Financial Accountant

<b> Overview / Responsibilities </b><br><br>Wood is currently recruiting for a Financial Accountant to join our team at LNGP site, Papua New Guinea. Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, this position will ensure all accounting activities within the individual's area of control are completed in an accurate and timely manner, providing quality support to leverage the business to maximise their partnering activities. <br><br><b> Responsibilities </b><br><ul><li> Provision of timely reporting of financial data internally to business stakeholders and within wider region finance team. Financial reporting will extend to forecasts, budgets, and reporting to local functions, together with approval of certain balance sheet reconciliations each month </li><li> Involved in co-ordination and posting of regional allocations including but not limited to IT, Insurance, RES, and Management and License Fees and including other compliance matters </li><li> Overhead reporting during month-end close in Oracle, ensuring overheads are reported correctly in Hyperion, and delivering monthly overhead reporting complete with commentary to the Business and local functions </li><li> Assisting with internal and external audits, working in conjunction with the Business, to ensure ongoing queries and information requests are completed in a timely and proper manner </li><li> Balance sheet reconciliation onshore approval for non-judgemental reconciliations, ensuring sign-off of the completeness and accuracy of reconciliation is completed. This includes working directly with the shared services team on behalf of the business to resolve reconciliation queries </li><li> Preparation of the entity's tax compliance including BAS, Payroll Tax, Workcover obligation for review </li><li> Assist in tax compliance with Income Tax Return preparation and Transfer Pricing documentation </li><li> Execution of various ad hoc financial analysis and tasks as and when required </li></ul> <br><br><b> Skills / Qualifications </b><br><br><ul><li> Tertiary education with a recognised accounting degree </li><li> CPA qualified or working towards equivalent </li><li> At least 5 years relevant accounting experience </li><li> Proficient user of Excel </li><li> Good systems experience of Oracle and Hyperion </li><li> Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships </li><li> Shows willingness to make improvements and shares best practice </li><li> Must be able to meet deadlines </li><li> Ability to work well in a team and independently </li><li> Good communication skills both verbal and written </li><li> Ability to discuss issues clearly and concisely at all levels within the organisation </li></ul><br> At this time only PNG National candidates will be considered for this role. <br><br>If you're an experienced Financial Accountant ready for your next project, then we are keen to hear from you today. <br><br>Apply now and take the next step in your career with this exciting opportunity! <br><br><b> Company Overview </b><br><br>Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com <br><br><b> Diversity Statement </b><br><br>We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.