REPORTS TO: Chief Accountant
HSE AND PERSONNEL STATEMENT – AT ALL TIMES, THE JOB HOLDER WILL:
Ensures that the company and the group accounting activities are being defined and implemented while respecting the company group HSE standards and the Company Code of Conduct.
ACTIVITIES
The job holder is in charge and responsible for general accounting across the whole companies operated by the affiliate including accounting of cash calls and billing on non-operated joint ventures. He/she is involved in the monthly general accounting, which includes monthly reconciliation of general ledgers and bank accounts, proposing journal entries, and monthly closing for reporting. The general accountant is part of the team responsible for the timely delivery of each monthly, quarterly, and yearly accounts closing processes and reporting.
Methods
- Ensure adherence to legal and contractual accounting standards.
- Ensure application of Joint Venture Operating Agreement, IFRS for accounting of OPEX and CAPEX, and JV financial statements
- Ensure the application of accounting procedures, standards and group accounting practices, considering any accounting changes and group accounting policies
- Ensure compliance to fiscal reporting requirements.
- Ensure compliance with relevant Sarbanes-Oxley controls and requirements in respect of Finance processes.
- Prepare monthly general ledger reconciliation to understand and justify the monthly movement, propose journals to clear and or correct if an error is detected.
- Prepare monthly general ledger reconciliation to ensure costs to ensure third parties rechargeable are identified and ensure Debit Notes and reallocations are prepared in a timely manner
- Review weekly and monthly bank reconciliation prepared by the SSC team and signed off by management.
- Upload bank Statements and prepare weekly and monthly bank reconciliations.
- Ensure all general journals are prepared, approved, and posted in SAP on time with approved documents attached to SAP as record.
- Review monthly reconciliation from SSC and manage staff debtors and other general debtors on a recovery trajectory.
- Liaise with the SSC team through the SNOW ticketing tool to ensure general journals proposed are posted in SAP and ensure these records are uploaded and kept in SAP.
- Ensure monthly and annual fiscal compliance and reporting are facilitated on time.
- Ensure snow tickets are reviewed and elevated if not actioned in time or closed if actioned.
- Reconcile and review asset movement per month and propose new asset creation or deletion.
- Reconcile and review liabilities movement per month.
- Assist Chief Accountant and Finance Manager with matters relating to statutory audit and group and JV audits.
- Assist the Contracts and Procurement Department to obtain all relevant supporting information and raise tickets for Vendor creations.
- Collect vendor information from stakeholders, create snow ticket to ensure vendor creation/modification in accounting system is done in a timely manner.
- Attend to the Workflow in addressing invoices in workflow basket.
- Assist the Chief Accountant with the monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process or may lead the team in performing monthly closure if required.
- Prepare and lodge tax forms and filings monthly.
- May be required to study new standards and process, and test proposals to establish proper accounting process and journals.
- Ensures accuracy of accounts reporting and respect of IFRS, company accounting standards and the fiscal environment.
- Ensures that accounting and finance records in SAP are updated and true and properly supported.
- Ensure proper accounting practices in line with the company rules.
- Degree in Accounting or equivalent
- At the CPA level with minimum of 5 years’ experience.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical and computer skills especially in excel is necessary.
- Some knowledge of the Oil & Gas business or business environment is necessary.
- Good communication skills and ability to work in an international environment.
- Good team player and ability to maintain effective relationship with management, partners, vendors, auditors, and SSC team.
- Ability to act in the role of the Chief Accountant and lead the team in the absence of the Chief Accountant.
- Ability to meet group deadlines.
If this sounds like you, register and APPLY NOW!
This position is open to PNG Nationals ONLY. Due to the large volume of applications received, we will contact ONLY the shortlisted candidates. If you do not hear from us after One week of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful for this position. However, we will keep your CV on our database for future reference.
Application closes on the 17th of June 2024
