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Senior accountant

Aberdeen
Petrofac
Accountant
Posted: 17h ago
Offer description

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.


We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients. We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.


The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs, planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.


We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.


JOB TITLE: SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

·Timely and accurate reporting of monthly management and legal results in line with reporting deadlines.

·Maintain the integrity of the general ledger, ensuring the projects module and subledgers reconcile to the general ledger monthly.

·Preparation and posting of all necessary journals to correctly categorise results and amend any reconciliation issues.

·Preparation, reporting and reconciliations of sales and cost accruals.

·Perform reconciliations between financial and management reporting systems.

·Preparation of supplementary interim and year end IFRS disclosures in line with reporting deadlines.

·Reconciliation of payroll information and entry into the general ledger, ensuring appropriate allocation across projects.

·Review accounts to ensure accurate tax treatment of all financial transactions and provide necessary information to tax advisors for tax filings.

·Supporting with intercompany balances, reconciling, and matching with group counterparties.

·Provide financial support and advice to local and in-country projects and finance teams to ensure compliance with local filings and local content requirements.

·Monthly reconciliation of assigned balance sheet accounts, with any misallocations reviewed and cleared before the next reporting period.

·Assist with internal and external audits providing support and documentation as necessary.

·Ad hoc requests as required by the supervisor.

·Seek efficiencies within the reporting process, identifying areas causing issues, determining root causes and working with the necessary teams to resolve.

·Support the implementation of system improvements.

·Support business improvement initiatives.

·The above is an outline of key duties and accountabilities, rather than an exclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities. The post holder is expected to undertake any tasks which may reasonably be expected within the scope of the position.


ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

·Part or recently qualified accountant preferred (ACAS, ACCA or CIMA), or

·Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or other relevant discipline.

·Good technical accounting knowledge and analytical skills.

·Must be able to work to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy.

·Ability to manage multiple priorities.

·Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate problems from differing viewpoints and recognize potential root cause of problems to suggest possible solutions.

·Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate with multiple team members.

·Advanced Excel skills are required for interpretation of large volumes of data (pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s).

·Excellent time management skills.

·Extensive experience in a finance role.

·Previous experience in large, International Oil & Gas service company required.

·Oracle experience is essential, with knowledge of FCCS, Hyperion, or other group reporting solutions being preferred.


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