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Wood Plc Hiring for Accountant Job at Aberdeen, Scotland Full Time

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Overview / Responsibilities:

Wood is currently recruiting for an Accountant, to ensure regional accounting activities are completed in an accurate and timely manner. The role can be based in any of our UK offices and will involve the reporting of financial data both internally to business stakeholders and within the wider region finance team. Financial reporting will extend to forecasts, budgets, and reporting to local functions, together with approval of balance sheet reconciliations each month.
The areas of key focus for this role are:
  • Overhead (SGA and Indirect) reporting during month end close in Oracle, ensuring overheads are reported correctly in Hyperion, and delivering monthly overhead reporting complete with commentary to the Business and local functions
  • Responsible for the preparation of overhead budgets, rolling forecast and mid-year forecast, with agreement of local functions, working in conjunction with the Business
  • Ensuring allocations are posted correctly per business and legal entity i.e. Real Estate, IT, Insurance
  • Act as a focal point for internal and external audits, working in conjunction with the Business, to ensure ongoing queries and information requests are completed in a timely and proper manner
  • Approval of balance sheet reconciliations and ensuring sign-off of the completeness and accuracy of reconciliation is completed. This includes working directly with the shared services team on behalf of the business to resolve reconciliation queries
  • Liaising with the RFC Compliance team, to ensure all information is received as required for legal entity statutory reporting, working in conjunction with the business where required for additional analysis for disclosures
  • Execution of various ad hoc financial analysis and tasks as and when required

Skills / Qualifications:

  • A recognised accounting qualification, gained through college or university education
  • Qualified ICAS / ICAEW / ACCA (or equivalent) preferred, however part-qualified applicants or those qualified by experience will also be considered
Knowledge, skills and experience:
  • Previous accounting experience
  • Proficient user of Excel
  • Systems experience with Oracle and Hyperion (advantageous, not essential)
Personal attributes:
  • Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships
  • Shows willingness to make improvements and shares best practice
  • Must be able to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work well in a team and independently
  • Good communication skills both verbal and written
  • Ability to discuss issues clearly and concisely at all levels within the organisation

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 45,000 people. www.woodplc.com

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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