Our Client, an Oil and Gas Company is seeking a Reporting Accountant. This is a Contract role on a PAYE basis until 30th June 2027. The role will be based in Uxbridge. Mandarin Fluency is essential for this position.

The Reporting Accountant will play a key role in supporting both financial and management reporting activities for the UK business. The role is responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and high-quality reporting, analysis, and insight to support business performance and decision-making.

The role requires strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to stakeholders across the organisation, including HQ and UK leadership teams.

A continuous improvement mindset is essential, with a focus on enhancing reporting processes, controls, and systems.

This is a broad reporting role providing exposure to both financial and management reporting within a dynamic and international working environment.

You will:

Prepare accurate and timely financial and management reporting outputs, including monthly reports, analysis, and supporting schedules

Support the month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring completeness and adherence to deadlines

Perform variance analysis and provide clear commentary on business performance

Prepare and contribute to reports and presentations for senior management and HQ

Perform balance sheet analysis and investigate variances to ensure data integrity

Support budgeting, forecasting, and outlook processes

Work closely with the Financial Reporting Accountant to ensure deliverables are review-ready and of a high standard

Build effective relationships with stakeholders across finance, operations, and international teams

Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls, and efficiency

Ensure compliance with internal controls and SOX requirements

Provide support to the wider team, including cover, ad-hoc analysis, and project work as required

Take ownership of assigned deliverables, ensuring outputs are accurate, complete, and ready for review

You are:

Detail-focused with a strong commitment to accuracy, quality, and control

Analytical and inquisitive, with the ability to interpret financial results and identify key drivers and risks

Proactive and self-motivated, able to take ownership of deliverables and see tasks through to completion

A clear and confident communicator, capable of explaining financial information to a range of stakeholders

Well organised, able to manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight reporting deadlines

A collaborative team player who works effectively across finance teams, functions, and geographies

Comfortable working with a degree of autonomy, while engaging constructively with review and guidance from senior colleagues

Open to challenge and continuous improvement, with a mindset to enhance processes, controls, and reporting quality

Adaptable and resilient, able to operate effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment

Committed to ongoing professional development and building expertise in both financial and management reporting

At a minimum, you have:

Bachelor’s degree

Part-qualified or studying towards a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or similar)

Demonstrable experience in a reporting or financial accounting environment

Strong Excel skills; experience with SAP or BI tools advantageous

Fluency in Mandarin Chinese (written and spoken) is essential