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What’s the role
To realise Shell’s Powering Progress strategy, the Group will need a simple and agile corporate holding and financing structure and an effective treasury function to manage and deploy capital where required for new opportunities, facilitating shareholder returns through our dividend and share buyback commitments, management of group debt and management of group cash, whilst successfully navigating a continuously evolving and competitive external landscape.
The role provides an opportunity to develop the following;
- Further development of a set of core finance skills, including accounting and reporting, Governance, risk & assurance and stakeholder management which are critical to building a career in finance;
- Structuring and financing expertise in a large multinational organisation with a specific focus on treasury transactions;
Corporate Controller is a key role in the Corporate Holding and Treasury (CHT) team providing financial expertise and core capabilities in the financial management of Shell's critical Corporate companies. The role has a wide number of interfaces into the Holding and Treasury organisation including Tax, Legal, Treasury and Finance Operations. The role provides experience in a set of core finance competences, including accounting and reporting, GRA and stakeholder management, which are critical to building a finance career.
As Corporate Controller, you will be sitting within the CHT Controllers team in Chennai, as part of our Centre of Expertise (CoE) for technical accounting, risk management and Group structuring. With your focus on financial management, you can expect to be working closely with Treasury, Group Reporting, Statutory Auditors, Tax and Legal.
What you’ll be doing
This role will provide expert advice and guidance on technical accounting, across multiple Shell financing activities and businesses. As our ‘voice’ of Finance, you’ll quickly understand and guide on the best solutions that will achieve business objectives, add value and drive effective risk management. With an ever-changing business environment, your insight and experience will be essential to prioritise activities according to opportunity and risk.
More specific duties might include:
- Providing expert accounting advice to project teams to ensure that transactions are appropriately reported and understood
- Responsibility for a number of key corporate areas of subject matter expertise
- Providing expert functional input and review of Group Financing Proposals to support quality decision making.
- Supervision and delivery of accurate and timely Corporate segment reporting, working closely with a small team in R&A, Group Reporting and Investor Relations to deliver accurate, transparent reporting and associated business performance interventions.
- Ensuring an appropriate control framework is in place for risk management
- Appropriately involving other teams to support financial activities, whilst building overall accountability.
- Providing expert Finance Advisor support across a wide range of connected areas such as risk management and group structuring.
- Support and coaching, as a more senior member of the controllers team, to other more junior team members through projects and other initiatives.
What you bring
- You’ll be an expert on technical accounting, supporting direction on a range of technical issues, and helping to implement new financial structures and reporting standards. Your excellent communication skills will be vital to the role, ensuring you effectively articulate value and risks to influence decision making and drive performance whilst also playing an important part in training and giving context to a wide range of stakeholders.
- You will be a qualified Chartered Accountant (or equivalent) with 10-12 years post qualification experience.
- Expertise across the spectrum of Finance competences.
- Experience in risk management and corporate structuring would be an advantage
- A proven record of continuous improvement.
- An ability to use analytics and insights to resolve problems, with a view to influencing and supporting the decision-making process and risk management.
- Skills within project management.
Functional Skills
- Technical Accounting and Reporting - SME on multiple technical issues; reviews financing proposals; ensures accurate corporate reporting.
- Treasury and Financing expertise - Guides on financing proposals; supports entity structuring and optimisation.
- Risk management and Controls - Designs and ensures strong control frameworks; manages entity-specific risks.
- Corporate Reporting - Supervises segment reporting; liaises within R&A and with Group Reporting.
- Business Partnering - Advises on multiple financing initiatives; influences senior stakeholders.
- Process Improvement - Leads continuous improvement and capability uplift within the team
Technical skills
- IFRS Mastery - Sets IFRS accounting direction across HaT; handles highly complex arrangements.
- Treasury and Capital Structure knowledge - Advanced understanding; reviews financing proposals; works across businesses.
- Data and Analytics - Strong analytics capability; uses insights for decision‑making and risk assessments.
- Finance Systems (SAP, Reporting Tools) - Advanced user; ensures accuracy across reporting and consolidation.
- Project management - Ability to lead cross-functional finance projects
Personal Effectiveness
- Problem Solving and Judgement - Addresses complex issues independently; prioritizes based on value and risk.
- Influencing and Communication - Executive-level communicator; frames decisions for senior leadership and the Board.
- Collaboration - Coordinates across multiple functions; builds strong networks.
- Resilience and Adaptability - Handles dynamic priorities; maintains high performance during change.
- Leadership mindset - Coaches junior staff; leads discreet workstreams. Accountability - Ownership of functional areas and outputs.
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.
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