Accountant

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

Provide account analysis on a quarterly basis for the Group Consolidated Balance Sheet report sent to the Group consolidation team

• Contribute to analysis of consolidated balance sheet at sub-consolidation level, under different sets of reporting (IFRS, Directional)
• Prepare consolidation journals for the relevant companies ;
• Liaise with group finance’ teams to reply to their queries (related to conso, lenders, bond holders and rating agencies...)
• Prepare yearly disclosures;
• Provide support to consolidation issues (blocking controls, I/CO mismatches, unrelevant Jnls..)
• Ad hoc requests from the team lead

Responsible of the preparation of the statutory Financial Statements under relevant Standards

• Prepare the statement of Financial Positions, Profit and Loss, Other Comprehensive Income and cash flow statement and the notes to the financial statements
• Liaise with local teams in countries
• Manage the Statutory audit and liaise with external auditors
• Manage and prepare unaudited financial statements for bi-annual bank covenants;

Responsible of the datas provided to our Joint ventures partners:

• Provide monthly package to our joint venture’s partners and ensure the quality of the datas
• Liaise with Joint Venture Partners
• Preparation of the Board package for the entities under a joint-venture agreement:
• Prepare presentation for Steerco and board meetings with JV partners
• Preparation of synthesis and analysis for the period
• Follow-up of Board questions/action plan requested

Participate to the daily accounting process

• Perform regular review of the bookkeeping of companies you are in charge of
• Participate to the monthly closing tasks: booking of non-recurring journal entries
• If needed, contribute to accounting position paper to document non-recurring transactions with specific accounting treatment
• Ensure internal control procedures are applied (IcoFr framework);
• Ensure Group accounting policies are applied in the accounting processes of the relevant companies

Participation to tax reportings

Support Shorebases/local teams with their financial statements when relevant

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Education: Business School or financial & accounting related degree
• Experience (functions, duration): Three – five years’ experience in a related environment or an audit firm
• Solid accounting and IFRS knowledge : Knowledge of IFRS 15 Revenue Recognition, IFRS 16 Leases, and IAS 37 provision, contingent Liabilities and Assets, and others
• IT tools (Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, and Powerpoint), ERP  
• Internal control framework
• Statutory accounting, tax requirements, audit process
• Fluent in English
• Analytical skills and critical thinking

Important note: Temporary Position - 1 year contract

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.