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Title: Shell Business Operations – Patvinder’s Story
Duration: 1:36 minutes
Description:
In this video, we see Patvinder talk about how being at Shell has enabled her to tackle challenging roles by getting out of her comfort zone and in turn learn, innovate and grow. She talks about embracing technology while leading a dynamic team while contributing to the energy transition efforts. The work culture at Shell allows her to spend more than enough time to spend with family and friends and also allows her to develop personally as well professionally.
How do I leverage automation and technology in tax regulation – Patvinder’s story Transcript
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Sound of Shell – Inspirational, Calm
Patvinder: How do I leverage automation and technology in tax regulation?
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leverage automation and technology in tax regulation
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We show Patvinder working on her laptop with a green couch and office environment in the background.
Patvinder: Hi, I'm Patvinder Kaur. I'm a Chartered Accountant.
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Patvinder Kaur
Chartered Accountant
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We show Patvinder sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and green coloured hanging lights in the background
Patvinder: Currently, I'm the Global Indirect Tax Process Owner based out of Shell Business Operations in Cyberjaya, Malaysia.
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We show sequential transitions of a close-up footage of Patvinder talking to the camera followed by her sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and green coloured hanging lights in the background.
Patvinder: When I first joined Shell, I led an indirect tax compliance team for Asia Pacific which followed a typical traditional tax set-up.
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led an indirect tax compliance team
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We show a close-up footage of Patvinder talking to the camera followed by a footage of her placing a piece of paper on taxation documents on a table followed by = her sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and green-coloured hanging lights in the background.
Patvinder: 3 years later, I embraced another new and challenging tax role that was outside my comfort zone.
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Outside my comfort zone
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We show a footage where Patvinder is working on her laptop with a green couch and office environment in the background, the camera slowly pans-in followed by a close-up footage of her typing on her laptop keyboard.
Patvinder: Ever since transitioning to the new role, I have never looked back nor have I viewed indirect taxes through the same lens again.
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We show a close-up footage of Patvinder working on her laptop followed by a more panned-out shot where we see a green couch and office environment in the background
Patvinder: In my current role, my team and I harness technology to transform the landscape of indirect tax compliance.
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transform the landscape of indirect tax compliance
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We show a footage of Patvinder walking and talking with her colleague in office passage area.
Patvinder: We have implemented a blend of market standards and internal automation
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Patvinder: to align with Shell's energy transition agenda.
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Shell’s energy transition agenda
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Patvinder: The role has empowered me to embrace technology while leading a dynamic team across multiple locations.
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embrace technology
leading a dynamic team
multiple locations
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We show a footage of Patvinder sitting with her team in a meeting space discussing followed by close-up shots of her and her colleagues contributing to the discussion.
Patvinder: Through effective collaboration, we blend diverse career paths in tax, technology, business and leadership, fostering growth and innovation.
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blend diverse career paths
growth and innovation
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We show a footage of Patvinder’s team in discussion and smiling followed by a footage of Patvinder sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and green coloured hanging lights in the background followed by a close-up footage of Patvinder talking to the camera.
Patvinder: At Shell, I'm constantly given the opportunity to continuously learn and upscale
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learn and upskill
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We show a couple of pictures of Patvinder with her team at the office
Patvinder: I enjoy the various roles and the meaningful impact my work makes.
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meaningful impact
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We show a selfie picture of Patvinder with her diverse colleagues.
Patvinder: Shell offers me the work-life balance that helps me develop professionally and personally.
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We show a carousel animation of pictures of Patvinder spending time with her family and friends.
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Power Your Progress
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We show a footage of Patvinder turning and looking towards the camera and folding hands while smiling at the camera with out of focus window on the right and cafeteria in the background. We show the pecten energy lines taking shape with Patvinder’s face at the centre of it.
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Find out more
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Transcript
Title: Shell Business Operations – Chun Hee’s Story
Duration: 00:47 minutes
Description:
In this video, Chun Hee walks us through his journey at Shell, he talks about his experience working overseas at Iraq with diverse teammates that not only helped him grow but also get a different perspective of things. He highlights how Shell’s collaborative culture and commitment to innovation enables him to explore new possibilities which in turn provides him with a sense of fulfilment in his job.
Does your job give you a sense of fulfillment? – Chun Hee’s story Transcript
[Background music plays]
Sound of Shell – Playful, Optimistic
Chun Hee: Does your job give you a sense of fulfillment?
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Does your job give you a sense of fulfillment?
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We show Chun Hee walking across an outdoor office alley with plants and lawn around
Chun Hee: Hi, I'm Chun Hee and I'm a Finance Lead at Shell Malaysia.
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Chun Hee
Finance Lead
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We show Chun Hee sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and plants in the background
Chun Hee: When Shell gave me the opportunity to work in Iraq I knew it was going to be an adventure.
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We show a close-up footage of Chun Hee talking to a camera 30 degrees to the left of the frame followed by a stock footage of a map showing Iraq.
Chun Hee: It felt fulfilling when I actually worked there because I was able to apply my learnings from the Shell Graduate Program.
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We show a picture of Chun Hee with his colleagues on field followed by a carousel of pictures of Chun Hee with his colleagues on field.
Chun Hee: My work in Basrah helped fulfil Iraq's strategy of energy independence and further investment in its natural gas resources.
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We continue to show a carousel of pictures of Chun Hee with his colleagues on field.
Chun Hee: This was a testament to Shell's collaborative culture and commitment to innovation in creating energy solutions that power not just economies but lives too.
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Collaborative culture and commitment to innovation
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We show Chun Hee sitting on a chair talking to the camera, with an out-of-focus office setting and plants in the background followed by a close-up footage of Chun Hee talking to a camera 30 degrees to the left of the frame.
Chun Hee: Working with a team in Iraq wasn't just about Financial Management, it was about learning from and partnering with the Iraqi colleagues in modernising finance processes.
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learning from and partnering with
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We show a carousel footage of various pictures of Chun Hee with his colleagues back in Iraq
Chun Hee: Now that I'm back in Malaysia I continued to find fulfilment
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We show a B-roll of Chun Hee having light hearted conversations with his colleagues in Malaysia
Chun Hee: knowing that Shell provides a platform for growth while helping to tackle the energy transition.
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Shell provides a platform for growth
Power Your Progress
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The B-roll of Chun Hee with his Malaysian colleagues continues followed by Chun Hee in the out office environment folding his hands looking at the camera with a determined smile with the pecten energy lines appearing around him.
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Shell finance operations consists of the following teams:
Any business process is only as good as the data that drives it.
Data Operations at Shell offers a challenging environment for innovative individuals who are looking to develop their analytical skills while solving various data problems.
The Data team focuses on enabling effective business decisions, minimising the cost of inaccurate data and protecting Shell’s license to operate. The team performs master data management and data quality assurance with a mindset to continuously improve our processes.
A career in Data Operations at Shell is an excellent opportunity to learn industry’s best practices in data management. Our data professionals receive world-class data training and certification, linked to external accreditations.
The team consistently delivers data expertise and solutions to our different businesses and processes across the globe.
The Customer Team
The Customer team supports Customer Operations to deliver the best customer experience in the market at an affordable cost. The team collaborates closely with Customer Operations by providing data insights and expertise to make its process more effective and efficient. The team monitors master data quality and provides insights on value leakage caused by poor quality data. The team also executes data improvement projects and uses smart automation for repetitive tasks. Working in this team offers a unique opportunity to understand and collaborate with the different customer journey teams.
Facilities and Equipment (F&E)
F&E engineers support our refineries, chemical sites and distribution terminals globally. The team maintains data quality standards, drives improvement projects and adds technical value to data in order to allow business partners to make effective decisions for a safe and reliable maintenance execution. F&E engineers also manage connected application databases for conducting plant inspections, instrumentation works and asset management.
Hydrocarbon Management
Hydrocarbon Management team supports the company’s chemical business, including the trading and supply of crude oil, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other products. The team enables massive product movements and counterparty trades through management of customer, vendor, plant and storage location data. To allow smooth transactions and lower costs, the team delivers top quartile data quality while driving continuous improvements through elimination, simplification, standardization and automation of processes.
The Product Team
The product team enables an effective and efficient product life cycle and supply chain management. Accurate and timely product master data ensures on-time introduction and withdrawal of products to and from the market, optimises planning and inventory management and enables timely delivery of products to customers. The team manages seven ERP systems, nine connected applications and operates 14 different SOX controls.
Retail and Property
Data professionals in Retail and Property team maintain the data of Shell Downstream Retail business worldwide including the company’s fuel stations, Select shops and non-fuel products sold in these shops. The team also manages data of both retail and corporate real estate, along with related lease contracts.
Accurate contract, product, pricing and retail site data enable seamless business operations such as timely payment and collection of invoices, competitive product pricing strategy, marketing programs and digitalisation of customer value propositions (Shell Motorist app, available on Android and iOS).
Contracting and Procurement
Data professionals in CP Data work hand-in-hand with Contracting and Procurement to manage and improve the materials, services, vendor, contracts master reference data and spares management that are vital to business processes. CP Data provides data expertise to continuously improve the data maintenance processes to reduce cost and add values.
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