Lead Accountant

Description

• Management of business finance team including recruitment, staff development, performance management and the setting of objectives
• Ensure that an effective control environment exists through compliance with all Group control frameworks, policies and procedures as relevant
• Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast v monthly actual result process
• Engagement with commercial teams on the pre award phase in terms of bids, rates, and relevant analysis and a key contact and team participant for such, including input to financial terms contained in contracts and bids where appropriate
• Ownership of monthly customer billing to ensure invoices are prepared in accordance with the commercial terms of the contract
• Ownership for annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts in conjunction with senior management, including validation / challenge over backlog, inputs from BD and operations
• Engagement with external and internal auditors to successfully complete relevant audits
• Work with Operations and serve as a conduit between the business and Legal, Tax and Treasury, IT, Shared Services and Supply Chain
• Engagement with commercial teams on post contract award phase in terms of margin analysis looking for opportunities to drive improvements and commercial efficiencies, and attending key project reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate
• Report business financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis
• with operational management, project managers, supply chain and other relevant areas to optimize cash collection and minimize DSO, including customer relationships and reporting
• Full responsibility for all financial matters including accurate and timely completion of monthly reporting, optimizing financial performance
• Responsible for driving sustainable working capital improvements and/or maintaining performance working
• Assisting during client audits and dispute management
• Responsibility for relevant project accounting, including monthly reviews, analysis and project set up, accounting judgements and provisioning while working with relevant functions such as Commercial, Legal and Tax
• Manage banking relationships

Requirements

• Previous working experience in big Accounting Firm
• Commercial experience with good understanding of cost models
• Good IT / Systems knowledge
• Previous experience of managing and developing teams
• Track record in people management
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CPA/CIMA)
• Minimum of 10 years relevant accounting / commercial experience
• Experience of business partnering

Benefits

We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.

We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.

We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance