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Accounting Manager

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Wood

2021-12-03 07:39:09

Job location Reading, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Job type: fulltime

Job industry: Accounting

Job description

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for an Accounting Manager to work in our Reading office. The role will also offer the option of some flexible home working. We are a major international engineering company that delivers high quality, technically advanced, reliable facilities on time, on budget and with a world class safety record. We provide for world - renowned clients in the upstream oil and gas, midstream, LNG, refining, petrochemicals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, carbon capture, green hydrogen and power industries . This position will be supporting our Projects and Consulting businesses with financial and management accounting

Month end

Assist in managing the preparation of the month end accounts in Oracle / JD Edwards, including:

  • Review and perform analysis of hedging and Fx and calculate required reclassifications for month end reporting
  • Review Interco mis - matches / resolve loan mis - matches
  • Review manual journals prepared by shared service team
  • Support the Reading Consulting business in their month end reporting, including flash submissions, review of projects, and final month end reporting in HFM
  • Review of critical balance sheet reconciliations / entity balance sheets and reconciliation to HFM
  • Perform other month end controls

Other

Including:
  • Review of VAT returns [WGUK Sweden branch, Saudi VAT]
  • Prepare ETBs to support financial statements / corporate tax returns [WGUK Sweden branch / FWWS Iraq branch]
  • Provide support to comply with other local compliance requirements
  • Respond to external auditor / Group Finance queries and requests for information for UK stats
  • Respond to Group Tax queries in respect of UK entity tax returns
  • Review and help co - ordinate activity of the Delhi shared service centre
  • Assist in entity simplification (entity closures / balance sheet clear - outs)
  • Attend Reading Consulting business project reviews and manage required financial actions
  • Potential Financial support for the Qatar entity


Skills / Qualifications

Qualifications / Training
  • Accounting qualification (ACA / CIMA / ACCA)
  • Degree in relevant subject

Experience / skills
  • Hyperion experience preferable
  • Oracle experience beneficial
  • Good post qualified experience, along with Oil & Gas industry experience
  • Proficient in Excel
  • Long term contract accounting experience would be beneficial
  • Experience of working for a global organization


Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people.

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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