Senior Accountant

Roles and Responsibilities

The Senior Accountant will liaise with local and corporate tax groups, project management and project accounting teams, bidding department team, tax consultants, professional accountants & statutory bodies.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of all tax and related accounting records on a jurisdictional and/or entity basis
• Preparation of standalone and consolidated statutory accounts for larger legal entities, ensuring these are fully audited, signed off by all parties and filed with the relevant authorities before the due date
• Preparation, review, sign off and filing of all more complex tax returns for each of the relevant jurisdictions in which McDermott has operations with tax reporting responsibilities
• Calculation of corporate tax liability, on a statutory basis, in respect of all actual and forecast taxable income or expense.
• Arranging payment of advance taxes, where relevant, and make settlement of all tax liabilities
• Liaise with professional advisors to agree tax assessment amounts and obtain tax clearance certificates as soon as possible after filing the relevant tax returns.
• Prepare reconciliations of General Ledger indirect tax accounts on a monthly basis
• Prepare and submit WHT, VAT, and Service Tax returns to satisfy all legislative reporting requirements and arrange payment of all amounts falling due in the respective jurisdictions
• Prepare and progress tax deduction certificates, Challan for withholding taxes paid, employee tax returns and sundry reporting in support of departmental activities.
• Liaise with the bidding department and prepare/review the tax calculations and ensure all taxes are included in the bid
• Assist with departmental tasks as may be assigned on an Ad Hoc basis from time to time

Desired Candidate Profile

Essential Qualifications and Education:

• Qualified Chartered Accountant or equivalent qualification from an internationally recognised institute
• Around 3-4 years of relevant post qualification experience
• Good understanding of IFRS
• Good communication skills
• Detailed experience in own discipline
• Ability to multi-task and manage tight reporting schedule
• May undertake projects and share expertise
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision