Wood have an exciting new role to join our busy Finance team in Aberdeen, Scotland. This role is can be offered as a permanent full-time role or 1 year fixed term contract to assist the Senior UK Finance Manager and UK Finance Business Partners.
This role would ideally be a development role for a Senior Accountant and will involve managing a team.
The successful candidate will lead a team of Accountants to deliver accurate accounting, reconciliation and reporting of key financial data to enable the business to monitor performance, drive improvement, collect cash and ensure governance across a collection of key client contracts. You will manage resources, deadlines and business requirements effectively to meet needs across all Service Lines / Contracts.
Qualifications:
1. Fully qualified with relevant professional body
Knowledge & Experience:
2. Extensive expereince in accounting / business experience
3. Previous experience of managing a team and planning and organising resources to achieve desired outcomes
4. Previous experience of leading and developing talent
5. Excellent commercial awareness
6. Competent at using ERP / forecasting systems
7. Proficient user of Excel, PowerPoint
Job-Specific Skills:
8. Technical skills and experience to conduct and review various accounting tasks
9. Highly organised and ability to prioritise tasks for self and team
10. Must be able to plan to meet deadlines every time without compromising accuracy
11. Attention to detail is critical
12. Must be adept at managing resources, workloads and deadlines as well as working autonomously
13. Customer focused – internally and externally
14. Ability to discuss issues clearly and concisely at all levels within the organisation
15. Proactive nature to seek out opportunities for improvement and deliver against these
16. Ability to train others and provide technical information and support
17. Excellent problem solving skills with a focus on bringing solutions to the table
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