Careers

TAQA is offering a new opportunity for a Senior Asset Accountant in the Finance Department, based onshore in the Aberdeen office. 

This position is open to both staff and contractors. If applying via an agency, this will be a contract position, and any internal contractor who applies and is successful will remain with their current contracting company.

TAQA supports diversity in the workplace and along with an inclusive environment, aims to ensure everyone feels that they can be themselves at work.  This includes supporting people with a disability or health issue in a non-judgemental environment. 

TAQA offers onshore employees and contractors a Compressed Working Week (CWW)  The CWW is an arrangement where employees and contractors work a standard two-week work period (10 days) over a compressed period of 9 working days i.e. employees contracted to work 37.5 hours per week will work 75 hours over 9 days (instead of 10 days). The 10th day in the second week of the CWW period is known as 'Flex Friday', a non-working day.

BASIC PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Ensures compliance and delivery of all Joint Venture accounting activities in accordance with the Company’s policies and procedures.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensures the delivery of an effective accounting and financial reporting service for the respective Asset area, in compliance with Company policies and procedures.
• Responsible for PRE (Person Responsible for Expenditure) management on Asset/Functional specific areas, including Forecast Tool review post lock.
• Ensures timely and accurate monthly/quarterly asset forecasts prepared and reviewed with Asset Managers as required
• Ensures timely and accurate Asset Budgets are prepared and reviewed with Asset Managers as necessary
• Review and control of Authorisation for Expenditures (AFEs).
• Review monthly accrual entries (including Prior Year releases).
• Review payment requests, invoices, journals for asset area.
• Review and approve JV billings prior to issue to partners
• Review non-operated billings received from other Operators. Raise queries as necessary and ensure appropriate approvals are in place.
• JV specific activities as applicable.
• Prepare/review monthly asset report commentary
• Prepare/review monthly partner report commentary. Review with asset manager/commercial representative as necessary prior to issue
• Prepare/review monthly corporate variance commentaries
• Review key account reconciliations, including reconciliation issues list. Responsible for tracking follow-up actions.
• Preparation/review of Tax Packs on a biannual basis (as applicable).
• Ongoing maintenance of master data within the Oracle ERP system.
• JV audits: co-ordinate JV audits for Operated assets. Provide support for JV audits for Non-operated assets.
• Liaise with external auditors on an as required basis.
• Attend Asset OCM as Finance representative.
• Supervision & development of JV assistant accountant.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING

Essential:

• Degree in accounting or related subject.
• Professional accounting qualification (eg ICAS / CIMA / ACCA).

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

Essential:

• Experience of Joint Venture accounting practices working for an Oil and Gas Operator.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office products.

Preferred

• Oracle experience

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/REQUIREMENTS

• Strong communication skills
• Self-motivated, ability to meet deadlines
• Analytical, good attention to detail
• Strong organization and planning skills
• Good report-writing skills

INTERACTIONS

INTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• Within finance team.
• Asset Managers.
• JV commercial representatives.
• PREs for assigned areas.
• Other TAQA departments as required.

EXTERNAL INTERACTIONS

• JV partners.
• JV and statutory auditors as required.