Job Description
Job purpose: Support the UK Financial Controller on a day-to-day basis in supplying timely financial and management information for monthly consolidation.
Key Responsibilities: (Key Tasks)
Financial and Management Reporting
- Monthly close of the assigned general ledgers, processing of standard monthly journal entries, review and rationalisation of trial balance, reconciliation of key control accounts pre-close.
- Assistance with the compilation of the monthly reporting pack for consolidation to published deadlines.
- Preparation & consolidation of the Monthly rollforward and other repost as required by closing timetables.
- Quarterly analysis & management reporting for those assigned ledgers
- Collation of ad-hoc management information as requested by Houston office or Regional Management.
General Ledger
- Preparation and posting of standard monthly journal entries for Intercompany funding transactions, payroll, accruals, prepayments, and misc. adjustments.
- Maintenance of a monthly file of balance sheet reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and integrity at all times.
- Formally agreeing intercompany balances at month end.
- Maintaining the fixed asset register and depreciation schedule for the company for assigned ledgers.
- Analysis of key P&L accounts both for internal management reporting purposes and for statutory disclosure.
- Preparation of yearend audit files and supporting documentation for the company’s external auditors.
- Following Company published policies and procedures as published on ForumConnect.
Accounts Payable
- Responsible for the integrity of the AP ledger for assigned ledgers, ensuring AP balances are clean, current, and identifiable.
Accounts Receivable
- Responsible for the integrity of the AR Ledger for assigned ledgers and supporting the credit control function of the company.
Payroll
- Responsible for the collation and submission of the monthly company payroll and posting to G/L.
- Management of the Outsourced Payroll Process and being main Point of Contact with payroll provider.
- · Management of the Payroll year end submissions and data gathering to support.
- Checking and investigation into variances from previous months and other adjustments from standard in the monthly payroll.
Tax
- Responsible for the collation and submission of the monthly company income tax information.
- Preparing quarterly VAT returns and maintaining supporting VAT information for Other monthly Tax Returns.
- Co-ordinate VAT Deferment process with FET UK Ledger owners.
General
- Completing government returns as required.
- Liaison and negotiation of utility providers for Cumberland House.
- Preparation of annual budgets and monthly rolling forecasts and weekly Cash forecasts for Corporate.
- Complying with mandatory UK and Global training requirements.
Education/Qualifications (essential):
- Secondary school qualifications.
- Degree qualified in Accounting/Finance (or equivalent).
Education/Qualifications (desirable):
- Secondary school qualifications.
- Degree qualified in Accounting/Finance (or equivalent).
Technical Competencies (desirable):
- Experience of Navision Accounting System (or equivalent).
- Experienced in Monthly Reporting and Forecasting in a multinational company environment
Key Skills (essential):
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Team player.
- Customer focus.
- Understanding of deadline achievements.
Experience (essential):
- Previous experience in a similar role within an oil and gas service/manufacturing company.
QHSE Competencies:
- Maintain behaviour in compliance with Forum HSE requirements.
- Maintain responsibility and accountability through personal commitment and behaviour.
- Report any unsafe or environmentally unsound acts and conditions to their immediate Supervisor such that remedial action can be taken to manage the risk.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Westhill: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
Work Location: In person