Senior Accountant

Job purpose: Support the UK Financial Controller on a day-to-day basis in supplying timely financial and management information for monthly consolidation.

Key Responsibilities: (Key Tasks)

Financial and Management Reporting

• Monthly close of the assigned general ledgers, processing of standard monthly journal entries, review and rationalisation of trial balance, reconciliation of key control accounts pre-close.
• Assistance with the compilation of the monthly reporting pack for consolidation to published deadlines.
• Preparation & consolidation of the Monthly rollforward and other repost as required by closing timetables.
• Quarterly analysis & management reporting for those assigned ledgers
• Collation of ad-hoc management information as requested by Houston office or Regional Management.

General Ledger

• Preparation and posting of standard monthly journal entries for Intercompany funding transactions, payroll, accruals, prepayments, and misc. adjustments.
• Maintenance of a monthly file of balance sheet reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and integrity at all times.
• Formally agreeing intercompany balances at month end.
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and depreciation schedule for the company for assigned ledgers.
• Analysis of key P&L accounts both for internal management reporting purposes and for statutory disclosure.
• Preparation of yearend audit files and supporting documentation for the company’s external auditors.
• Following Company published policies and procedures as published on ForumConnect.

Accounts Payable

• Responsible for the integrity of the AP ledger for assigned ledgers, ensuring AP balances are clean, current, and identifiable.

Accounts Receivable

• Responsible for the integrity of the AR Ledger for assigned ledgers and supporting the credit control function of the company.

Payroll

• Responsible for the collation and submission of the monthly company payroll and posting to G/L.
• Management of the Outsourced Payroll Process and being main Point of Contact with payroll provider.
• · Management of the Payroll year end submissions and data gathering to support.
• Checking and investigation into variances from previous months and other adjustments from standard in the monthly payroll.

Tax

• Responsible for the collation and submission of the monthly company income tax information.
• Preparing quarterly VAT returns and maintaining supporting VAT information for Other monthly Tax Returns.
• Co-ordinate VAT Deferment process with FET UK Ledger owners.

General

• Completing government returns as required.
• Liaison and negotiation of utility providers for Cumberland House.
• Preparation of annual budgets and monthly rolling forecasts and weekly Cash forecasts for Corporate.
• Complying with mandatory UK and Global training requirements.

Education/Qualifications (essential):

• Secondary school qualifications.
• Degree qualified in Accounting/Finance (or equivalent).

Education/Qualifications (desirable):

• Secondary school qualifications.
• Degree qualified in Accounting/Finance (or equivalent).

Technical Competencies (desirable):

• Experience of Navision Accounting System (or equivalent).
• Experienced in Monthly Reporting and Forecasting in a multinational company environment

Key Skills (essential):

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Team player.
• Customer focus.
• Understanding of deadline achievements.

Experience (essential):

• Previous experience in a similar role within an oil and gas service/manufacturing company.

QHSE Competencies:

• Maintain behaviour in compliance with Forum HSE requirements.
• Maintain responsibility and accountability through personal commitment and behaviour.
• Report any unsafe or environmentally unsound acts and conditions to their immediate Supervisor such that remedial action can be taken to manage the risk.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Westhill: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Work Location: In person