JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood is currently recruiting for a Finance Manager to be based in our office in Brunei. The role has dual reporting responsibilities to the relevant finance leader in the business / country / region, and the relevant operational leader. The successful candidate will also be part of Brunei's Country Leadership team and will be leading a Finance team of around eight people. This is a full-time role that will be 100% office-based in our Kuala Belait location.



Business partnering is a key element of the role in providing finance and decision-making support through building relationships and promoting close links with operational leadership. The business partner element to the role is to provide analysis, insight and views in respect of the financial performance of the business, be a trusted advisor and to add value that will assist in decision making.



The role carries profit and loss and working capital responsibility and will also involve further balance sheet responsibilities for the applicable business. The other main aspects of the role include governance, financial control, internal and external reporting, financial forecasting and cash collection. The role will include responsibility for a team, and therefore team management and development will be essential elements. This role has responsibility for ensuring that all Group requirements are adhered to and that any financial risks are understood and mitigated as appropriate.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Full responsibility for all financial matters including accurate and timely review and completion of monthly reporting, accounting judgments and provisioning while working with relevant functions on optimising financial performance
• Oversees daily operations of the finance function and ensure all accounting records are properly kept including compliance to local statutory requirements
• Report business and country financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis
• Ownership for annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts in conjunction with senior management, including validation / challenge over backlog, inputs from BD and operations
• Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast v monthly actual result process
• Ownership of monthly customer billing to ensure invoices are prepared in accordance with the commercial terms of the contract
• Responsible for driving sustainable working capital improvements and/or maintaining performance working with operational management, project managers, supply chain and other relevant areas to optimise cash collection and minimise DSO, including customer relationships and reporting
• Management of business / country / service line finance team including recruitment, staff development, performance management and the setting of objectives
• Ownership of implementation and financial adherence with the finance operating model
• Assisting during client audits and dispute management
• Engagement with commercial teams on the pre award phase in terms of bids, rates, and relevant analysis and a key contact and team participant for such, including input to financial terms contained in contracts and bids where appropriate
• Engagement with commercial teams on post contract award phase in terms of margin analysis looking for opportunities to drive improvements and commercial efficiencies, and attending key project reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate
• Engagement with external and internal auditors to successfully complete relevant audits
• Ensure that an effective control environment exists through compliance with all Group control frameworks, policies and procedures as relevant
• Responsibility for relevant project accounting, including monthly reviews, analysis and project set up, accounting judgements and provisioning while working with relevant functions such as Commercial, Legal and Tax
• Work with Operations and serve as a conduit between the business and Legal, Tax and Treasury, IT, Shared Services and Supply Chain

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications:

• A degree in accounting or finance, or a professional accounting qualification, is essential

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• Minimum of eight years relevant accounting / commercial experience
• Experience in the oil and gas industry is preferred
• Commercial experience with good understanding of cost models
• Previous experience of managing and developing teams
• Good IT / Systems knowledge, with Oracle experience preferred
• Experience of business partnering and engaging with stakeholders / other departments within the business

Personal attributes:

• Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships
• Strong people skills and ability to develop team
• Deadline driven with strong presentation skills

ABOUT US

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement



We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.