Accounting Officer

ACCOUNTING OFFICER

Our client, a global oil and gas operator is seeking an experienced Accounting Officer to join their London team.

JOB DIMENSIONS

This is a pivotal position supporting the record keeping of all transactions of the Company, providing accurate, reliable, and timely financial information across the organization and to the shareholders. The job holder will play a crucial role in managing financial transactions, conducting three-way matching of purchase orders with invoices, supplier payments, customer refunds, journal preparations, and other various financial tasks to support our business. The Job holder is also in charge of credit control role to reconcile daily EV platform sales against fund received.

The job holder will participate any IT projects related to the accounting activities as a key user if applicable.

ACTIVITIES

IT Project participation:

Actively participate in IT Projects, from their launch to the subsequent developments and evolutions if any particularly on accounting software, as a key accounting user, to meet milestones and deadlines and ensure successful implementation.

Financial Data Entry:

Accurately record financial transactions in the accounting software (MBC).

Maintain and update financial spreadsheets and records in the shared folders, provide financial statements.

Invoice Processing, Supplier payments and Customer refunds:

Process and verify invoices for payments and process all supplier payments in compliance with payment terms.

Support necessary files for transactions for the weekly payment runs.

Payment Schedules with Local Authorities if any:

Maintain payment schedules with local authorities, ensuring timely and accurate payments, records and documents in compliance with Company policies and financial records.

Work closely with Business Unit managers to ensure timely communication and provision of relevant letters and information to Local Authorities as required by nature of EV charging projects.

Bank and Cash Flow Reconciliation:

Conduct regular bank and cash flow reconciliation to ensure accuracy of financial transactions, monitor and maintain an up-to-date understanding of cash position.

Prepare, record and reconcile all cash calls issued and follow up on late payments.

Reconcile bank statements and resolve discrepancies.

Credit control:

The main function is to implement and follow an efficient debt chasing process to support the EV Charge business. the job holder will be responsible for managing the credit terms provided to customers, in line with Company credit policy and compliance rules.

Responsible for running the dunning/reminder letter process in MBC (Microsoft Business Central)

Actively extract overdue invoice data and chase debt by contacting customers whose invoices have fallen overdue and encouraging the customer to pay their invoices using their alternative method payment method.

Run ageing balance on overdue

Produce monthly customer statements and ad-hoc customer's request

Produce monthly credit control dashboard / KPIs to Management

QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Qualifications/Experience:

Preference for candidates actively pursuing financial accounting qualifications.

Qualified Accountant (CIMA or similar) with typically 3 years relevant experience.

Awareness / knowledge of systems and applications.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to effectively utilize spreadsheet software and accounting software for analysis and reporting.

MBC ERP and Billing systems are used hence mastering MBC is preferred.