Job Openings 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, which is reflected in our industry-leading development programme and our commitment to see our employees’ ideas travel and come to fruition.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Finance Advisor SAP FICO

Job Requisition ID: R154460
Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

What is 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.

Accountabilities
Support the functional lead and team in providing specialist expertise to Finance business area, and to take full advantage of the SAP implementation.

• Guide the Business on the best way to apply SAP in the management of relevant business processes in such a way as to realize the planned benefits of SAP
• Ability to interact and assist users with different level of SAP Skills
• Evaluates proposed changes and improvement initiatives in corporate context.
• Monthly Management Information Reports/Dashboards preparation for various stakeholders
• Ensure SAP FICO and BW HANA solutions are fit for purpose and updated timely to meet business requirements.
• Standardization and automation of MI reports using PowerBi, Alteryx and other solutions.
• Assess potential impact of organization changes on SAP use
• Participate in the development and review of training materials and support training delivery on best endeavor basis to increase SAP user effectiveness in FICO areas of the business.
• Actively promote efficient use of SAP and monitor its business impact in their areas of the business with a view to realizing the identified benefits.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure quality master and transaction data are available in SAP ECC and BW
• Developing aggressive training plans to block identified competence gaps among end users.
• Maintaining training sessions across Shell Companies in Nigeria (SEPCiN) locations; Individual is required to develop the training to grow SAP competence of SAP end users.
• Work with the Shell Central IT & Process Excellence team to ensure Nigeria requirements are covered.

SAP/BW Management:

• Data Analytics and Visualization tools such as Excel, Power BI and Alteryx, Use of SAP (FI-CO) and Business Warehouse, Management Information and Reporting, IT knowledge or skill, Analytical and problem-solving skills.

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
• 3 to 10 years post-graduation work experience in ERP systems management with  a good understanding of financial concepts and standards.
• Must have an SAP Finance & Project Management certifications.
• Use of SAP and Business Warehouse or other ERP and MI systems
• Management Information and reporting
• Stakeholder management and negotiation skills
• ERP and Management Information systems change management experience.

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2.) Materials Expediter - Supply Chain

Reference ID: R141736
Job Location: Lagos
Category: Contracting and Procurement

Description

• The Supply Chain - Materials Expediter position is a key member of the Ikeja-based Supply Chain Ops SNBO team supporting Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN).
• As an individual contributor, you are responsible to liaise and collaborate with various levels of stakeholders to address inquiries, resolve issues on a timely manner and establish preventive action plans moving forward.

Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the efficient and timely delivery of material purchase orders to ensure availability of critical materials required across Shell Nigeria work locations. To this end, the dimensions of the role include:

• Act as Shell’s focal point in collaborating with material suppliers.
• Support the credibility of Shells ERP by updating to assess the viability of Purchase Orders (confirm order placement and lead delivery times)
• Act as a business partner to defined functional lines, ensuring provision of timely and up to date information on their planned materials.
• Support and drive issue analysis to identify gaps and emerging issues in processes and procedures where KPI targets are concern.
• Perform other roles within the scope of the process and/or departmental/SNBO initiatives as assigned and agreed with the Line Manager. (e.g, Focal in Visual Management Board or KPI Analysis)
• Identify and resolve non-compliance on the material delivery chain and support embedding of compliance requirements through awareness session, escalation and working with the business stakeholders.
• Provide back-up support to other team members.

Requirements
We’re keen to hear from individuals with preferably minimum of 2 years of working experience in supply chain or logistics operations. Alongside this, we’d hope to see the following on your CV:

• A Bachelor's Degree is a must
• Strong skills around management of large data (Advanced excel skills, Power bi)
• Strong self-starting skills.
• Strong communication and business partnering skills.
• Project management experience/certification will be an added advantage.

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