Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant plays an important role in aiding the timely and accurate reporting of monthly results for two Wood Entities  

 The Senior Accountant will work closely with the Finance Manager who will work in the new EPM Oracle consol tool validating loads of data from feeding ERP’s, not necessarily Oracle and ensuring that data has been properly loaded, tie to appropriate management structures, balance, etc. In addition the role will also provide support in building and uploading information to be used during the annual budget, mid-year forecast and rolling forecasts for each of the BU’s.

Responsibilities

• Month end accounting including Prepaid amortization, AR/AP Adjustments, Expense and Tax Accruals, Payroll Accounting including all elements like payroll benefits, vacations, and taxes. 
• Accounting for transactions in multi-currency environment and understanding impact of currency translations.
• Preparation and review of balance sheet reconciliations including but not limited to Fixed Assets, AR/AP, Payroll, Intercompany, Accrued Income/Expense, Control & Suspense Accounts, Equity etc and ensuring sign-off of the completeness and accuracy of reconciliation.
• Overhead (SGA and Indirect) reporting during month-end close in Oracle, ensuring overheads are reported correctly in Hyperion, and delivering monthly overhead reporting complete with commentary on Actuals vs Budget/forecast to the Business and local functions
• Help business in the preparation of overhead budgets, rolling forecast and mid-year forecast, with agreement of local functions, working in conjunction with the Business Unit.
• Ensuring Overhead allocations are posted correctly per business and legal entity i.e. Real Estate, IT, Insurance
• Act as a focal point for internal and external audits, working in conjunction with the Business Unit, to ensure ongoing queries and information requests are completed in a timely and proper manner
• Liaising with the Compliance team, to ensure all information is received as required for legal entity statutory reporting, working in conjunction with the business where required for additional analysis for disclosures
• Execution of various ad hoc financial analysis and tasks as and when required.
• Manage complete Fixed Assets life cycle including Addition, disposal, running depreciation to ensure Accurate reporting of fixed Assets balance during month end. 

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