Manager Professional Practices

Organisation

Central Finance provides a range of professional services, advice and products to Shell companies on a global basis. This support covers everything from management and financial accounting, consultancy and business controls through to Mergers & Acquisitions, insurance and treasury operations.
 
Internal Audit (SIA) carries out audits for Shell’s global businesses and functions, and works to improve and streamline operations, engineer business processes and facilitate communication with Operating Units and major projects. We advise on audit and compliance matters, provide independent, objective assurance and deliver analysis and recommendations to senior management.
 
We’re currently looking to recruit a Manager Professional Practices who’ll report to the Global Operations Manager and lead the Professional Practices team. The successful candidate will have primary responsibility for developing SIA’s methodology and guidance, communicating them to SIA and ensuring they’re followed consistently.
 
Directly managing a small team of staff, the role will offer the opportunity to influence the approach taken by SIA to deliver its objectives. It will require someone who can clearly communicate with senior staff and auditors around the world to help the consistent application of theory in a wide range of practical scenarios.

Responsibilities:

As Manager Professional Practices, we’ll expect you to:

• Develop and maintain the methodology agenda of areas currently being worked on, or to be worked on in respect of methodology 
• Develop audit methodology and guidance 
• Perform quality assurance reviews of audits performed within SIA on a sample basis 
• Undertake an independent review of some of the audits performed each cycle 
• Drive thought leadership within SIA in respect of audit approaches, including external liaison 
• Support knowledge management within SIA, and lead it in respect of audit skills related knowledge 
• Provide methodology help and support to all SIA’s staff 
• Identify training needs, provide input to course development and assist in delivery where practical 
• Support the universe owners in the development of the annual audit plan and universe 
• Provide methodology communication on updates and issues 
• Oversee the development of best practice examples and guidance 
• Liaise with Shell standard setters on new guidance and standards that are relevant to SIA auditors 
• Provide specific guidance to SIA staff on relevant topics such as SOX.

Requirements:

As a qualified accountant with a CPA, ACA, RA or equivalent, you’ll have excellent auditing and accounting skills built on substantial experience of external or internal audits.
 
Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation abilities are essential, while experience of developing or delivering training would be an advantage. You’ll also have first-class interpersonal skills and be able to calmly and clearly communicate and influence throughout the businesses, at all levels in the organisation and with staff from diverse cultural backgrounds.
 
Your personal integrity and professionalism will be key to maintaining an independent attitude and delivering quality audits, and with strong analytical and financial skills, you’ll be able to identify cause-effect relationships, patterns, implications of data, and integrate the pieces into a meaningful whole. Fluent in written and spoken English, knowledge of other languages would be a plus.

Interested?

You can apply to this position by using the form below.