The Assets Lead / Business Controller is a senior finance leadership role supporting a performance unit involved in major growth projects and oil and gas production. The role is accountable for accounting, reporting, planning, and financial appraisal, while partnering closely with the business to improve performance and support decision-making. You will work with a broad set of stakeholders, including joint venture partners, auditors, government representatives, and internal finance and business teams. This is an opportunity for an experienced finance leader who combines strong technical capability with commercial insight, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to lead people and drive change in a dynamic environment.
What you’ll be doing
As a senior business-facing finance leader, you will lead a team responsible for delivering high-quality internal and external reporting for the performance unit, while ensuring compliance with the Shell control framework. You will oversee performance appraisal, business analysis, and key finance processes, including support for joint venture accounting and audits. The role requires close collaboration with finance teams across Country, Business and Functions, as well as the wider Reporting & Analysis and Finance Operations community. Through strong P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow appraisal, you will identify risks, performance gaps, and opportunities to improve value. You will also help simplify processes, strengthen controls, and develop a high-performing team.
The role has broad accountability across reporting, accounting, performance management, financial controls, and team leadership. Key responsibilities include:
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Lead the delivery of monthly performance reporting, latest estimates, quarterly updates, and business monitoring, working closely with finance operations and business finance teams.
Ensure timely and accurate statutory, group, regulatory, ministry, and joint venture partner reporting for the performance unit.
Contribute to business planning activities and provide financial insight to support strategic decision-making and delivery of team priorities.
Provide expert guidance on the application of financial accounting policies and standards, including Group reporting requirements and IFRS, and lead the financial accounting treatment of material events such as impairments, decommissioning and restoration provisions, and mergers, acquisitions and divestments.
Lead fit-for-purpose reviews of P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow performance to identify value opportunities, financial and business risks, and actionable insights for stakeholders.
Oversee key asset finance processes such as Value of Work Done, Approval For Expenditure, cost and capex reporting, and manual journal entries.
Drive working capital performance by reviewing receivables, payables, and inventory balances, removing process blockages, and strengthening accountability across teams.
Lead and develop the team, managing priorities across reporting cycles and peak periods, and allocating work through a clear value and risk lens.
What you bring
We are looking for an experienced senior finance professional with strong leadership capability and a track record of working effectively across complex stakeholder environments. You should bring:
At least 12 years of relevant working experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or any related, MBA or qualifications in CA CIMA, ACCA, CMA, CPA, CS
Strong experience in financial and management reporting, performance appraisal, and Group / IFRS accounting.
Proven ability to translate complex financial issues into clear business insights and practical actions.
Experience leading teams and coordinating work across multiple dimensions including data and digital transformations.
Strong commercial and analytical capability, with the ability to identify key value drivers and relevant performance measures.
Experience supporting complex businesses in dynamic environments through planning, appraisal, and decision support.
Confidence to work independently, lead through ambiguity, and drive change and continuous improvement.
Ability to balance technical accounting judgment with business and joint venture partner considerations.
Resilience and sound prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines while maintaining attention to detail.
Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial matters clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
A continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on operational excellence, simplification, and sharing best practices.
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.
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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.
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