Senior Accountant

Habrams Energy Services is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to lead the day-to-day Finance and Accounts function. The role covers financial accounting, management reporting, project accounting, cash-flow management, financial controls, and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage the general ledger, accounting records, monthly/year-end close, management accounts and financial statements.
• Review bank, receivables, payables and balance-sheet reconciliations and analyse financial performance and variances.
• Prepare and monitor project budgets, revenue, costs, commitments and expenditure.
• Monitor project margins, cost-to-complete, variations, unbilled revenue and project receivables.
• Identify cost overruns and underperforming projects and support project close-out and profitability analysis.
• Prepare cash-flow forecasts, monitor receivables, supplier obligations and working capital, and identify liquidity risks.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts and provide financial analysis to support pricing, investments, major expenditure and new projects.
• Maintain financial controls and segregation of duties and coordinate tax, statutory compliance and audit requirements.
• Review and challenge unsupported or unusual transactions.
• Supervise and develop two accounting staff, ensuring clear deadlines, accountability and financial discipline.
• Provide management with practical financial insights and recommendations to improve profitability and control costs.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline.
• ICAN, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 5 years' progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a senior/supervisory role.
• Strong experience in financial accounting, management reporting, project accounting, project cost control and profitability analysis.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow and working-capital management.
• Experience supervising/coordinating accounting staff.
• Strong knowledge of taxation, internal controls and statutory compliance.
• Proficiency in Excel and accounting software such as QuickBooks or ERP systems.
• Experience in Engineering, Oil & Gas, Construction, Consulting or another project-driven organisation is an advantage.

How to Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to HEA.careers@outlook.com, using “Senior Accountant” as the subject of the email.