Head of Financial Control

THE OPPORTUNITY Nord Gas Solutions is looking for a hands-on and technically strong Head of Financial Control to lead accounting and financial control across an international group. You will own the full journey from monthly close and consolidation to statutory reporting, audit and high-quality financial statements, while leading a team across several countries and helping shape our future finance platform. A role with real scope and influence This is a key finance leadership role for someone who enjoys combining technical accounting expertise with people leadership and practical delivery. You will be accountable for the quality, timeliness and completeness of accounts across four entities operated in-house and nine entities supported by an outsourced accounting provider. You will work closely with Business Control, Treasury, project controllers, auditors and the owner. Because the group is project-driven, you will be a trusted partner to the project controllers on revenue recognition, project accounting and balance sheet exposure. You will have also an active role in the implementation of IFS as the group new ERP system What you will be responsible for

• Lead the monthly close, consolidation and group reporting on fixed deadlines.
• Own group accounting policies under IFRS and make sound technical accounting judgements.
• Ensure statutory accounts, VAT reporting and tax accounting are completed across the relevant jurisdictions.
• Lead external audits for the entities and the group.
• Strengthen financial reporting controls, reconciliations, payment approvals and segregation of duties.
• Oversee accounting operations covering payables, receivables, fixed assets, leases, inventory, work in progress, payroll and treasury accounting.
• Lead and develop the Financial Control team across several countries.
• Manage outsourced accounting and payroll providers, including service quality, deliverables and issue escalation.
• Take a leading finance role in the transition from SAP to IFS, while continuing group reporting in Lucanet.

The experience we believe will help you succeed You are an experienced accounting leader who is comfortable both setting standards and working through the detail. You bring credibility with auditors and owners and you know how to collaborate pragmatically with operational finance colleagues.

• Professional accounting qualification, such as state-authorised or registered accountant or auditor, ACA, ACCA or CPA, or a master’s degree in accounting or auditing.
• At least ten years of relevant post-qualification experience, including three or more years leading accounting teams across several legal entities.
• Deep, applied IFRS knowledge from a project-based environment, including long-term contract revenue, variation orders and claims, provisions, inventory and work in progress, leases, foreign currency, deferred tax and hedge accounting.
• Strong group consolidation experience across several entities and currencies, including intercompany eliminations, currency translation and owner reporting to fixed deadlines.
• Experience directing statutory accounting across several jurisdictions, working with local advisers and reconciling local GAAP to IFRS.
• Proven ownership of the monthly close, reconciliation standards, external audits and controls over financial reporting, including segregation of duties.
• Experience leading international teams and managing outsourced accounting and payroll providers.
• Finance leadership experience from an ERP implementation, including chart of accounts, data migration and opening balances.
• A hands-on approach: you prepare technical accounting positions, review the detail and work pragmatically with auditors, owners, business controllers and project controllers.
• Fluent English.

Experience that would be a strong advantage

• Background from a Big Four audit firm.
• Experience from engineering, EPC, marine or another project-based industry.
• Reporting to a private equity owner.
• Experience building finance processes, controls and systems.
• Knowledge of Norwegian, Swedish or Polish statutory accounting.
• Hands-on experience with SAP, IFS, Lucanet or a similar consolidation solution.

Why join Nord Gas Solutions?

• A broad mandate covering financial control for an international group.
• A central role in the implementation of the group’s future ERP platform.
• Leadership of a capable team across several countries.
• Direct exposure to the CFO, auditors, advisers and owner reporting.
• A project business with activity across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
• The opportunity to combine technical depth, leadership and transformation in one role.

INTERESTED? If you are motivated by complex accounting, international leadership and the opportunity to build strong financial control in a growing organization, we would like to hear from you. Apply with your CV and a short explanation of why this role is the right next step for you. Nord Gas Solutions welcomes qualified applicants and evaluates candidates on role-relevant competence, experience and potential.