Senior Accountant (Professional Services - Legal Entities)

Wood is currently recruiting for a Senior Accountant to join our Professional Services Finance team in Bogotá, Colombia, supporting transactions and business activities across the United States and Canada. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accounting professional who enjoys taking ownership, working independently and partnering with stakeholders across multiple areas of the business. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for the accounting and financial control of assigned legal entities, ensuring financial information is accurate, timely and compliant with company accounting policies and control requirements.

Our Clients and Projects

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong track record of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies around the world.

What We Offer

• Meaningful and exciting projects delivered to industry leaders within the Oil & Gas sector.
• Flexible working arrangements that balance the needs of our clients, teams, and individuals.
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion across our organization, supported by employee networks dedicated to ensuring every employee has a voice.
• A flexible benefits package that can be tailored to suit your lifestyle.
• A commitment to continuous professional development through personalized development plans.
• Global connections with leading industry experts.

What You'll Do

• Take ownership of accounting activities for assigned legal entities, including revenue recognition where applicable, costs, accruals, provisions and other accounting estimates.
• Lead month-end close activities, ensuring transactions and adjustments are complete, accurate and delivered within corporate deadlines.
• Prepare and review balance sheet and sub-ledger reconciliations, investigating and resolving issues.
• Prepare annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Review and analyze financial results, explain key movements and identify financial or commercial risks and opportunities.
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management.
• Work closely with operational, commercial and finance stakeholders to resolve accounting matters and improve finance processes.
• Support internal and external audits, statutory reporting and compliance requirements.
• Apply sound judgment to accounting and reporting matters, resolving issues independently and escalating complex matters when appropriate.

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunity and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. Therefore, even if you do not meet every requirement listed below, but feel that you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Required:

• Demonstrated accounting experience, including month-end close, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, accruals, provisions and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently investigate and resolve accounting and reporting issues.
• Experience supporting internal and external audits.
• Experience with statutory reporting and compliance activities is preferred.
• Knowledge of financial systems and reporting tools such as Oracle ERP.
• Business-level English, as this position supports US and Canadian businesses.
• A degree or equivalent further education is preferred.
• CPA, CA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accounting qualification is preferred. Candidates actively working toward a recognized professional accounting qualification will also be considered.