Chief Accountant

ContourGlobal develops, acquires, and operates power generation facilities with proven and cutting-edge energy technologies. We are an international high-growth company, founded in 2005, that has grown exponentially to own and operate a fleet of renewable and thermal assets, located in 20 countries across 4 continents. Wherever we operate, we are committed to the highest standards of health and safety, environmental, social responsibility, our people’s well-being. Our longstanding ESG pledge includes becoming net-zero carbon by 2050.

Acquisition of ContourGlobal by the US private-equity fund KKR will enable us greatly to further expand our portfolio, increase investment in the energy transition, and take advantage of new opportunities in our core markets. Our multinational, integrated team of almost 1500 people prides itself on our culture and values, and welcomes entrepreneurial, innovative, ambitious, and collaborative professionals to come join us.

With reporting to Chief Financial Officer of Senegal, main responsibilities on a given perimeter of statutory operating entities companies are the following:

Key Responsibilities:

• Handle and monitor the monthly, quarterly and annual closing process on a timely manner:
  • Review the calendar process applicable to the entities. 
  • Monitor the pre closing, closing and post-closing operations to the best efficiency and control.
  • Conduct appropriate communications to organize the closing operations and provide all contributors (Operations and Finance) with corporate guidance and instructions
• Coordinate and supervise full accounting activities on a sustainable basis:
  • Validate, justify and post any required accounting entry (routine and non-routine processes)
  • Provide integrity assurance on each and every GL upstream and downstream process: fixed assets, payroll elements, inventory, determination of revenue and expense accruals, any required provision, expense reports, VAT and any local tax provision, cask and bank information, …
  • Provide the group with all necessary analysis and reports.
  • Ensure filing and archiving of accounting supporting documents.
• Supervise all analysis and reconciliations necessary to qualify and explain the accounting information on a regular basis, of which but not limited to:
  • Intercompany reconciliation
  • Bank reconciliation.
  • Payroll reconciliation
  • Balance Sheet / Net equity reconciliation
• Supervise strictly all banking operations.
  • Liaise with the Treasury to ensure a recurring bank reconciliation.
  • Reconcile strictly the bank accounts.
  • Report on and fix any issue.
• Ensure the compliancy with the general principles and internal practices to get straight clearance of the statutory and management accounts on a timely manner:
  • Lead the process with all internal and external contributors.
  • Organize support as needed internally, especially related to any legal and tax issue.
  • Gets done and review the local statutory trial balance.
  • Have the required financial reports published according to statutory deadlines?
• Support to the audit reviews and answer to any request in case of one-time event:
  • Provide relevant information on financial statements, accounts, and ensure that answers are forwarded in due course.
• Supervise the different tax and social returns (declaration, payment, booking):

• Structuring the tax items to pay in a good time ensuring all approvals received.
  • Manages normal contact with the legal and local administrative representatives as needed.
  • Reports accordingly

• Identify and drive any process improvement:
  • Propose any corrective action to enhance reliability and efficiency.
  • Propose and follow up the set-up of any relevant change to further improve the control environment.

• Prepare initial budget for review by the FM.
• Organize the internal process of data collection with Operations and other departments.
• Approve costs from a budgetary perspective.
• Variance analysis Budget/Forecast versus Actuals
• Prepare Forecast in line group policy.
• Organize the internal process of data collection with Operations and other departments.
• Prepare monthly management reports.
• Review of General ledger for unusual items
• Oversee implementation of the internal controls while working closely with FM
• Taking ownership of the monthly closing process
• Coaching of less experienced team
• Overseeing the Financial bookkeeping and record keeping of the Holding Company (CdB holdings)
• Preparation of statutory Audit and IFRS
• Monitor compliance with loan requirements through CG debt tool.

Commit to Lead with Our Values

• Commit to CG values as expressed in the Essential Information. Model the values in any interaction internally and externally.
• Put Health and Safety First
• Embrace Timely Transparency
• Model the 3Cs – Communication, Collaboration and Coordination
• Embrace Failure analysis and continuous improvement including Five Whys
• Seek out ways to incorporate technology and Artificial Intelligence into the company’s legal practice

Qualifications and Skills:

• Graduated in accounting, with a 5 to 10 years’ experience in a similar position exercised in an international environment.
• Ideally, candidate has extensive experience in SAP.
• Alert and warning skills.
• Ability to control.
• Excellent oral and written communications as well as project management skills
• Well organized and processed oriented, candidate will be at ease in an international environment as the Group operates in approximately 20 countries.
• Proactivity and drive for change, keen to promote the best practices and adaptable to the group structure.
• Fluent English is a must, as English is the main language within the Group.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of the society we live in and markets we operate.