Finance Business Analyst

Job description / Role

Finance Business Analyst

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• Performs detailed review of the Work Program & Budget and participates in budget review meetings for the timely finalization of Directorates/Corporate Departments annual budget.
• Performs detailed review of the Supplementary Budget, Budget Revisions and Budget Transfers for the timely approval of operating expenditure and recoveries income budget.
• Provides the required schedules, inputs and analysis for the Budget Book, Management Reports and Management presentations.
• Verifies that expenditures are classified into the appropriate category (operating and capital expenditures) in accordance with QP guidelines and procedures and relevant accounting standards.
• Reviews the actual cost against budget on a periodic basis and finalizes quarterly cost variance report on key variances.
• Participates in monthly performance review meetings with Operations in coordination with Directorate of Strategic Planning and Policy and assists in preparing report for Corporate Leadership Team.
• Performs in depth review and due diligence with regard to budget submissions and ensures that Departments/Directorates budget is maintained at an optimal level.
• Verifies the Cost Reallocation, Rig Cost Allocation, Internal Cost Transfer and Water/Diesel Consumption Journal Entries.

Requirements

Qualification:

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting/Finance with Professional Qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, CIMA etc. is essential.
• Ability to work effectively in diverse, virtual and multi-cultural environments.
• Good command of English language (verbal and written skills) and computer systems with expertise in Microsoft applications and good working experience in integrated database system is essential (SAP preferred).
• Over 7 years of experience preferably with relevant work experience in a similar position including Budgeting, Planning, Costing Management Accounting and Reporting, functions preferably in Oil and Gas Industry.

About the Company

We know how important people are to a business. We understand what's needed to match highly skilled technical and engineering candidates with some of the largest organisations and engineering projects around the globe. We have supplied talent to the energy, infrastructure, life sciences and IT sectors for over 30 years and we're incredibly proud of our reputation.

Now an international organisation with offices in Europe, Asia, America, Australia, Russia, Africa and the Middle East, we lead the way in supporting worldwide technical and engineering talent and we work with an enviable network of clients. In 2011, we achieved sales of 383 million British Pound.

With more than 4,400 contracted personnel on assignments globally, our position is set to grow stronger as the world looks to develop safer and more sustainable energy resources. The promise of our future lies in our unrivalled insight into the industry: and the talent that works in it.