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 SBM Operations consolidated balance sheet sent to Group consolidation team

• Analysis of consolidated balance sheet at sub-consolidation level (SBM Operations scope), under 2 sets of reporting (IFRS and Directional);
• Prepare journals for the relevant companies in-scope (ensuring Group accounting policies are applied);
• Prepare tax bookings in cooperation with Tax manager
• Liaise with Group finance team to reply to their queries
• Prepare annual financial statements and other special purpose financial information.
• Contribute to year-end disclosures contributing to Group Annual Report
• Provide support to consolidation issues 
• Liaise with external auditors
• Ad-hoc requests from the L&O Accounting Manager.

Responsible for the preparation of statutory financial statements under the relevant accounting standards

• Prepare the statements of financial position, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows and the explanatory notes to the financial statements, with the support of local experts when applicable.
• Manage the statutory audits and liaise with external auditors.
• Manage and prepare unaudited financial statements for bank covenants’ purposes.

Responsible for financial information provided to Joint Ventures’ (JV) partners:

• Provide quarterly financial information to the JV partners and ensure the quality of the financials.
• Liaise with JV partners.
• Preparation of Board packages for entities under a JV agreement
• Prepare presentation for SteerCo and Board meetings with JV partners
• Follow-up of Board questions / action plan requested.

Participate in the daily accounting process

• Participate in the monthly closing tasks: booking of non-recurring journal entries.
• Prepare accounting position papers to document non-recurring transactions with specific accounting treatments.
• Ensure internal control procedures are applied (ICOFR framework)
• Ensure Group accounting policies are applied in the accounting processes of the relevant companies.

Contribute to the L&O Accounting Team ad-hoc requests

Support transition to the new ERP system

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Business School or financial & accounting related degree
• 3 years’ experience in an audit or accounting firm or in an international group accounting area.
• Solid accounting and IFRS knowledge
• Agility with tools (ERP environment, strong use of excel)
• Ability to work under pressure to meet specific deadlines, including in a turbulent / fast-moving environment
• Statutory accounting and tax requirements
• Fluent in English
• Analytical skills and critical thinking
• Able to work with various internal/external interlocutors
• Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Flexibility for travels occasionally

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.