Operations Accountant

JOB DESCRIPTION

[Employer hidden] are currently recruiting an Operations Accountant on behalf of our client, based in Aberdeen. The role will be for a duration of 12 months and offers a hybrid working arrangement.

ROLE

The Operations Accountant will partner with the Maintenance Team to provide insightful financial analysis and appropriate challenge in order to aid the business in their decision-making.

RESPONSIBILITIES

MAINTENANCE

• Maintain the accuracy of the general ledger for cost categories of responsibility and liaising with budget-holders to prepare forecast and budget information for same cost categories.
• Work with key stakeholders (budget-holders, Asset Managers, Finance Business Partners) with value-adding financial information that is timely, accurate, meets their needs and aids decision-making.
• Be accountable for ensuring the ledger reflects the correct position of Field operations and that accruals, recodes, allocations, billings and reporting are carried out in a timely and accurate manner.
• Co-ordinate and support the creation of all budgets involving Maintenance.
• Prepare and issue Maintenance Monthly Management Reports, Outlooks and Accrual information.
• Support maintenance team with preparation of DSPs for approval and monitoring of CAPEX spend within maintenance.
• Assist in providing Joint Venture and Contract Audit support
• Develop a thorough understanding of maintenance process and forge working relationships with all members of the asset team.

NEW VENTURES / PROD OPS / HSE&A / IT & COMMS

Alongside the core maintenance role there may be a requirement to support other functional areas with accurate cost management, budgeting & reporting requirements.

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

• Proactively identify gaps in processes or opportunities for improvement, working with relevant stakeholders to agree and implement improvements to budget, forecasts and accruals.
• Document and streamline process to enable increased focus on value added activities.
• Seek opportunities to develop and improve the use of systems to automate and improve processes and reports.

OTHER

Provide support and vacation cover for other team members.

REQUIREMENTS

• Able to perform a critical review of financial information
• Experienced in preparing management reporting in a timely & accurate manner
• Experienced in preparing budgets and forecasts
• Able to work individually and as part of a team in order to deliver accurate and consistent results
• Experienced in using SAP, SAP BW and Microsoft Excel
• Experienced in accounting for joint ventures and operations accounting
• Driven to deliver work to high standards with a keen attention to detail and strong ability to self-review
• Able to plan and prioritise to meet tight, sometimes conflicting deadlines
• An effective communicator (both interpersonal and written)
• Comfortable communicating with stakeholders at different levels across the business
• Self-confident, self-aware, approachable, flexible with a “can do” attitude
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of creating and implementing improvements