Drilling Accountant

Our Operator client based in the centre of Aberdeen is seeking an Accountant/Cost Engineer with a background in Drilling/Wells accounting and a good technical understanding of subsurface and drilling activities. Initially a 12-month contract but with the potential to extend long term.

Responsibilities:
* Provision of management information to the company's Operational and Management Teams to support performance management and decision making.
* Ensure that accurate business assumptions are incorporated in the company's accounting and forecasting processes.
* Regularly interact with the company's D&C and Decommissioning Teams to develop Budgets and robust monthly forecast updates. In order to do this the individual will develop a thorough understanding of the company's Business, key contractual arrangements and the key cost drivers.
* Provide information and highlight key issues to the company's D&C and Decommissioning Team and Management on a routine and adhoc basis to allow them to better understand and manage costs.
* Analyse key variances from Budget and previous month's forecast and communicate these effectively to the company's Management.
* Be aware of commercial arrangements relating to your area of responsibility and ensure these are correctly reflected in forecasts, budgets, and plans and are followed appropriately.
* Cost tracking of all well plug and abandonment
* Meet with D&C Team regularly to review and agree costs reporting to Management Teams
* Completion of campaign reconciliations
* Audit co-ordination for D&C and Decommissioning Team during joint venture partner audits
* Prepare analysis and commentary for Quarterly Partner Reports.
* Prepare scenario-based cost estimates
* Collate monthly value of work done (VOWD) estimates and critically review accrual levels to ensure that the company's monthly financial reporting is accurate and reasonably represents the underlying business.
* Provide corporate reporting team with understanding of costs and activity.
* Preparation of AFE's (Internal and External)
* Feed into the annual Decommissioning Cost Estimate update process
* Preparation through to sign off of half yearly PRT accrual justification
* Co-ordinate and provide input into annual budget process.

Experience & Qualifications:
* Ability to communicate in a factual and appropriate manner across functions and at all organisational levels.
* Strong team playing skills across the business and across the finance department.
* Confidence to challenge and ask pertinent questions.
* Strong analytical skills and ability to focus on the important issues.
* Ability to manage time to ensure most value adding activities are prioritised.
* Good working knowledge of oil and gas exploration and production business.
* A good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel is required to perform this role competently.
* Experience of working with Maximo7.6 Wellview10.2, Enterprise One 9.1 and Microsoft Office applications will be an advantage although training will be given as required.
* Experience of Decommissioning Well Plug & Abandonment campaigns
* Ability to coach more junior members of the team and provide leadership to the wider team if situation requires it.
* The candidate will have oil and gas industry experience and have worked in a similar role.

If you feel that you are well suited to the above opportunity and would like to find out more then, please contact Orion Group for more information or apply by forwarding your current CV quoting reference: TR/069279.

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