Our Client has a vacancy for a Project Accountant, based in Norway. This is a contract position.

Key Accountabilities
Cost Control & Approvals:
The Project Accountant is expected to provide a key interface between the Project Controls and the Project Finance Team.
This role will provide support as follows:
Analyse timewriting reports - challenge and review billable.
Leadership of the AFE process in accordance with the Company Standard and in compliance with the Norwegian JOA.
Taking the lead on governance matters such as ensuring compliance with Financial Authorities Standard.
Ensuring the Company Capital Investment Process is followed so that appropriate internal and partner approvals are obtained to enable project work to commence.
Compliance with the Company Value Assurance Framework.
Obtain a thorough understanding of the investment case and budget for the project and, where applicable, help to compile these.
Lead on quarterly investments forecast process and annual budget process for Projects responsible for.
Establish good working relationship with Project Controls lead in this process to ensure consistent messaging.

Financial and Management Reporting:
Monthly management accounting and reporting is a key deliverable for the Project Accountant.
The Project Accountant is expected to liaise closely with the Joint Venture Accountant responsible for the project to ensure reporting of capital projects is consistent and reliable.
This includes:
Investments reporting, including project commentaries.
Key liaison with Joint Venture Team for cash call process and any ad-hoc licence queries from partners.
Input into monthly Projects departmental cost report.

Invoicing:
Provide AFE coding for all project invoices.
Ensure that all project-related invoices are approved for payment on a timely basis.
Assist Accounts Payable / Procurement department with any invoice follow-up specific to coding / estimated value of work remaining on purchase orders.

Project Close-Out:
Actively participate in the process to achieve timely financial close-out of all commitments, contracts and purchase orders.
Ensure that the final project cost report agrees to actual costs recorded on SAP.
Reconcile project VOWD to ensure project spend agrees with actual cost recorded on SAP.

Governance & Audit:
Ensure compliance with Governance processes.
Every individual has a duty to both themselves and those around them to ensure that safe practice is adhered to at all times.
In addition to any specific accountabilities for HSSE, all employees are accountable for ensuring that they take care of themselves and adopt exemplary safe behaviours.
 
Unique Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Attribute:
You will be experienced working within a finance function, ideally in presenting financial data and be capable of drilling down to the critical points for a management or non-finance audience.
You will have knowledge of the Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry and International Financial Reporting Standards applicable to the Oil and Gas industry. 
Ability to understand Company's Finance process and procedures and be capable of using them to add value to the Norway business is essential.
A sound knowledge of oil & gas accounting, high attention to detail and accuracy and a strong working knowledge of SAP ERP is required to excel in this role.

The salary for this role is negotiable.

To apply for the Project Accountant position, please forward your current CV and quote reference number 68537.