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Finance Analyst

Posted 17 days ago

  • Forfar, Angus
  • Temporary
  • Sponsored

Our client is looking for a Finance Analyst for a 12 month contract position, located in Forfar with 1 day at our clients Montrose office (Hybrid Working)

RESPONSIBILITIES:


  • Assist with the financial planning and analysis tasks for 2 ledgers (UK and Baku) within Rig Aftermarket team, across various departments within the business.
  • Assist the local management team with reporting, analysis, and presentation, as required, on actual, forecast and plan numbers.
  • Review ongoing projects for the relevant Business Units and ensure timely and accurate revenue and cost recognition.
  • Assist in the completion and review of monthly P&L and management reports and assist in the preparation of variance analysis to FP&A Manager.
  • Prepare Labour recovery reconciliations for several Business units and assist FP&A manager with their review.
  • Review aged WIP and provide commentary to the business to ensure Projects are being completed on a timely basis and to feed this into the accounting team for SOX purposes.
  • Review and reconcile relevant Contract Assets and Liabilities sections, including ageing monitoring and commentary.
  • Monthly working capital analysis and commentary.
  • Monitor monthly Capex spend and forecast against budget.
  • Assist with monthly Forecast and Annual Financial Plan preparation.
  • Build good working relationship with other team members and Business partners.
  • Proactively analyse cost trends within the departmental P&Ls
  • Look for efficiencies and continuous improvement in systems and procedures in relation to FP&A, and reporting.

Accounting Tasks:


  • Performing accounting tasks for FP&A related areas and provide support to a wider Finance team in Rig Aftermarket, as required. This includes but is not limited to:
  • Monthly journals preparation and posting relating to the FP&A areas.
  • Balance sheet reconciliations
  • Supporting wider business with information requests (external and internal auditors; tax; compliance; Statutory Accounting team, others)
  • Dealing with AR and AP departments and related issues as an when required
  • Support month- end close and subsequent reporting
  • Other accounting and FP&A tasks as required.

REQUIREMENTS

Essential:


  • Degree in Accountancy or Finance or equivalent
  • Experienced business partner working with non-financial management.
  • Experience working within known ERP systems
  • Microsoft Excel/ Word/ Power Point
  • Excellent Excel skills
  • Great Communication skills
  • Excellent Analytical skills

Desirable:


  • Professional accountancy qualification such as CIMA / ACCA
  • Working within a financial / accounting environment of a larger entity – 3 years +
  • Experience of POC accounting methods
  • Experience working within Oracle and Glovia ERP systems