Finance Analyst jobs in Italy

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?

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

• Responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of monthly management and legal results in line with Group reporting deadlines
• Management of the month end close timetable, working with operations and wider finance teams on the key deliverables to achieve Group reporting deadlines
• Work closely with in country Finance teams, local and Group Tax to ensure compliance with local tax laws
• Responsible for the integrity of the general ledger, ensuring all Projects and Subledger modules reconcile monthly
• Reviewing and approving all necessary journals to correctly categorise results and amend any reconciliation issues
• Full understanding of complex group structure to reconcile legal entity versus regional management reporting.
• Completion and review of balance sheet reconciliations as assigned, working to resolve any issues identified ahead of the next reporting period
• Provide support for intercompany reporting and reconciliation as required
• Responsible for integrity of Half Year and Full Year Reporting requirements under IFRS Accounting Regulations
• Focal point for internal audit for the Africa entities, ensuring processes are aligned to Petrofac accounting policies, and where required update the processes to align with changes to these policies
• Focal point for external audit, managing the half year, year end and statutory audits for the Africa entities
• Management and development of staff and processes
• Mentoring and development of junior members of staff
• Develop strong relationships with the wider finance team and operations, to ensure financial results are reported accurately and timely
• Maximise efficiency in the reporting process, identifying areas causing issues, determining root cause and working with the necessary teams to resolve
• Identifying and implementing system improvements to increase the efficiency of reporting process
• Support business improvement initiatives across the finance function and wider business
• Ad hoc reports as required by managementAssist wider finance community as required
• Escalating issues to the Finance Manager when required and keeping them briefed on the team's activities

• CA/ACCA/CPA/CIMMA/CMA Part or recently qualified is preferable, or
• Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or other relevant discipline
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations
• Proficiency in Oracle accounting system is preferred
• Must be able to work to tight deadlines with high levels of accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to evaluate problems from differing viewpoints and recognise potential root cause of problems to suggest possible solutions
• Strong communication skills must be comfortable and professional dealing with Senior Management level.
• Good technical accounting knowledge and analytical skills
• Advanced excel skills are required due to interpretation of large levels of data (pivot tables, VLOOKUP's)
• Experience in an international group of companies is preferred