(Global Oil Gas) Senior Accounting Analyst - SAP BPC BW
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- Aberdeen
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Act as a consultant to other team members on financial consolidation based on IFRS rules, configure consolidation business rules, and model appropriate treatment of financial transactions in planning systems
- Build easy to manage driver-based financial models in SAP-BPC to automate business transactions
- Lead or participate as an SME in financial planning and forecasting solutions development through projects and programs, collaborating with business and technology groups
- Design or build forecasting models to enable generation of short- and long-range forecasts for cash flows and budgets
- Implement, maintain and update financial planning systems to align with business needs or improve system efficiency
- Create scope documents and presentations to align business expectations with solution delivery
- Perform problem-solving through root cause analysis.
- Willing to permanently relocate at Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline. Advanced business degree (e.g., MBA) and/or relevant professional certification (e.g., CMA, CFA, CPA, ACCA, PMP) is highly preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience designing, implementing and managing Financial Planning & Budgeting, Reporting, and Financial Consolidation solutions.
- Experience at one of the IOCs or consultancy firms such as E&Y, Accenture, KPMG, and BCG in Financial Planning & Budgeting, Reporting, and Financial Consolidation preferred.
- Thorough understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and their application, including the process of generating full group consolidated financial statements for a planned period.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Access, Word), well-experienced in SAP-BPC and SAP-BW applications, and expert in building driver-based financial models and financial consolidation models in SAP-BPC. Experience in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) is preferred.
- Expert in various financial modeling techniques and building comprehensive models that can be driven top-down or bottom-up.
- Solid understanding of SAP consolidation engines (BPC, S4/HANA Group Reporting) with the ability to configure and maintain business rules, configure master data, troubleshoot issues.
- Proven track record in leading projects from inception to completion, including scope definition to solution delivery. Ability to articulate scope of projects, timelines, resources, delivery, process maps, etc.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills in the English language, with a mindset of "own it all the way through to solution delivery".