Accounting Manager (HR21113)

Job description

Job Description Accounting Manager with Stork:

Responsible for maintaining the integrity of the general ledger and completing legal and accounting reporting requirements.

Tasks and Responsibilities as Acounting Manager: 

Key Responsibilities

• Focal point for external auditors 
• Completion of annual statutory accounts 
• Review and reporting of monthly Overheads
• Annual Budget Submissions
• Review of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Management of Sales, Purchase and General ledger sub-team
• Host weekly Debt meeting 
• Management of UK bank balances
• Cash Forecasting 
• SOX Compliance

 

Reporting

• Manage and ensure accurate monthly, quarterly and annual reporting for the Region and Business Units.
• Ensure timely, accurate and adequate execution of financial administration processes, i.e. general ledger and reporting & analyses. 
• Manage internal management information for the region.

 

Analysis

• Manage monthly, quarterly and annual comparative analyses and prepare commentary and supporting documentation.
• Manage and ensure data requests for audit purposes with external auditors.
• Analyses forecast and budget submissions to ensure quality and predictability.

 

Financial Management

• Manage monthly, quarterly and annual balance sheet and overhead review routines.
• Involvement in intercompany reconciliation process 
• Responsible for the assigned Chart of Accounts & General Ledger management for setting up, deleting and maintaining (natural) accounts and cost centers align with relevant counterpart to ensure Consistent Global Chart of Accounts.
• Develop and maintain templates for (cash) forecast and budget submissions.
• Supports ad hoc activities and projects.

 

Optimization

• Support in opportunities for improvements and simplifications in the reporting and accounting process.
• Identify and evaluate bottlenecks in financial processes, techniques and systems.
• Make suggestions for improvement and ensure implementation after approval

 

Compliance

• Drive and manage the SOX compliancy for certain end-to-end processes.
• Identify and drive opportunities to improve internal control in business processes.
• Proactively manage internal control requirements in collaboration with stakeholders.

 

Staff Management and Performance of Team

• Lead, manage and develop a team within group HR strategy and policies.
• Execute the Performance & Development Cycle regarding staff;
• Help develop the skills of team members;
• Identify opportunities and executes (process) improvements;
• Report and discuss results according team plan

 

 

Job requirements

At Stork, we attach great value to the key competences of our employees. We expect you always give safety the highest priority and that you are strongly working together with others. You are a specialist in your area of expertise and you have a proactive and entrepreneurial attitude.
 

Specific Requirements for theAccounting Manager 

Education & Experience

Education

• Professional Accounting Qualification (ACCA, CIMA or ICAS)

 
Experience and Skills 

Experience

• Experience in a similar role within a multinational

Skills

• Strong accounting knowledge of IFRS or US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Relevant business knowledge
• Strong analytical skills
• Management information knowledge
• Good knowledge of Tax and Treasury (accounting) processes

 

We understand that our people are key to achieving Storks ambition to be the Industry reference every day, everywhere and we are proud to have been awarded the Investors in People Gold standard in recognition of our strong employee engagement focus.

Working conditions

There are many great reasons to work at Stork – 

Competitive Benefits

In order to attract and retain skilled, competent and customer focused people we offer a competitive and extensive benefits package providing a suite of both contractual and voluntary benefits including access to corporate discounts. Employee benefits will depend on work location and role, however, may include life assurance, income protection, and private medical insurance.

In addition we recognize the importance of providing flexibility to our employees and offer a Flexi Friday working arrangement as well as the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

Location: Dyce, Aberdeen
Hours: 40 hrs per week 
Contract: Permanent 

Company Information

Stork, a Fluor company, is an expert provider of maintenance, modification and asset integrity services to the global oil and gas, chemicals and process, metals and mining, power, and manufacturing industries. We are dedicated to improving asset performance, safety and cost efficiency for our Clients throughout the complete asset life cycle. 

With a team of 19,000 employees in over 100 countries, we serve more than 4,000 Clients across 6 continents. 

Stork is dedicated to reducing risk, assuring safety and reducing environment impact through our award-winning value driven HSEQ platform; Safer together Whilst safety will always remain our core value, the platform not only communicates on Safety but also on Health, Environmental and Quality issues too.  We are committed to our transparent, employee-led approach to HSEQ.

One Team, One Stork

As one Stork, we treat all people with dignity, respect each other’s perspective and share knowledge and resources to achieve excellence, deliver value and grow individually and collectively. 

We are fully committed to the elimination of unlawful and unfair discrimination and value the difference that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation. Stork recognises that providing equality of opportunity, valuing diversity and promoting a culture of inclusion and flexibility to our employees is vital to our success.

From school leavers and university graduates to transitioning military veterans, we provide career opportunities with targeted development programmes. 

Going above and beyond for our wider community

Stork is dedicated to ensuring we are a socially and environmentally responsible employer and undertake a range of activities to give back and support the communities in which we live and work – from various charity work to working with schools as part of Developing Young Workforce.