Job Purpose
The Senior Accountant Vessels is responsible for:
• The timely and accurate delivery of all Finance reporting deliverables for their allocated vessels within Asset Operations, ensuring compliance with required accounting standards and internal procedures
• Providing high quality cost management support and commercial focus to the Asset Managers, being their main point of contact for general operational / commercial activities impacting financial performance of their allocated vessels.
Job Description
Main accountabilities:
Monthly / quarterly tasks
• Progress lean initiatives
• Review monthly revenue and costs in comparison to forecast and budget, identifying unexpected spends
• Calculate revenue and OPEX accruals
• Ensure high level of accuracy and variance analysis provided to Finance Director
• KPI reporting
• Provide proactive, commercially focused financial support to the Asset Manager
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations
• Main point of contact for central finance billing team regarding vessel billing
• Validate cash reporting for Vessels
• Maintain and close out actions in log, reviewed on a regular basis within team meeting,
• R&O reporting
Cost awareness / cost management
• Maintain strong culture of cost awareness within Asset Operations and highest level of cost management support provided
• Support / training provided to budget holders
• Ensure robust cost management processes are implemented
• Procedures and coding guides maintained and fully understood by all budget holders.
• Ensure compliance of cost management processes and procedures
• Timely communication to budget holders / stakeholders with sufficient level of detail of plans, timetables and requirements for financial deliverables.
• Provide visibility of financial data required to effectively manage budgets
• Review and challenge all financial deliverables, ensure ownership and accountability at all levels
• Review and challenge cost management processes with the aim of eliminating non / low value work, whilst still maintaining the integrity and material accuracy of financial results
You are meant for this job if:
Essential:
* Strong team ethic
* Professional conduct and appearance
* Positive and enthusiastic
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Good interpersonal skills
* Good time management skills / flexible
* Willing and able to embrace new ideas and change
* Taking ownership & responsibility are key
* Excellent communication and presentation skills
* Ability to analyse high volumes of data and prepare well presented summaries for management
Production / consolidation and reporting of all key financial deliverables for their allocated vessels to a high level of accuracy and quality within strict monthly / quarterly deadlines, ensuring compliance with Accounting Standards and Group guidelines - includes:
• Business partner to operations
• Adoption & delivery of lean initiatives
• Annual budget (P&L)
• Monthly forecast (P&L)
• Monthly vessel management reports (VMRs)
• Live risks and opportunities schedule for each vessel
• Monthly cost report analysis
• Quarterly Management Accounts
• Ad hoc reports as required (Central Finance, TAX, Subsea Division)
Additional Skills
Qualifications (professional, technical, academic):
Essential:
• Qualified (or equivalent experience)
• High level of experience of customer facing operations accounting
• Strong financial accounting background, with good understanding of accounting standards
Preferred:
• Proven track record of change / improvements
• Good understanding of FX / Hedging accounting