Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact.  Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

About Us:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably.  Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND MAIN TASKS 

Based on strong analytical skills, organization, experience, collaboration and integrity, you will:

• Support business controllers by harmonizing the ways of working between the different COO pillars
• Participate in the standardization of COO financial processes (excluding cost control processes but still assess the impacts on the other financial processes).
• Monitor and consolidate financial data from the pillars over the COO perimeter
• Perform & coordinate the ICoFR campaign over COO perimeter
• Perform specific ad-hoc request by the management

Work Methodologies

• Harmonize the ways of working between the different COO pillars and ensure that the current best practices of each pillar are replicated to the others.
• Develop standard work methodologies (new reports, controls, processes…) and monitor the adoption of these new standards.

Processes

• Contribute to the optimization, standardization & efficiency of Internal control processes
• Review and analyze the processes from an end-to-end perspective to identify potential risk.

Business Control

• Ensure that the proper control framework is in place over the financials of COO.
• Develop standardized reporting to consolidate the COO pillar that will provide a clear view to the Financial Director for decision making.
• Work closely with business controllers to identify potential ways of improvement.

Internal Control COO

• Being the leader of ICOFR (Internal Control Over Financial Reporting) processes (testing and matrix) of Business Control & Advisory organization for Turnkey and Operations
• Coordinate/manage with group Internal audit for Business Control & Advisory the Internal Control framework for Financial Reporting (ICoFR) propose update/new controls where needed and ensure consistency of control environment
• Coordinate external auditors’ requests by being the key intermediate between the finance COO perimeter and external auditors.
• Perform testing campaign of existing controls on a quarterly basis
• Active participation in preparing workshops and providing guidance in the implementation of the framework of the Finance Internal Control where needed
• Expand the Internal Control framework and act as business partners to identify key business risks and develop mitigation controls through process mapping and assessment
• Actively contribute to the implementation of ICOFR framework for new ERP tool
• Handle various ad-hoc requests related to risk assessment/management

JOB REQUIREMENTS

•  A relevant university degree (e.g. Finance or Economics)
• At least 8 years of professional work experience in a similar role
• Strong analytical & communication skills
• Provide insights that support decision-making and drive business growth
• Ability to manage confidential and sensitive information
• Able to manage and control complex financial structures
• An organized mindset where accuracy and accountability are your main skills 
• Entrepreneurial mindset and independent work ethic 
• Pragmatic and flexible approach 
• Affinity with accounting fundamentals and constructions projects
•  Strong knowledge or learning appetite in tools such as Excel, Power BI, IFS, …
• Fluency in English (both written and verbal), other foreign language (French) is a plus
• Flexibility to travel is required

GENERAL INFORMATION

SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Amsterdam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore Group (“the Company”). For further information, please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com. The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V., directly and indirectly, owns investments are separate entities.

SBM Offshore is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. SBM Offshore does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.