Senior Vessel Accountant 1

Job Purpose

The Senior Accountant Vessels is responsible for:
•    The timely and accurate delivery of all Finance reporting deliverables for their allocated vessels within Asset Operations, ensuring compliance with required accounting standards and internal procedures
•    Providing high quality cost management support and commercial focus to the Asset Managers, being their main point of contact for general operational / commercial activities impacting financial performance of their allocated vessels . 

Job Description

Main accountabilities: 
Monthly / quarterly tasks
•    Progress lean initiatives
•    Review monthly revenue and costs in comparison to forecast and budget, identifying unexpected spends
•    Calculate revenue and OPEX accruals
•    Ensure high level of accuracy and variance analysis provided to Finance Director
•    KPI reporting
•    Provide proactive, commercially focused financial support to the Asset Manager
•    Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations
•    Main point of contact for central finance billing team regarding vessel billing
•    Validate cash reporting for Vessels
•    Maintain and close out actions in log, reviewed on a regular basis within team meeting,
•    R&O reporting

Cost awareness / cost management
•    Maintain strong culture of cost awareness within Asset Operations and highest level of cost management support provided
•    Support / training provided to budget holders
•    Ensure robust cost management processes are implemented
•    Procedures and coding guides maintained and fully understood by all budget holders.  
•    Ensure compliance of cost management processes and procedures
•    Timely communication to budget holders / stakeholders with sufficient level of detail of plans, timetables and requirements for financial deliverables.  
•    Provide visibility of financial data required to effectively manage budgets 
•    Review and challenge all financial deliverables, ensure ownership and accountability at all levels
•    Review and challenge cost management processes with the aim of eliminating non / low value work, whilst still maintaining the integrity and material accuracy of financial results
 

You are meant for this job if:

Essential: 

• Strong team ethic
• Professional conduct and appearance
• Positive and enthusiastic
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good time management skills / flexible
• Willing and able to embrace new ideas and change
• Taking ownership & responsibility are key
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to analyse high volumes of data and prepare well presented summaries for management

    Production / consolidation and reporting of all key financial deliverables for their allocated vessels to a high level of accuracy and quality within strict monthly / quarterly deadlines, ensuring compliance with Accounting Standards and Group guidelines -  includes:

•    Business partner to operations
•    Adoption & delivery of lean initiatives
•    Annual budget (P&L)
•    Monthly forecast (P&L)
•    Monthly vessel management reports (VMRs)
•    Live risks and opportunities schedule for each vessel
•    Monthly cost report analysis
•    Quarterly Management Accounts
•    Ad hoc reports as required (Central Finance, TAX, Subsea Division)

Additional Skills

Qualifications (professional, technical, academic):
Essential: 
•    Qualified (or equivalent experience)
•    High level of experience of customer facing operations accounting
•    Strong financial accounting background, with good understanding of accounting standards

Preferred: 
•    Proven track record of change / improvements
•    Good understanding of FX / Hedging accounting