Job Description

My client is a world-leading contractor in the oil, gas and renewable industry sectors. They are collaborative, curious and always open to learning. Their diverse teams of people bring new perspectives and smart technology to some of the most challenging and inspiring energy projects around the world.

My client has a large focus on developing both generalists as well as specialists. They provide an environment that promotes and supports the development of broad business skills and technical knowledge, which enables our graduates to work effectively within our global organization.

The position offers a diverse and challenging role, within a professional and process improvement driven team. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a logical approach to problem-solving.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparation of monthly reporting pack for departmental cost Centre’s (both overhead & OOC) including variance analysis and LTF forecast. This will include monthly, quarterly & annual analysis and will cover gross cost and recoveries.
• Record actual results in the financial systems and prepare LTF forecasts using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Support the Team Lead/Operational Lead-in compliance with the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements and ensure Group and Regional reporting objectives are met within deadlines set.
• Communicate with cost Centre managers to plan, monitor and advice on financial performance, explaining financial information to non-financial personnel.
• Preparation of bottom-up annual budget for relevant cost Centre’s.
• Preparation of reconciliations and analysis with relevant and appropriate backup and critical analysis of the balances.
• Demonstrate a general understanding of Accounting Standards, principles and Group accounting policies to ensure they are applied and upheld.
• Identify and/or pro-active involvement in Team’s process improvement (PI) opportunities to help establish best practice, standardization, and ways of working.
• Focus on a high level of service provided to stakeholders.
• Other ad hoc tasks and projects as required.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS/ STAKEHOLDERS

• Cost Centre/Departmental Managers
• Regional teams - Finance, HR and Management
• Auditors (Internal and External)
• Group HR, Group Reporting, FP&A, Tax and Technical Accounting Teams

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Qualifications and Education

• Educated to degree level in a relevant stream (Finance/Accounting) (Essential)
• Already pursuing and/or a willingness to pursue a recognized Professional Accountancy Qualification (Desirable)

Experience

• Proven track record of good quality accurate analysis and analytical review (Essential)
• Relevant experience working within a similar environment (Desirable)

IT Systems

• Working knowledge of SAP and underlying modules (time allocations, Fixed assets, inventory etc.,) that impact the General Ledger (Essential).
• Ability to work with Excel (Essential), Word (Desirable) and PowerPoint (Desirable).
• Knowledge of Business Objects Financial Consolidation (BFC) (Desirable).
• Ability to run reports and data extraction for input into excel models (Desirable).

Experience:

• Finance/Accounting: 1 year (Required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Able to demonstrate the ability to work as part of a large team. Positive attitude and initiative, challenging the status quo with new ideas and improvements. Performance focus, the first-time-right attitude, with good self-review skills (deliver quality products & services). A positive focus on customers and strives to improve, learn, and utilize feedback. Anticipates potential problems and works to overcome them. Effective communicator with all stakeholders (e.g. senior management, legal, tax, HR, Technical Accounting team). Good time management skills - the ability to independently, plan and priorities workloads to meet tight deadlines.