About Shell Petroleum Development Company
Finance Analyst at Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)
Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria.
We invest heavily in our employees, demonstrated by our industry-leading development program and our commitment to seeing our employees’ ideas come to fruition.
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Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Key Roles:
Provide world-class finance operations support to Shell companies in Nigeria, leveraging cutting-edge technology and top-quartile technical skills. This role ensures the integrity and accuracy of financial data for supported entities and derives meaningful business insights. It requires attention to detail and the ability to see the big picture.
The role may involve activities in various finance operations areas, including business reporting and analysis, financial reporting and analysis, expenditure, revenue, treasury, governance, risk management, and assurance. This role will provide in-team subject matter expertise, peer guidance, and support to immediate teams and the broader finance operations function.
Key Accountabilities:
Business Finance:
- Cash management, budget performance monitoring, work plan and 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 and 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 and 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, or CIMA is an added advantage
- Maximum of 3 years post-graduation work experience in accounting or finance analyst role with a good understanding of financial concepts and standards
- Experience in one or more of the following areas is 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
