Contract: Senior Finance Advisor / Australia

The Global Oil and Gas client in Perth are currently seeking a Senior Finance Advisor to join them on a 15-month assignment.

Be responsible for implementing the financial planning and control cycle. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Producing financial and management accounts
• Annual budgets
• Annual statutory accounts
• Draft tax packs
• Cash flow reporting and management
• Treasury responsibility

Accountabilities:

• Deliver the full suite of Finance support (including tax, treasury, accounting and structuring) autonomously and coordinate the involvement of specialist advice
• The Finance Advisor will for a variety of activities/opportunities assigned to them by the Pool (Finance) Manager based on Value/Risk (e.g. control frameworks concerns, performance management system issues, large investments, complex contracts) depending on the requirements, of the specific activity
• Involves in steering, monitoring and participating in projects to implement systems or improve them (e.g. management control system, balanced scorecard, benchmarking, cost management)
• Assists with business/economic investments, tender analysis, costing
• Draws up liquidity plans and manages cash flows, contributing to financial risk management
• Independently ensure that a proper functioning control framework is in place and that risks are properly understood, reflected and managed
• Independently ensure value and risks are made transparent and understood in both decision-making and in performance management
• Ensure a fit for purpose performance management system is in place
• Lead/initiate structural improvement projects
• Bring new proposals of high value activities to the Pool Manager who decides on the resource allocation e.g. improvement projects, new business requirements
• Actively look for opportunities to reduce non value adding Finance activity (“demand management”)
• Maximise use of Finance Operations in delivery of processes
• Will on specific projects/transactions work with business stakeholders to work as the voice of Finance to deliver as “One Finance” with specialists and Finance Operations

• Integrated LNG Production facility
• Operated Joint Venture
• Production Operations and Minor works projects
• Opex and Capex expenditure

Skills & Requirements:

• Finance/Economics/Accounting qualification
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Expertise across the spectrum of Finance competences
• Ability to gain the confidence of various internal and external parties building on strong knowledge and understanding of the business drivers, value and risk
• Maturity and authority to decide when to involve specialists and effectively play the independent Finance role
• Experience in Oil & Gas or Mining/Resources industry would be an advantage
• Do you hold hold a recognized senior finance qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)?
• Experience of reporting to the Board level, and proven ability to deliver financial information to time table and a high degree of accuracy.
• Should also be capable of creating accounts