The Guardian (UK): Cornelia Dibua, who works at Shell's HQ in London, talks to Miles Brignall: “…my official title is group reporting business analyst for oil products and my principal role is help to assemble the annual report.”: “Given what has happened in recent years and new stories that emerged about the way the company represented its untapped oil reserves, it's certainly a high profile role within the company.” (ShellNews.net) 19 March 05
Saturday March 19, 2005
I always wanted to work for a multinational firm. Even when I did an internship at Citibank as part of my degree in accounting and finance at the London School of Economics, I hoped that I would end up at a company like Shell.
I joined the graduate programme straight from university, and my official title is group reporting business analyst for oil products and my principal role is help to assemble the annual report.
This week we're finalising what will be going into this year's copy, which means lots of running around to find out the answers to questions, and clarifying various points.
Given what has happened in recent years and new stories that emerged about the way the company represented its untapped oil reserves, it's certainly a high profile role within the company.
I'm lucky in that we have an open door policy in the firm and I have access to some of Shell's most senior managers.
The company graduate scheme is slightly different to others in that you tend to move every two years. When I first started I was assigned a mentor and along with all the other graduates spent some time at our other big centre of operation in the Netherlands. There was quite a long induction course and then we were sent off to our various departments.
When I first started I was constantly asking colleagues where I needed to go to find out the information we need - now I know exactly where to go and am able to get on with it myself.
One of the things that attracted me to the company was the fact that it would allow me to do my professional accounting exams. It's very good at giving staff time off to study for exams. I've got my finals next month and will get an extra week and a half's holiday to do some preparation.
I also like the fact Shell runs an "energy" group which gives all the graduates in the company who joined at the same time a chance to meet up periodically to swap stories of how we are all getting on.
The other thing, of course, that attracted me to a multi-national is the chance to move abroad with my work. I was born in the UK but spent eight years as a child in Nigeria, and I'd quite like to return to Africa.
I've already got my eye on a possible move to South Africa. The great thing about working for such a big organisation is that you feel anything's possible.
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