Job Description
Wood requires a Senior Accountant based at our offices in Stockton-on-Tees. This is a full-time, fixed-term 12-month contract.
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects, and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes 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.
Job Overview
The Senior Accountant will contribute to all aspects of contract finance, ensuring all accounting activities are undertaken in a timely and accurate manner for the contract covering invoicing, month-end close, budget/forecasting, internal reporting of monthly financials, and completion of profit & loss / balance sheet reconciliations.
Role:
To ensure accurate accounting, reconciliation, and processing of key data to enable the business to monitor performance, drive improvement, collect cash, and ensure governance across a collection of key client contracts.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
* Focal point for Oracle expenses on the contract covering coding and approval.
* Review of supplier invoices in Azolve prior to approval (Training, Accommodation).
* Review and analysis of costs coded to contract within the accounting system to ensure charges are correct and adjust as applicable.
* Running various revenue, cost, and structure reports in the Oracle accounting system.
* Assistance with ensuring finance contract reconciliations are prepared, reconciled to accounts, analysed, and reviewed on a monthly basis to establish over/under-recoveries and enable any corrective actions to be taken in a timely manner.
* Responsible for maintaining the contract delegation of authority matrix in line with any personnel changes on the contract.
* Liaising with departments as required to undertake role: Commercial, Human Resources, Time Writing Central, and Contract Managers.
* Provide support with month-end and forecasting processes as required.
* Execution of various ad hoc tasks as and when requested.
* Responsible for identifying and highlighting opportunities for continuous improvement within the contracts and sharing of best practice within the team and wider function.
Qualifications
Knowledge & Experience:
* Relevant accounting experience.
* Proficient user of Excel.
* Competent at using ERP/forecasting systems.
Job-Specific Skills:
* Good understanding of contract commercials to appreciate rate build-ups and recovery of costs to ensure maximization of cash position.
* Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to build good working relationships within teams.
* Highly organized and ability to prioritize tasks.
* Must be able to meet deadlines without compromising accuracy.
* Attention to detail is critical.
* Must be able to work as part of a team.
About Us
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects, and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com #J-18808-Ljbffr