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Share Plans & Deferred Comp. Advisor

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Reference ID R180778 Updated 06/10/2025
Human Resources jobs
United Kingdom
London
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What’s the role

At Shell, we believe in creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Share Plans & Deferred Compensation Advisor, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and managing our end-to-end share plans process. Join us in shaping the future of our global employee share plans!

What you’ll be doing

As the Share Plans & Deferred Company Advisor, you will play a leading role in the design, implementation, and compliance of Shell’s share plans, including Restricted Share Awards, Performance Share Awards, Deferrals and Global Employee Share Purchase Plans.

Other accountabilities include:

  • Process Improvement: Drive continuous process improvement through technology, automation, and policy reviews. Support the oversight and development of the share plan data management processes both internally and with our third-party vendors

  • Third-Party Partnerships: Partner with our third-party share plan administration and global tax providers to ensure accurate and timely administration of share plans

  • Legal and Tax Compliance: Support legal and tax due diligence reviews, prepare regulatory filings, and ensure timely submissions

  • Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams (Company Secretary, Finance, Legal, Tax, and more) to define and deliver compliant requirements

  • Corporate Activity Support: Assist HR teams during divestment and other corporate activities related to share plans

  • Employee Engagement: Help design compelling employee communications materials to drive engagement with share plans across Shell

  • Industry Leadership: Stay externally focused by participating in Global Equity Forums, sharing learnings, and ensuring our processes are industry leading

What you bring

  • Extensive experience with strong knowledge of share plans and deferred compensation

  • Has Excellent numerical, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills. Proficiency in Excel is required

  • Proactive multitasker with excellent organisational and project management skills.

  • Comfortable managing internal and external relationships. Able to work independently on ad hoc projects.

  • Professional qualification such as ACA, CTA, or ICSA Share Plans qualification desirable

  • Enthusiastic about simplifying processes and improving the employee experience.

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 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.

  • 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.

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, click here.

Shell in The United Kingdom

Shell UK remains one of the North Sea’s biggest producers, supplying around 10% of the UK’s total oil and gas needs. But perhaps the most recognisable face of Shell in the UK is our network of over 1,000 Shell-branded service stations.

In the years ahead, as the UK looks to strengthen energy security and deliver its 2050 net-zero goal, Shell UK aims to play a crucial role. We aim to be a major investor in the UK energy system by helping our customers decarbonise with a focus on transport and industry.