Operations Manager Global Derivatives

, India

Job Family Group:

Finance

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

July 3, 2026

Business Unit:

Finance

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What’s the role

Shell Trading provides a comprehensive portfolio of products and services associated with crude oil, refined products, natural gas, electrical power, chemicals, and Freight trading based in the UK, US, Singapore, Netherlands, Bahamas, and United Arab Emirates. The purpose of this position is to lead the Global Derivatives team as a leader of the community.

The Trading Settlements processes are complex, risk exposed due to ever changing regulatory environment and often time critical. The critical processes and complex system landscape often demands to work in close co-operation with different teams (Traders, Operations, FIB, Tax, Planning & Reporting, Financial accounting, Process Expert etc.) within the Trading business and across various Trading locations.

Finance Operations processes transactions worth billions of dollars with third parties for Trading and hence poor process performance would have a significant impact on Group profitability, cash flow and reputation. Trading also has significant transaction numbers and value with Group Companies, and hence suboptimal process performance can create significant issues between Trading and other Group Companies. Additionally, the Finance Operations team will need to provide top quartile support for the future growth needs of what is a vibrant and continually developing Trading business.

Additionally, a key aspect of the role will be to manage and develop a maturing organization. This will include staff and position planning and further work on building business and process knowledge to underpin the ongoing operations. In addition, there are numerous new business opportunities / entities that are being set up and FO TS support to these new businesses is seen as a critical piece. In summary, the role provides an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to quickly gain knowledge of a fast-moving and exciting business, to gain leadership experience, and of managing operations that are progressing towards top quartile performance.