Financial Reporting Analyst

Where you fit in

The Finance Reporting and Analysis team is centered in SBO Chennai to submit the quality financial information for group consolidation It involves Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements preparation and review according to IFRS requirement. The position requires strong accounting skills and associated system skill set

What's the role

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow).
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, and Group Reporting guidelines.
• Perform close activities, post journal entries, perform GL reconciliations.
• Responsible for statutory reporting, coordinating with auditors.
• Maintain data integrity and ensure First Time Right standards in close cycles.
• Drive Zero MJE (manual journal entries) ambition to improve control environment.
• Provide performance analysis on revenues, margins, opex, working capital, etc.
• Deliver variance analysis vs. budget/forecast/prior periods.
• Prepare insightful commentaries, explaining business performance drivers.
• Support commercial teams with analysis for decision-making.
• Maintain dashboards, KPIs, and performance scorecards.
• Ensure strong internal controls, including SOX/LSR compliance.
• Perform risk assessments and monitor control effectiveness.
• Liaise with internal & external auditors during statutory audits.
• Maintain documentation for audit trails and walkthroughs.
• Identify and lead process simplification opportunities.
• Drive automation using Power BI, Power Automate, Alteryx, SAP tools, etc.
• Improve efficiency across R2R/FP&A processes.
• Work with Business, Tax, Legal, Treasury, and Operations teams.
• Ensure data accuracy in SAP, ERP, Subledger, Reporting tools.
• Coordinate changes to chart of accounts, cost centers, profit centers.
• Support integration of new systems during migrations or transitions.
  
  

What You Bring

• A qualified chartered accountant or cost accountant with a minimum of 0 to 4 years experience pre/post qualification,
• Proficient in standard office software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook; working knowledge of SAP is preferred.
• Sound accounting concepts, excellent technical accounting (IFRS definitely and other Country GAAPs would be most useful), as well as strong analytical capability.
• Strong understanding of internal business controls, with experience executing Manual of Authorities and ensuring compliance.
• Highly organized and self-motivated, capable of working independently with minimal supervision.
• Flexible and customer-focused, with the confidence to coach and guide technical/business staff on procedures and self-help tools.
• Demonstrates a proactive approach and ability to build business knowledge and relationships.
• Comfortable interacting with senior staff and handling sensitive or confidential information with discretion.
• Strong communication and articulation skills
• Able to adapt quickly to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Committed to continuous improvement and promoting best practices across teams
  
  

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.
• 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.
  
  

An Inclusive & Progressive Place to Work

• To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we're nurturing an inclusive environment one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.
• We're creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we'll take it from there.
• We're closing the gender gap whether that's through action on equal pay or by enabling more women to reach senior roles in engineering and technology.
• We're striving to be a pioneer of an inclusive and diverse workplace, promoting equality for employees regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
  
  

Shell in India

Shell is a diversified energy company in India with 13,000 employees, and presence in Integrated Gas, Downstream, Power, Renewable and Upstream. Additionally, we have deep capabilities in R&D, digitalisation, and business operations.

Our global strategy, Powering Progress, is designed to generate value for our shareholders, customers, and the wider society, and focuses on creating more value with less emissions. The strategy supports our purpose of providing more and cleaner energy solutions, with the aim of profitably transforming Shell into a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. As India moves towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2070, Shell India aims to play a leading role in securing vital energy for today, while investing in, and helping to build, the energy system of the future through strategic investments in the country.

Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.

Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.

Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.

We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.