Commercial Finance Advisor

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Shell
Commercial Finance Advisor
in
Pernis
Netherlands
, Netherlands
Job Family Group:
Finance
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
July 7, 2022
Business unit:
Finance
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
The Commercial Finance Advisor will support the Energy & Chemical Parks Rotterdam and Moerdijk with improving the cash generating capacity & competitiveness of the two sites. You will also be a key player in delivering upon the Energy Transition strategies of these businesses.
We are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements where feasible, and subject to applicable policy, regulations, and legislative frameworks. If appropriate, please make clear in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered.
Where you fit in?
Shell’s Pernis & Moerdijk sites are pivotal assets in Shell’s Powering Progress and the move to 5 Energy & Chemical parks and a number of Chemical growth platforms globally. The Energy & Chemicals Park Rotterdam, also known as Shell Pernis, is the largest refinery in Europe across the industry. It derives a significant part of its value from its close integration with the Trading and Chemicals businesses and it being in one of the largest petrochemical trading hubs in the world with significant flexibility. The Chemicals Park Moerdijk is one of the biggest and most advanced Chemical plants in Europe. It will function as a platform for growth in Shell’s Energy Transition. Both sites are flagship assets in Shell
Pernis is expected to return significant cash from its existing business while at the same time it’s investing heavily in the Energy Transition (ET). The Energy & Chemicals Park Rotterdam has developed an ET strategy, the North Star, which aims to sharply reduce its CO2 emissions, prepare for changing customer demand and regulatory landscape, while remaining an economically attractive asset. The North Star defines 4 critical new value chains in which it wants to grow significantly: Low Carbon Fuels, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage, Green & Blue Hydrogen, Low Carbon & Circular Chemicals. The construction of the bio-plant plant to produce bio-products and the investment decision on the Carbon Capture Storage project Porthos are showing tangible proof points of this strategy.
Moerdijk’s growth strategy and Energy Transition focus on more performance & circular chemicals and chemicals from waste feedstocks. The announcement of the investment decisions on more efficient furnaces and on a Waste-to-Plastics plant are proof points of Moerdijk’s Transformation.
This role reports into the Finance Manager Pernis. You will be part of the pool of Pernis/Moerdijk Finance Advisors.
This position offers a challenging & broad finance opportunity within the Finance team supporting Pernis & Moerdijk. You will get the opportunity to get exposed to both commercial and operations finance. The Finance Advisor will benefit from:
Ability to co-shape the very significant Transformation journeys in Pernis & Moerdijk – which involves not only developing new technologies and ways of working, but also entirely new business models.
Work with colleague in Finance, Chemicals & Products, Trading and other Class of Businesses supporting the Energy & Chemical Parks in North-West Europe.
Play a pivotal role in operating and managing the margin generation and working capital of a multi-billion dollar manufacturing plant.
Broad development opportunities as a result of pooled working, where there will be more variety and complexity in the experiences a Finance Advisor will get over their job tenure
Enhanced peer learning opportunities (knowledge sharing) due to commonalities of activities performed by pool members. This will be more “pull” than “push”
Gain better understanding of end-to-end value chains.
Developing the capability to quickly understand the value drivers, risks, dimensions, and business players a (new) parts of the business the pool supports
Supporting the Finance Managers of Pernis & Moerdijk in the journey to align and integrate the Finance support for the 2 sites.
Opportunity to contribute to the delivery of multiple business/function specific Finance agenda.
What’s the role?
Finance Advisors are the face of Finance to the business. They work on a diverse range of interesting opportunities & challenges which are prioritized based on bottom-line impact.
The work of the Commercial Finance Advisor is split in Base Load and Pooling activities.
Base load activities include:
Supporting refinery margins performance and improvement initiatives;
Support end-to-end value creation by integrating with Shell’s Trading business;
Drive the Working Capital strategy;
Support hydrocarbon purchase/sales and utilities contracts;
Active involvement in site exposure management activities (hedging) and controls;
Ensure that a proper functioning control framework is in place and that risks are properly understood, reflected and managed;
Understand the end-to- financials, processes and systems;
Co-ordinate with members of Finance Operations teams in Chennai and Krakow for Planning, Appraisal and Reporting activities, statutory & cost reporting, and treasury and tax support.
On top of this Base Load, a significant share of time will be allocated to projects which will be selected using a Value and Risk lens and applying the pooling concept. These projects can be related to Pernis or Moerdijk. Examples of such projects could be being the Finance Lead on Transformation / Energy Transition projects of the sites. Depending on the requirements of the specific activity the Finance Lead will:
Deliver the full suite of Finance support to new projects (including but not limited to deal structuring, economic modelling, risk management, tax, treasury, accounting and reporting) autonomously and coordinate the involvement of specialists as needed.
Independently ensure value and risks are made transparent and understood in both decision-making and business performance management.
Ensure a fit for purpose performance management system is in place.
On a portfolio level, provide finance leadership on business performance issues like Working Capital Management, portfolio risk etc.
Brings new proposals of high value activities to the leadership team and actively look for opportunities to reduce non-value adding Finance activity.
Maximise use of Finance Operations in delivery of processes.
Support the alignment & integration of the Finance Support to the Pernis & Moerdijk sites.
What we need from you?
Understanding of the Chemicals & Products and/or Trading business, the operation at a manufacturing site, culture and senior stakeholders is a pre but not a prerequisite. However, experience in valuation, economic modelling and risk management is an advantage.
We are also keen to hear from candidates with the following qualities:
University degree in Finance / Business Administration
Self-motivated to working independently with focus on delivery. Motivated by getting exposure to new initiatives and challenges.
Excellent analytical skills with an ability to understand complex structures
Expertise across the spectrum of Finance competences, with an understanding of the implications of business activities on financial functional activities, such as risk, accounting, tax and treasury
Results focused, with the courage to ensure professional financial rigor is applied to decision-making
Problem solving mindset, with the ability to quickly identify risks & issues and find the experts to solve them.
Project management skills and flexibility given the support across multiple activities/assets 
Comfortable to work in a high paced environment managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
Strong interpersonal skills to be able to work across all levels of seniority and multiple functional areas.
Ability to gain the confidence of various internal and external parties building on strong knowledge and understanding of the business drivers, value and risk 
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a proven ability to work in diverse cultural environments.
Without having formal reporting lines, strong collaboration, communication & influencing skills are required; ability to deliver through other teams and peers; proven track-record to successfully work with FO as One – team
Shell Nederland BV is a platform for international collaboration, with Shell offering direct employment to around ten thousand people in the Netherlands alone, including roughly 2,800 non-Dutch employees from around 80 countries. Diversity is key at Shell Nederland, and our employees reflect the innovation that stems from a diverse workforce. By joining Shell Nederland, you will benefit from an unrivalled industry-leading development programme that will see you tap into a pool of expert knowledge that will help propel your career. Shell Nederland is the holding company of most Shell companies operating in the Netherlands. Shell Nederland also has an advisory and coordinating role in numerous areas.
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