Wood is currently recruiting an Accountant to support the Finance hub team within our Stockton Office, on a hybrid basis.
The successful candidate will ensure 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.
Qualifications:
1. Recognised accounting qualification or part qualified and actively studying towards professional qualification (ACCA / CIMA etc)
2. Will also consider those qualified by experience
Knowledge & Experience:
3. Experience in a similar position
4. Proficient user of Excel
5. Good commercial knowledge and understanding of contract commercials to appreciate rate build-ups and recovery of costs to ensure maximisation of cash position
6. Competent at using ERP/ forecasting systems
Job-Specific Skills:
7. Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective report writing and to support communication of financial information to non-finance people.
8. Strong interpersonal skills to be able to liaise with people on the contract; be seen as a trusted business partner within the organisation
9. Ability to discuss issues clearly and concisely at all levels within the organisation
10. Customer focussed – internally and externally
11. Highly organised and ability to prioritise tasks
12. Must be able to meet deadlines every time without compromising accuracy
13. Attention to detail is critical
14. Must be adept at working as part of a team as well as have the ability to manage own workloads
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