IT solutions to ensure they are robust, scalable, and supportable, with proper documentation prepared for CAB meetings.
• Recommend functional improvements to existing solutions.
• Maintain a detailed functional understanding of the application/module and its role in supporting business processes.
• Ensure that all changes are properly and extensively documented.
• Fully comply with all Group IT standards and processes.

What you bring

• 9-12 years of overall functional experience.
• At least 8 years of hands-on experience in ECC and S/4HANA Controlling module configuration, with a solid understanding of related business processes.
• 1–2 end-to-end implementations in SAP Profitability and Performance Management (SAP PaPM).
• Strong expertise in S/4HANA Controlling, including CCA, PCA, Product Costing, Profitability Analysis, and Material Ledger.
• Solid domain knowledge in Accounting and Cost Accounting.
• Experience in defining data models in PaPM, integrating with SAP and non-SAP systems, and designing business rules using standard PaPM capabilities.
• Understanding of cost and revenue allocation process design and implementation.
• Functional knowledge and experience in financial allocation processes.
• Strong grasp of integration points between CO and other modules such as FI, SD, PP, and MM.
• Familiarity with Direct Tax is a plus.
• Experience with SAP BW, SAP HANA, or SAP BPC is an advantage.
• Knowledge of S/4HANA integration with other modules is beneficial.
• Well-versed in S/4HANA system implementation methodologies.
• Commitment to meeting customer requirements and expectations, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong analytical and communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.

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. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll 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 value-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 among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organization 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 programs.

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, .

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Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalization, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates an LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and an LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Spring Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Spring is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centers across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programs on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.

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