Department: Finance

Reports to: Finance Manager

Salary: Competitive

The Role – Corporate Accountant

The role is an integral part of the Aberdeen Finance team, responsible for providing Corporate accounting support for Serica Operations support and Corporate activities lead by London team. This position ensures the integrity of key financial information and ensuring Serica’s control framework, supporting both the Aberdeen and London teams with key financial information ensuring compliance with various financial reporting requirements and completeness.

What we are looking for in potential candidates

• Professional Accounting qualification such as ICAS/ICEAW, CIMA, ACCA
• Strong Systems knowledge of Sunsystems, preferably Maximo
• Can demonstrate experience in a relevant Oil and Gas industry role
• Can articulate learning and training experiences
• Strong understanding of Joint Venture accounting system processes, general ledger accounting and balance sheet control
• Good communication (both verbal & written) and team working skills
• Plan and manage workload within challenging timetables
• Strong system processes understanding and ability to incorporate automated assurance checks and balances within Sun and between Sun and Maximo.
• Strong analytical and determined approach to interrogation of system anomalies.
• Strong excel skills and experience of extracting financial reporting information from SUN accounting systems (SUN, Q&A Data Extraction

Your future at Serica Energy

Serica offer the opportunity to be part of a busy, vibrant working environment with a strong culture rooted in mutual respect and trust.

We are passionate about building an inclusive working environment that attracts and encourages diversity. We want our employees to feel that they can be their true self, we recognise the potential that this unlocks and the value it brings.

We offer the opportunity to be supported with further training if required and access to competitive benefits such as

• Company Pension
• Private Medical Insurance
• Health Cash Plan
• Share Save and Share Incentive Plans
• Life Assurance
• Group Income Protection
• Personal Accident Insurance and Business Travel.

We also offer the opportunity to work flexibly.

Serica’s Equal Opportunity statement

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer and conduct our recruitment and selection process in a fair and consistent manner that does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex or sexual orientation, religion or belief. 

Serica will make reasonable adjustments to the role in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Recruitment Process

Please note that due to the high applicant numbers we receive it is unfortunately not always possible to get back to all applicants individually about their application. Candidates who are chosen for interview will be contacted directly.

We will contact individuals and invite them to an interview.  We offer in person or video interviews through Microsoft Teams.  Serica will make reasonable adjustments during the interview process if required.  The interview structure will be a mix of questions relating to technical experience and skills related to the role and questions relating to the values of Serica.  Second stage interviews may be necessary as an additional candidate assessment for staff roles.

If you have any questions about the role or would like to request a copy of the detailed job description, please email recruiting@Serica-Energy.com