Legal Entity Controller - ACA - London

This role is a transition project related backfill cover for other team members; the estimated assignment period is to end January 2017 although there could be the possibility of extension.
Day rate: £250

Energy/Oil and Gas

As a qualified accountant (ACA or equivalent), you will have trained with one of the larger accountancy practices. As well as having excellent IFRS technical accounting expertise, you will have the ability to generate innovative solutions to varied and unique accounting issues and effectively communicate advice. With your overview of finance you'll be able to take the lead in ensuring individual entity and group needs are met. You will appreciate a working environment that focuses on constant improvement, personal ownership, professional development, efficiency and impact on the bottom line.

Confident and self-motivated, your outstanding interpersonal and communication skills mean you will be able to liaise effectively with all levels of management and other businesses. You will have proven experience in analysing complex issues and making decisions in a timely fashion, balancing priorities effectively to ensure deadlines are met.

Working in a wider London based Holdingsyou will have overall responsibility for ensuring efficient and tightly controlled quarterly Group reporting and annual statutory reporting processes are in place to support a number of holding companies that have all had their reporting migrated to shared business service centres. You will be responsible for managing relationships with key contacts in these centres, and for reviewing reporting deliverables.

Specific responsibilities will involve:
Working closely with the Group treasury, tax and legal functions to ensure the relevant company assets are managed and hedged, and dividends are executed in line with treasury policy

Ensuring the correct accounting treatment is applied to holding company and related transactions, including interest and exchange exposures, distributable reserves, liquidity, tax matters, acquisitions, disposals and other restructuring transactions.

Providing accounting advice and guidance to project teams on a variety of transactions to ensure that all items are appropriately reported and understood. Your advice and insight will be sought and relied upon by a number of key internal stakeholders.

Driving ongoing process improvement to ensure that we make best use of the systems available, allow maximum time to focus on critical areas where we add the most value and ensure that manual work is minimised.

Contributing to ad hoc projects, in line with business needs and efficiency objectives, and influencing stakeholders of all levels across the world.

This is a challenging and varied role, giving a unique overview of different areas of Shell's businesses. You will enjoy taking the initiative and use your creativity and interpersonal skills to develop the most effective solutions to accounting and reporting issues, while sharing knowledge and best practices throughout the business's worldwide finance community.