Finance Controller (Houston)

Are you 2 – 4 years post-qualified? Looking for an International Opportunity? Want to work in Houston, Texas?

We have an excellent opportunity for a qualified Finance professional to join a successful Oil and Gas organisation.  Responsible for the management and leadership of all the financial reporting.  Managing a small team of accounting staff and providing full support to the management of the company.

A truly wonderful chance to get your International career started.

Excellent package.

Accountant. Our client, one of the oil industry's great local success stories are offering an outstanding new opportunity to join their finance team. Supervising a small team and reporting to the Finance Manager, this diverse and challenging role offers much. Central location and superb working conditions. Salary circa £52,000.

For further details and a confidential chat call Gus Porter on 01224 259409 or email gus.porter@aaajobs.co.uk

Our client an oil and gas service market leader have an outstanding opportunity for an experienced finance professional. Based in Singapore but with responsibility for the Asian Pacific region this role offers challenge and reward. Reporting to local Senior Director and leading a dedicated finance team you will shape the future of the finance team in this area. Candidates must have a minimum of ten years experience in international finance and preference will be given to candidates with experience of working in that area.

Our Client, a hugely respected Oil and Gas operator have a requirement for a Business Analyst to join them on a 6 month contract basis. The successful candidate will be qualified ICAS, ACCA or CIMA and have vast experience within a similar role.

Duties are:

· Providing a proactive comprehensive business analysis service to the Asset Area,
· Identifying amp; developing potential business improvement opportunities,
· Supplying key business information to management and inputs to economic analysis for decision making and performance measurement.
· Accountable for all financial services provided to the Asset Area ensuring compliance with corporate policies and procedures, Partner JOA and statutory requirements.
· Focal point and provider of all financial inputs for the assets in the Asset Area, including actuals, short term and long term forecasts and Outlooks.
· Liaise with commercial staff, Partner Finance contacts and other in house functional support groups on strategy, planning, financial, economic analysis and taxation issues and provides appropriate guidance to Asset Area management.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Corporate Tax team for one of the countries leading firms. Our client has a requirement for a Corporate Tax Manager to join an already outstanding team.

Duties for the position are:

· Controls workflow of self and subordinates, highlights issues with delivery and ensures partners/managers and subordinates are kept informed as appropriate.
· Monitors WIP to ensure work is carried out on budget, highlighting issues at an early stage, proposes fees on a timely basis for partner approval, agrees fees with client, pursues debtors as appropriate
· Supports office policies and procedures and ensures they are adhered to
· Works flexibility to manage workload and ensures delivery to the clients' satisfaction

· Liaises with other departments to agree timescales and plan performance of work; acts to ensure delivery by agreed deadline to other departments and to clients
· Instructs and supervises compliance and advisory work to be undertaken by subordinates, reviews work and clears review points for partner approval, with limited guidance
· Undertakes detailed technical research of an advanced nature on an ad-hoc basis and delivers this clearly at client meetings or in written form, having due regard for risk, with limited guidance
· Liaises with external advisors as appropriate to deliver advice regarding international tax queries, with limited guidance
· Manages and controls responses to HMRC enquiries for allocated clients, with limited guidance

· Delegates work effectively to subordinates and monitors progress of their work; assumes responsibility for work subordinates undertake
· Viewed as a role model for subordinates
· Coaches and supports subordinates in their development by identifying training needs and addressing these needs
· Reviews timesheets as appropriate to ensure accurate recording of time costs and monitors use of time spent by subordinates, addressing any issues as they arise.
· Inputs to staff performance appraisals, provides honest and useful feedback on allocated peers and more junior staff, but also deals with staff performance issues as they arise.
· Carries out appraisals for allocated staff, deals with matters arising from appraisals and supports subordinates in preparing and achieving their Personal Development Plan objectives


Candidates MUST be qualified and have experience of working within Corporate Tax. A background with Big 4 is desirable but not essential. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an organisation that prides itself in progressing and developing their people and offering a truly unique working experience.

An outstanding opportunity has arisen to join one of Aberdeen's most forward thinking progressive companies. This locally owned company have defied economic conditions by continuing to grow and expand. Reporting directly to the CFO you will have the opportunity to be involved in many aspects of the finance function.

The successful candidate will be Qualified or QBE and have EXTENSIVE experience in Hyrdrocarbon Accounting.

The duties are:

Management Accounting
· Reconcile all nominal codes on a monthly basis.
· Preparation and presentation of the management accounts on a monthly/quarterly basis in line with the reporting timetable.
· Adhere to financial management systems, ensuring compliance with internal controls in place.
· Ensure all joint venture billings and invoices are processed in a timely manner and fully assessed against budgeted expenditure, securing internal approval where required.
· Management of internal and external budgets and cashflows, updating where deemed necessary.

Hydrocarbon Accounting
· Perform monthly reconciliation of Oil amp; Gas sales vs. reported platform productions. Confirm tariff charges are in line with tariff rates and barrels produced
· Manage company over/underlift position and ensure company is maximising sales of available commodities
· Assess invoices from Oil and Gas buyers to ensure oil and gas realisations and any associated charges are in line with expectation
· Ensure sales invoices raised in a timely manner for relevant fields.

Working Capital Management
· Ensure joint venture billings and invoices are paid in line with stated payment terms.
· Manage the supplier payment cycle to maximise company cashflows.
· Ensure all sales invoices are issued timeously, and that they are paid in line with agreed payment terms.
· Monitor the cashflow position and highlight any potential issues to the CFO.

Payroll
· Processing of monthly payroll for all group companies.
· Processing of all year-end payroll reporting requirements (including P35, P11d and P60's).
· Liaising with the necessary service providers to administer the life assurance scheme and the pension scheme.
· Administer the childcare vouchers salary sacrifice scheme.
· Ensure that all payments to HMRC are made within the appropriate deadlines.
· Keep updated on all applicable payroll legislation, ensuring that annual updates are reflected in the payroll process.

Corporate On-line Banking
· Assist with the administration of the on-line banking system.
· Set up payments within the on-line banking system.

An opportunity has arisen to be based in Denmark on a contract for a period of 5 months. Our client has a requirement for a Drilling/ Operations Accountant. The successful candidate will have experience within an E&P company and will be willing to re-locate to Denmark for the duration of the assignment.

Duties of the role are:

· Prepare, manage and maintain the daily well cost and final well cost forecast models
· Ensure well costs are accurately allocated to relevant well
· Maintain contracts and commitments register, monitor spend by contract and report accordingly
· Manage the accounts payables process
- Review and verify all drilling related invoices
- Interface with logistics, drilling engineering and operations team to obtain approvals
- Interface with suppliers regarding problems and errors
- Set up vendor payments
· Prepare all end of well material reconciliations, investigate and resolve anomalies.
· Prepare the end of well joint venture audit files
· Prepare detailed liquidity forecasts and interface with London accordingly

An attractive rate of pay will be on offer to the successful candidate.

We have a fantastic opportunity to work with a market leading oil service organisation in Latin America. The role will oversee all financial activities in the area including IFRS, USGAAP and FCPA. Systems experience with Oracle would be a plus. You must be qualified, have experience working in Mexico, speak fluent Spanish and be willing to live in Mexico City. This is a resident role with an excellent remuneration package.