Residential Position

Employment Type:Permanent

Tullow Oil is a well-established, recognised, and African focused independent oil and gas company. The Group has interests in over 30 exploration and production licences across 8 countries in Africa and South America.

Tullow Oil has an exciting opportunity for a Finance Business Partner: Group G&A, Shared Services and Corporate Projects.  This role sits in the Group Finance Team and Reports to the Group Financial Controller, the post-holder will be responsible for managing London Office G&A Budget of c.$120m and Corporate Project spend of $10m to $20m, Group allocations, recharges and Timewriting process.

This is a permanent role based in Chiswick, London with hybrid working arrangements.

Job Purpose/Requirements

• Act as primary point of contact for cost centre owners, budget holders, function heads, Extended Leadership, SLT and CFO based in London office providing financial insights and support with regards G&A budget management and cost control.
• Ensure London / TGSL budget holders and function heads are fully supported in all aspects of RtP and G&A review and forecasting and budgeting ensuring an appropriate balance in the provision of support, guidance and insights to cost centre owners.
• Conducting a thorough analysis of actuals, expenditure patterns and identifying areas for cost optimization or efficiency improvements.
• Accountable for management accounting and forecasting for TGSL entity and Corporate Accounting entities including preparation of monthly management reports; facilitation of forecasting; leading the annual budgeting process for TGSL and Corporate entities and driving the budget planning timetable for Group.

Responsibilities/Key Objectives

Responsibilities include:

Management Reporting

• Produce and distribute monthly G&A, Net G&A, Allocations and Timewriting reports with commentary to London G&A and Corporate Projects Budget Holders, Function Heads and SLT and MPR.
• Ensure that TGSL / Chiswick G&A Budget Holders and Contract Holders receive accurate and reliable reporting (timely reporting of actuals Vs Budget, commitment reports) with laser focus on spends to ensure budgets are not overrun & unbudgeted activities are duly authorized ensuring DOA compliance.
• Meet with budget holders monthly to discuss actuals and forecasts of G&A, corporate projects and timewriting.
• Ensure accurate data collection of London G&A costs within the SAP accounting system including Month end processes in SAP and SAC including allocations, accruals (Contractors, R&M, SBP, Concur, Bonus etc ) and forecasts in G&A, P&L and Cashflow for all corporate entities.
• Accountable for Group allocations, timewriting rate and true-ups.
• Prepare and communicate SLAs at Budgets and forecast months.
• Ensure accurate and timely overhead recovery as well as proactively communicate any issues in conjunction with Group on a timely basis.
• Proactively and appropriately support the BDT’s associated information requests such as JV Partner meetings, JV Audit, Cost recovery Audit and Tax audit related information requests.

Budget

• Driving the Budget timetable including G&A assumptions and coordinating guidance on expenses with relevant SLT/Function heads.
• Driving the annual budget process for Chiswick G&A, Corporate Projects, time- writing and allocations.

Time-writing

• Ensure Timewriting compliance on a monthly basis and review of Net G&A to ensure maximum G&A recovery.
• Monthly reporting on Sender / Receiver Timewriting reports.
• Actualisation of timewriting rates.
• Support for the monthly Time-writing recharge process and validation of time written charges and allocation system.
• Oversight of the CATS system & Allocation model.

Group Allocations

• Responsible for the set-up and implementation of the allocation of Group costs in SAP & SAC, including SAP allocation cycles.
• Actualisation of monthly allocations and full recovery of all charges (PCO, Contingent workforce, BPO allocation et al).

Audits

• Ownership of the Independent audit certification process for group recharges and allocations.
• Liaise with external auditors as required to assist in understanding and reviewing Head Office recharges and allocations.

General

• Analyse expenditure and make cost control recommendations.
• Inform the annual accrual process for recharge locations.
• Work closely and effectively with wider Finance to implement new group wide processes, procedures and systems.
• Initiate process improvements to reduce re-work and reclassifications to ensure costs are booked first-time right.
• Championing cost optimization initiatives (cost analysis, trends, benchmarks, of G&A), identifying and implementing cost saving ideas.
• Manage the team of 1 to ensure their performance and development.

Education

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified accountant with relevant experience

Skills

• Proven provider of management information and reporting
• Substantial knowledge and experience of general and administration / head office costs and allocations
• SAP or similar ERP system essential
• Experience with Management Information system essential
• Experience of allocation systems essential
• Advanced Microsoft Excel essential
• Experience of JV Billing and Cost recovery preferable

In Tullow, all individuals are treated fairly and respectfully, and everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources to enable them to contribute to Tullow’s overall success.

To Achieve This, We Offer Our Employees

• Regular working from home in the UK, with an average 2 working days minimum per week in the office.
• Ability to manage working hours to balance work/life commitments.
• A performance-driven culture that generates results.
• A commitment to your personal and professional development.
• A chance to make a difference to our business, working in or leading teams of talented, committed people.
• A culture that appreciates diversity & inclusion and provides equal opportunities.
• Recognition and reward for your performance.
   

Our philosophy is to bring people into Tullow with whom we can build a strong, mutually beneficial, and long-lasting relationship. Working for Tullow will increase your knowledge, broaden your horizons, and extend your professional network. We offer a competitive reward package of base salary, incentives and benefits which is designed to attract, retain, and motivate the best talent in our industry.

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