Corporate Accountant

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🔍Houston, Texas, United States

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   Finance & Insurance

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TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) is a global leader in subsea, onshore/offshore, and surface projects. With our proprietary technologies and production systems, integrated expertise, and comprehensive solutions, we are transforming our clients’ project economics. We are uniquely positioned to deliver greater efficiency across project lifecycles from concept to project delivery and beyond. Through innovative technologies and improved efficiencies, our offering unlocks new possibilities for our clients in developing their oil and gas resources. Each of our 44,000 employees is driven by a steady commitment to clients and a culture of purposeful innovation, challenging industry conventions, and rethinking how the best results are achieved.

POSITION PURPOSE:
The Corporate Accountant is responsible for ensuring integrity of accounting functions and performing the day-to-day operations of the general ledger accounting activities for the organization. This position will work in partnership with key financial team members, in reviewing and preparing explanations of income statements and generating balance sheet variance analysis compared to budget/forecast.

POSITION DUTIES:
•Performs the day-to-day operations of the general ledger accounting activities including fixed assets, accounts payables/receivables, consolidation, audit, tax accounting and providing information to management for planning, decision making, budgeting and financial reporting.
•Execute monthly close process including preparation and review of journal entries.
•Participate in the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process.
•Works with leadership to provide a broad base of guidance to the organization on accounting, finance, and controllership issues, ensuring operational accounting practices are in compliance with GAAP and Company Policies.
•Completes account reconciliations. Reviews company account reconciliations for completeness/accuracy and manages designated accounting processes for financial closings.
•Ensures detailed review, analysis, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
•Analyzes and reports general ledger account fluctuations.
•Helps prepare monthly reporting packages, including preparation of balance sheets, income and cash flow.
•Liaises with finance/accounting teams in reviewing, preparing explanations of income statements, and generating variance analyses compared to budget/forecast.
•Works with businesses and corporate personnel to ensure appropriate corporate accounting structure and intercompany accounting best practice arrangements are in place.
•Maintains and works to enhance accounting policies, procedures and practices.
•Recommends changes and improvements for accounting and reporting routines to ensure government/regulatory accounting compliance.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
•BS, BA, BBA Degree in Accounting or Finance. MS, MA, MBA Degree preferred
•Minimum 5 years progressive accounting/financial management experience.
•CPA and/or eligibility to acquire preferred.
•Good knowledge of US GAAP and in depth understanding of internal accounting and documentation of internal controls.
•Application and interpretation of GAAP to various transactions (i.e. acquisitions, divestitures, financing transactions, etc.), including ability to exercise judgment to reach conclusion when multiple outcomes possible.
•Superior organizational and analytical skills with the ability to develop actionable recommendations.
•Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to work with cross functional teams and present ideas effectively at all levels of the organization.
•Financial/Accounting reporting, business planning, project management and creative thinking capabilities.
•Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.
•Applied familiarity with financial/accounting/MIS software packages/systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, HFM, GMR).
•Demonstrates effective job specific knowledge and motivation in a dynamic business environment and can operate and perform within a matrix organization.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Spends 90% of time in office. Some Travel as necessary.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Frequent sitting and operating a computer. Fast paced atmosphere with multiple priorities and constant change. Some travel due to role.