R&A Lubes EUR Finance Analyst
R&A Lubes Integrated Business Analyst
This role is to support the business performance management for lubricants business covering reporting, analysis & analytics activities. S&M is the marketing, pricing and selling arm for Lubricants business, one of the major Downstream businesses in Shell. R&A Chennai drives value by delivering end-to-end operational excellence, capturing the integration value of being part of Shell and matching the operational performance of the best external providers. Delivery is driven through a strong performance culture focused on business/process outcomes, at a sustainable cost level.
Roles & Responsibilities: -
Lead the month close by pro-actively actioning on monthly financial validation during book closure.
Monthly margin analysis and providing actionable insights on drivers causing variance to business.
Prepare monthly business performance summary and present with insights in performance review meetings.
Manage the Supply chain costs and analyse the Product cost to drive insights during monthly appraisal and provide high level accuracy during estimates and yearly plan process.
Drive Planning & forecasting process in efficient and proactive ways to ensure we provide realistic estimates and to meet planning accuracy.
Explain and influence drivers of PL and BS and implement necessary controls to safeguard books.
Deep-dive on Opex and COGS spend and provide required cost transparency and insights to budget-holders to sharpen the cost requirements.
Supporting data driven insights to identify ‘Money Left on the Table’ from an integrated lens
Supporting initiatives to optimize working capital through coordination with business teams.
Support the quarterly and monthly LE process.
Take ownership in planning (including number finalisation).
Skills & Requirements: -
The candidate requires exceptional communication and influencing skills to be able to build effective working relationships with finance advisors/finance managers, especially in a virtual environment, and leverage that relationship to ensure compliance in the face of such pressures.
Qualified /Part qualified Accountant (CA/ICWA/CIMA/ACCA) with up to 5 years of post-qualification experience.
Chartered Accountants (CA) freshers
Working knowledge of GSAP, Power BI & AO.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Pro-active approach, self-driven and continuous improvement mindset.
Good stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work well in a virtual environment.
Creativity and innovativeness in approaches to problem solving.
Exposure to international / multi-cultural work environment
Ability to manage conflicting priorities and many stakeholders, including frequent unexpected challenges / Adhoc requests from leadership team.
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