What's the role?
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 an added advantage  
Maximum 3 years post-graduation work experience in accounting or finance Analyst role and good understanding of financial concepts and standards.
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
Working in a multinational corporation with international reporting lines
 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.