Job Description

Wood is currently looking to recruit a Assistant Finance Manager for the GCC region. Work location will be Abu Dhabi.

The role has dual reporting responsibilities to the relevant finance leader in the business / country / region, and the relevant operational leader. 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 in certain cases, 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.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

+ Full responsibility for all financial matters including accurate and timely completion of monthly

reporting, optimising financial performance

+ Report business / country / region financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receiveables, DSO, acrruals 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:

+ Qualified accountant or working towards a qualification

Knowledge, skills and experience:

+ Minimum of 5 years relevant accounting / commercial experience

+ Commercial experience with good understanding of cost models

+ Previous experience of managing and developing teams

+ Track record in people management

+ Good IT / Systems knowledge

+ Experience of business partnering

Personal Attributes:

+ Ability to form and maintain strong working relationships

+ Strong people skills and ability to develop team

+ Deadline driven

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.

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.

Published Position Title: Assistant Finance Manager - GCC

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Name: Staff / Permanent

External Company Name: Wood Plc

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