Lead Accountant

Wood woodplc.com Open

On-site Brunei Darussalam Full-time Senior Accounting

At a glance

Senior Accounting role at Wood. Brunei Darussalam · full-time.

Pay not stated Accounting salary

RoleAccounting

SenioritySenior

LocationBrunei Darussalam

WorkplaceOn-site

EmploymentFull-time

PostedSep 20, 2026

Role brief

financeroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Oversee contract finances, completing monthly reports accurately and on time while working to improve financial performance
Give senior leaders business or country results, including variance, receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis
Build annual and rolling forecasts with senior management, testing backlog and inputs from business development and operations
Coordinate monthly customer invoices against contract terms and work with operational teams to improve cash collection
Lead the finance team, manage project accounts and controls, and support audits, bids, contract reviews and disputes

What you bring

You are a qualified accountant or currently working toward an accounting qualification
You bring at least eight years of relevant accounting work and commercial understanding of cost models
You have managed and developed teams, with a record of people management
You have strong IT and systems knowledge

Who this fits

This senior role suits an accountant who can lead a team, build strong working relationships and meet deadlines. It is based on-site in Brunei Darussalam, and priority goes to Brunei citizens or permanent residents.

From the employer

The role carries profit and loss and working capital responsibility, and in certain cases, will also involve further balance sheet responsibilities for the applicable business. The other main aspects of the role include governance, financial control, internal and external reporting, financial forecasting and cash collection. The role will include responsibility for a team, and therefore team management and development will be essential elements. This role has responsibility for ensuring that all Group requirements are adhered to and that any financial risks are understood and mitigated as appropriate.

Full responsibility for all financial matters of contract including accurate and timely completion of monthly reporting, optimising financial performance
Report business / country financial performance to senior management including variance analysis, accounts receivables, DSO, accruals and unbilled analysis
Ownership for annual budget, forecasts and rolling forecasts in conjunction with senior
management, including validation / challenge over backlog, inputs from BD and operations
Ensure forecasting accuracy and predictability through the rolling forecast v monthly actual result process
Ownership of monthly customer billing to ensure invoices are prepared in accordance with the commercial terms of the contract
Responsible for driving sustainable working capital improvements and/or maintaining performance working with operational management, project managers, supply chain and other relevant areas to optimise cash collection and minimise DSO and TTB, including customer relationships and reporting
Management of business / country / service line finance team including recruitment, staff development, performance management and the setting of objectives
Assisting during client audits and dispute management
Engagement with commercial teams on the pre award phase in terms of bids, rates, and relevant analysis and a key contact and team participant for such, including input to financial terms contained in contracts and bids where appropriate
Engagement with commercial teams on post contract award phase in terms of margin analysis looking for opportunities to drive improvements and commercial efficiencies, and attending key project reviews to ensure that reported financials are appropriate
Engagement with internal auditors to successfully complete relevant audits
Ensure that an effective control environment exists through compliance with all Group control frameworks, policies and procedures as relevant
Responsibility for relevant project accounting, including monthly reviews, analysis and project set up, accounting judgements and provisioning while working with relevant functions such as Commercial, Legal and Tax
Work with Operations and serve as a conduit between the business and Legal, Tax and Treasury, IT, Shared Services and Supply Chain
Any ad-hoc duties assigned by the superior from time to time