Accounting Specialist

You‘ll be part of the Innovative DRI project in the Accounting team. Responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate preparation, management, and dissemination of various reports and data critical to project success. This role involves proactive planning, clear communication of reporting schedules, and collaboration with multiple stakeholders, including EPCMs, OEMs, PMCs, vendors, and internal teams.

What will you do?

• Proactively arrange and communicate reporting calendars to ensure all stakeholders have visibility into various reporting requirements and deadlines
• Manage weekly and monthly internal reporting requirements, ensuring that quality and timely data are provided.
• Collect and communicate reports and documents from EPCMs, OEMs, PMCs, vendors and clusters in accordance with the agreed reporting calendar, while taking confidentiality into account.
• Support the Budget and Cost teams with Monthly Project Control Reporting.
• Provide reliable and quality analysis, actionable recommendations, and support the team in delivering different management reporting and requests on time.
• Enhance Power BI with the latest data for up-to-date management dashboards.
• Conduct periodic deliberations of program topics with key stakeholders (weekly program meetings, periodic Cluster meetings…), setting agendas, delivering minutes with clear action items (with Owner) and ensuring logical closure of items with subsequent follow-ups.
• Maintain proactive communication with the Governance & Controls team, relaying key messages and reminders.
• Extract and analyze data from diverse systems (e.g., SAP, analytics, AM tools, Excel), synthesizing information into reports aligned with program requirements.
• Provide support to the Project team in terms of KPIs, analysis, and action items in order to ensure project success.
• Collaborate with Governance & Compliance lead to ensure policies and procedures are administered.
• Streamline day-to-day operations for the Controls & Governance team, ensuring organizational efficiency across stakeholders.
• Support the monthly closing of books for the Central decarb team
• Collaborate with HR teams for accurate period cost bookings and approvals.
• Assist in liaising with stakeholders for accruals, ensuring accurate recording of services and expenses
• Contribute to inter-company accruals and reconciliations, ensuring alignment with stakeholders
• Participate in the verification of monthly labor reports and vendor invoices
• Assist in verifying the accuracy of vendor invoices as per approved labor reports and contracts
Support timely payment of invoices, ensuring adherence to business requests and approvals.

What we’re looking for:

• Masters degree in accounting or related field.
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in accounting or a related role.
• Familiarity with project management principles and controlling reports methodologies.
• Knowledge of ERP/IT tools (SAP, Power BI, analytics), including advanced MS Excel will be considered as an asset
• Proactive and self-motivated, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team
• Fluency in English is a must, any additional language will be considered as an asset.