Hutcheon Mearns are partnered with an upstream oil and gas E&P company to source a Joint Venture Accountant. This position is offered on a one year contract,
The JV Accountant is responsible for financial closing including account posting, payment of billings, variance analysis and General Ledger reconciliations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Contribute to appropriate finance control environment to facilitate financial, management and operational reporting
- Provide support to high quality budget and business plan which supports the business objectives
- Work closely with other functions to ensure effective relationships and business delivery
- Responsible for transactional data entry to finance system including but not limited to accruals and information to support cost allocation
- Issue monthly JV billings and 3rd party invoices
- Review and respond to JV Partner questions received from JV billings
- Maintain and update SAP system cost allocations as required
- Administer the non-operated JV billings process
- Manage workflow and processing of tariff invoices received
- Responsible for integrity of financial statements and controls
- Interface with Business Advisors to align appropriate cost classification (e.g. Opex vs Capex)
- Provide ad-hoc cost analysis and support to management presentations where required
- Support the Authorisation for Expenditure process, ensuring documented controls are followed
- Completion of General Ledger reconciliations
- Support JV and Statutory audits including but not limited to responses to auditor requests
- Administer Emissions and regulatory (e.g. NSTA) transactional requirements for designated area
Background and Experience
- Degree and part-qualified / qualified accountant of recognised body ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent with appropriate industry experience
- Strong analytical skills
- Experience of SAP / SunSystems preferred
- Strong MS Office skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and adept at interacting with individuals at all levels in the organisation
- Focus on service delivery to business and functions
- Flexible and responsive to stakeholder requirements and changing environment
- Ability to deliver high quality work by deadlines and work effectively under time pressure
- Ability to work on own initiative, proactively drive change, take responsibility and manage tasks through to completion
Next Steps
If you are interested in taking the next step in your career or feel a change of environment is required, this could be the ideal job opportunity for you!
To apply please send a full CV. For a confidential discussion or more information, please reach out to Lois Dobbie at lois.dobbie@hutcheonmearns.co.uk.
Only candidates eligible to work in the UK will be considered for this role as no sponsorship is available.