{"id":21464,"date":"2025-10-13T16:00:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/job\/business-finance-advisor\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:24:14","slug":"business-finance-advisor","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/southafrica\/?post_type=job_listing&p=21464","title":{"rendered":"Business Finance Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s the\u00a0role?<\/p>\n<p>\tAs a Business Finance Advisor, your role includes the assurance of an appropriate business control framework, management information, business analysis and decision support as well as involvement in a wide range of projects that can only be found in a large multinational company (e.g. trading, FMCG, retail and logistics). The role will form a key part of the Finance skill pool and will expose the successful candidate to a wide range to challenges and learning across the Downstream business to develop well rounded finance professional.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, your more specific duties include:<\/p>\n<p>\tBe a strong business partner, finding the right balance in supporting the business goals while providing challenge from a profitability, risk and compliance perspective.<br \/>\n\tPromote a mindset of integrated value and trade-off in the business to deliver maximum value to the enterprise.<br \/>\n\tChallenge for continuous improvement on cost management (Opex) through a flawless performance and appraisal process and regional challenge.<br \/>\n\tProvide Finance input and support for projects to ensure value growth in line with business strategy and goals.<br \/>\n\tSupport and review investment proposals and focus on operational excellence.<br \/>\n\tDemonstrate Organizational and Functional Leadership by ensuring country alignment with finance objectives and to actively promote accountability and teamwork behaviours.<br \/>\n\tProvide clear and consistent business analysis that allows for timely decision making for the business in South Africa.<br \/>\n\tParticipate in the planning process as required with special focus on the operationalization of the agreed plan at local level.<br \/>\n\tEnsure proper\/ support\/input from the country to the Business Assurance Committees and annual Business Assurance process.<br \/>\n\tInterface with Mobility, B2B business, Aviation, Marine and Lubricants, as well as Corporate team.<\/p>\n<p>What we need from you?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re keen to hear from qualified Finance professionals\u00a0with minimum of 7 years\u2019 experience in finance or accounting, background in FMCG, Retail or Oil &amp; Gas industry and someone who has worked in a multinational company.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, we\u2019d hope to see as many of the following as possible on your CV:<\/p>\n<p>\tBachelor\u2019s Degree in Finance, Economics or BCom.<br \/>\n\tProfessional qualification such as CA, CFA or CIMA is preferred but not mandatory.<br \/>\n\tMust have at least 7 years of relevant experience<br \/>\n\tExperience in an Oil and Gas industry is preferred<br \/>\n\tExperienced in financial modelling and analysis.<br \/>\n\tExperienced in MI and reporting.<br \/>\n\tDemonstrated ability in planning, target setting and budgeting.<br \/>\n\tKnowledge in performance management, appraisal, stock and credit management.<br \/>\n\tTeam player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate and deliver through others both in the finance and the business organization.<br \/>\n\tAbility to gain the confidence of various internal and external parties building on strong knowledge and understanding of the business drivers, value and risk.<br \/>\n\tMaturity and authority to decide when to involve other parties and effectively play the independent Finance role.<br \/>\n\tProblem solving mindset with the courage to ensure professional financial rigor is applied to commercial decision-making process and risk management bringing analytics and insights to the table.<br \/>\n\tProject management skills and flexibility given the support across multiple activities\/assets.<br \/>\n\tAbility to rapidly understand the specific business or function context for which activities in the pool concept are linked to.<br \/>\n\tAwareness of Price Risk management including hedging techniques and related accounting, hedging systems.<\/p>\n<p>Apply via company website ( http:\/\/www.shell.com ) or<\/p>\n<p>shell.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"http:\/\/shell.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com","_company_name":"Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)","_company_website":"http:\/\/www.shell.com","_company_tagline":"SPDC is the pioneer and leader of the petroleum industry in Nigeria. It has the largest acreage in the country from which it produces some 39 per cent of the nation's oil. The company's operations are concentrated in the Niger Delta and adjoining shallow offshore areas where it operates in an oil m... read moreining lease area of around 31,000 square kilometres. SPDC has more than 6,000 kilometres of pipelines and flowlines, 87 flowstations, 8 gas plants and more than 1,000 producing wells. The company employs more than 4,500 people directly of whom 95 per cent are Nigerians. Some 66 per cent of the Nigerian staff members are from the Niger Delta. Another 20,000 people are employed indirectly through the network of companies that provide supplies and services. SPDC's Mission The mission of SPDC is to be the operator of first choice in Nigeria through its commitment to strong economic performance and to every aspect of sustainable development. SPDC and its Joint Venture Partners SPDC is the operator of a Joint Venture Agreement involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which holds 55%, Shell 30%, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG)10% and Nigerian Agip Oil Company limited (NAOC) 5%. How it began SPDC was originally known as Shell D'Arcy and later as Shell-BP which was jointly financed by the Royal Dutch\/Shell Group of Companies and the British Petroleum (BP) Group on an equal basis. The Company discovered the first commercial oil field in the country at Oloibiri Bayelsa State, in 1956 and through a sustained exploration effort had since discovered more oil fields that have firmly established Nigeria as one of the world's major crude oil producers with significant gas potential. SPDC today Together with its Joint Venture Partners, SPDC is capable of producing some 1 million barrels of oil per day on an average. Through its community investment programme, SPDC is demonstrating its commitment to improving the quality of life for all those who live and work in the Niger Delta. 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