Senior Accountant / Oil & Gas

Role Summary

The Senior Accountant is responsible for leading core accounting including trading accounting, month-end closures, treasury support, derivative accounting, accounting operations and financial controls. The role also drives automation initiatives, process improvements, cross-functional collaboration, and supports key strategic projects across Finance, Tax, Risk, IT, HR and Operations.

Key Responsibilities

1. Financial Reporting & Month-End Closures

• Lead and deliver accurate and timely month-end, quarterly, and annual book closures for the trading business.
• Ensure integrity of balance sheet and P&L through strong reconciliations and control processes.
• Manage review of shipping business and overheads month end books closure.
• Maintain high-quality documentation to support clean year-end audits.
• Ensure continued support to Middle office (Risk), Operations, Treasury and Tax.
• Manage daily accounting operations activities around invoicing, bank reconciliations, CTRM housekeeping and ERP upkeep.
• Manage lease accounting for trading and non-trading assets.

2. Trading, Derivatives & Treasury Accounting

• Take full ownership of trading accounting activities.
• Manage interest rate swaps and derivative accounting, ensuring compliance and reporting accuracy.
• Provide daily cash flow and liquidity forecasting to support treasury decision-making.
• Ensure accuracy in daily finance file processing, liquidity publishing, and query resolution.

3. Process Automation & Continuous Improvement

• Identify and correct legacy issues and assume ongoing ownership.
• Challenge upstream processes by identifying gaps and strengthening controls.
• Develop practical workarounds for IT delays to ensure uninterrupted project delivery.
• Regularize reporting frameworks for entire Balance sheet and publish monthly accounting P&L reconciled to commercial P&L.

4. Operational Resilience & Adaptability

• Effectively manage priorities during peak reporting cycles.
• Consistently meet all daily, monthly, and quarterly reporting deadlines.
• Demonstrate leadership through delegation and time management to ensure critical deliverables remain on track.

Key Competencies

• Strong knowledge of trading accounting and derivatives.
• Financial controls and reconciliation expertise.
• Process automation and improvement mindset.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Audit and compliance orientation.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Leadership, mentoring, and team development capability.

Qualifications & Experience

• CA / CPA / ACCA (Qualified or Part Qualified).
• 58+ years of relevant accounting experience, preferably in trading or commodity environments with knowledge of IFRS
• Working knowledge of Shipping industry
• Strong understanding of treasury operations and derivative accounting.
• Proficiency in ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.