Finance Advisor SMDS

What’s the role

Finance Advisors are the face of Finance for finance delivery based on value and risk. They are responsible for the delivery of Finance capability required to support a set of clearly defined business outcomes for the business.

Shell MDS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (SMDS) is an incorporated JV company with Shell as the majority shareholder, along with Petronas, Sarawak State Government and Mitsubishi Corporation as the minority shareholders. The company owns and operates the Shell Middle Distillate Synthesis Plant in Bintulu, the world's first commercial plant of its kind. The SMDS plant converts natural gas into Middle Distillates (gasoil, kerosene, naphtha) and specialty products such as Detergent Feedstocks, Solvent Feedstocks, and various grades of Waxes. The plant began operations in May 1993.

What you’ll be doing

This role will work on a variety of activities in line with Value and Risk, primarily in the areas of license to operate, upholding performance standards in line with Shell performance framework, business performance management, external stakeholder management, and driving decision quality in projects and commercial. Detailed responsibilities include:

• Deliver the full suite of Finance support including leveraging on specialized subject matter experts in tax and treasury, autonomously and collaboratively with wider finance and business leads.
• Independently ensure that a proper functioning control framework is in place and that risks are properly understood, reflected and managed.
• Independently ensure value and risks are made transparent and understood in both decision- making and in performance management.
• Drive fit for purpose performance management with the business to ensure delivery of business objectives. Activities include business performance appraisal and latest estimates.
• Maximize use of Finance Operations in delivery of processes. In activities where FO and Finance Advisors act together to deliver, lead/initiate structural improvement projects and leave the accountability for delivery with the right accountable processes in FO.
• Brings new insights and proposals of high value activities to the Finance Manager who decides on the resource allocation. For example (in initiating digitalization projects and acting as a connector between Finance Operations and the business)
• Actively look for opportunities to reduce non-value adding Finance activity (“demand management”)
• Delivery of CI projects, specifically the digitalization agenda in finance.
• The role will play a key role in building a OneFinance community and in capability buil