Job Description

, India
Job Family Group: Finance
Worker Type: Regular
Posting Start Date: February 3, 2026
Business Unit: Finance
Experience Level: Early Careers
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What's the role
The role is designed for supporting the delivery of activities carried out by the Manage Direct Tax US Federal Tax team. The current role is primarily in the areas of US Federal, compliance, accounting, and reporting and developing good working relationships with various stakeholders (including Country Tax teams and Other FO processes).
What you'll be doing

• Primarily acting as a first level preparer of Federal returns
• Prepare and support Tax Reporting Activities
• Understand, manage, and provide oversight of various tax applications
• Participate in various CI initiatives to gain efficiencies in the area's compliance and reporting activities
• Facilitate weekly team meetings (e.g., Visual Management meetings)
• Deliver on time and accurate Reporting and compliance Activities.
• Understand and operate US tax provisioning/compliance tools
• Understand Group Accounting and Reporting changes and enable incorporation of such changes and in the process as may be relevant.
• Co-ordinate/support for Group Reporting and US Federal & State compliance teams.
• Proactively engage in issues like ownership of Key tax Assumptions, Work Instructions & Training framework and ensuring that the same are kept up to date and robust.
• Lead and manage and transition additional/new scope migrations of MDT activities.
• Support continuous professional development and good practices in Americas team
• Proactively engage with Business and Country tax teams to enable business knowledge sharing with the

MDT team and help embed into processes as relevant * Keeps abreast of Business developments and Business performance drivers

• Support in ensuring clear roles and responsibilities and compliance with segregation of duties/authorities across
• Continuous focus on improvement opportunities (ESSA) in process & content identify & actions opportunities to reduce complexity, promote best practices, provide focus on financial issues & achieve operational excellence
• Pursue identification & implementation of Cl project pipeline and aid in achieving the process targets.
• Ensure correct and timely escalations of process exceptions or tolerance/variances and their resolution
• Proactively engage and maintain strong stakeholder and business connectivity

What you bring

• Recognized professional qualification and a member of a recognized accounting body with

one year's broad professional experience. * Work experience of audit environments in multinational companies or professional firms would be preferable

• Bachelors / Master's in Finance Degree with years broad professional experience out of which minimum 4 years of experience in migrated tax finance activity in multinational companies or professional firms
• Working knowledge of various ERP systems used in Shell Group and excellent MS Office skills
• Good understanding of Control Frameworks, controls in a tax environment and tax accounting under GAAP and far IFRS
• Effective influencing skills and communicator of complex tax compliance issues; both written and oral

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.

An Inclusive & Progressive Place to Work

• To power progress together, we need to attract and develop the brightest minds and make sure every voice is heard. Here are just some of the ways we're nurturing an inclusive environment - one where you can express your ideas, extend your skills, and reach your potential.
• We're creating a space where people with disabilities can excel through transparent recruitment process, workplace adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Feel free to let us know about your circumstances when you apply, and we'll take it from there.
• 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.
Our Lubricants business serves over 50,000 consumers through a strong network of over 200 distributors, and operates an end-to-end value chain that spans conceptualization, development, and production at a world-class blending plant at Taloja. Through our 350-plus retail stations, we offer an integrated mobility experience including fuels, cafes, and convenience stores, with a prominent network of EV recharging facilities.
Shell owns and operates a LNG re-gasification terminal at Hazira, Surat, with a capacity of 5 MTPA and a LNG truck-loading unit that plays a crucial role in helping meet India's growing demand for gas across sectors. In 2022, Shell acquired Sprng Energy in a $1.55 billion deal to build an integrated energy transition business in the country. Sprng is a leading renewable energy company in India which develops and manages solar, wind, and hybrid power generation facilities and infrastructure.
Our three capability centres across Bangalore and Chennai serve as a technology and innovation powerhouse for Shell globally, working as a delivery engine for core technical, digital, and finance processes: pioneering digital innovation and cutting-edge technologies across the energy sector. We also have strong academic partnerships and collaborations with leading universities and technology institutes to accelerate decarbonization efforts within the energy sector.
We are committed to positively contributing to the communities in which we operate through programmes on STEM Education, Skilling, and Livelihood across India. We nurture and invest in startups developing initiatives focused on accelerating energy innovation through programs such as Shell E4 and Shell Eco-marathon. We also have strategic investments in new energy companies such as Husk Power, d.light, Orb Energy, and Cleantech Solar.
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