Senior Vessel Accountant

TechnipFMC; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy services company based in Aberdeen City seeks a Senior Accountant for Vessels. This role is critical in ensuring timely and accurate finance reporting while providing cost management support. The ideal candidate has strong financial accounting expertise and must be able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders. Responsibilities include monthly financial deliverables, analysis of revenue and costs, and compliance with accounting standards.

Qualifications

• High level of experience in customer facing operations accounting.
• Good understanding of accounting standards.
• Proven track record of change/improvements preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and group guidelines.
• Provide proactive financial support to the Asset Manager.
• Review and challenge cost management processes.

Skills

Strong financial accounting background

Good interpersonal skills

Ability to motivate self and others

Positive and enthusiastic attitude

Good time management skills

Education

Qualified (or equivalent experience)

Job description

Overview

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 .

Responsibilities

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

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)

Qualifications

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

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

Additional Skills