Senior Accountant - Africa

Petrofac is a leading international service provider to the energy industry, with a diverse client portfolio including many of the world’s leading energy companies.
We design, build, manage and maintain infrastructure for our clients.
We recruit, reward, and develop our people based on merit regardless of race, nationality, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status or disability. We value our people and treat everyone who works for or with Petrofac fairly and without discrimination.
The world is re-thinking its energy supply and energy security needs; planning for a phased transition to alternative energy sources. We are here to help our clients meet these evolving energy needs.
This is an exciting time to join us on this journey.
We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.
Are you ready to bring the right energy to Petrofac and help us deliver a better future for everyone?
JOB TITLE:
Senior Accountant
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for the accurate reporting of monthly management and legal results to Group Finance in line with deadlines
This role is the main interface between Africa entities and the group reporting team in Sharjah, responsible for working with them to understand any reporting issues and implementing required group changes. This may involve provision of training or support to other areas of the business.
Management of the month end close timetable, ensuring other areas of the business adhere to timetable and reporting requirements
Responsible for the integrity of the general ledger, ensuring they reconcile back to the projects ledger and posting all necessary journals to correctly categorise results and amend any reconciliation issues
Close Project and GL periods in Fusion
Full understanding of complex group structure in order to reconcile legal entity versus sub service line management reporting.
Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations as assigned and any issues identified to be dealt with in a timely manner
Provide support for intercompany reporting and reconciliation as required
Half Year and Full Year Additional Reporting Requirements under IFRS Accounting Regulations
Work with the auditors at half year and full year end and manage team’s reporting requirements to the auditors
Make sure processes are aligned to Petrofac accounting policies and processes are changed to reflect changes in these as required
Constantly looking for improvements in the reporting process, identifying areas generating need for corrections, identifying root cause and addressing issues
Identifying and implementing system improvements to increase the efficiency of reporting process
Finance Improvement Project tasks as allocated
Ad hoc reports as required by management
Assist wider finance community as required
Escalating issues to the Finance Manager when required and keeping them briefed on the teams activities
Management and development of staff
Accountants and Assistant Accountant
Develop strong relationship with Budgeting & reporting teams to ensure their results are reported accurately and timely
Mentoring junior members of staff
Essential Qualifications and Skills
Qualified Chartered Accountant or similar
Must be able to work to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy and skills in problem solving.
Good communication skills, must be comfortable and professional dealing with Senior Management level.
Experience in ERP systems is preferred due to involvement in projects close.
Strong excel skills are required due to interpretation of large levels of data.
Experience in an international group of companies is preferred
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