Reporting Accountant
Company: Wood
Role summary
Reporting Accountant is a full-time role at Wood in London, England, United Kingdom (hybrid). Posted 2026-09-09. Experience level: 2-5.
- Job title
- Reporting Accountant
- Company
- Wood
- Location
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- hybrid
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- Logistics & Warehousing
- Experience level
- 2-5
- Date posted
- 2026-09-09
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced accountant to join a reputable company and contribute to their financial reporting. You'll have the chance to grow your career in a supportive environment with competitive compensation.
Job description
Wood has a fantastic opportunity for a Group Reporting Accountant to support with the delivery of the Group consolidation and the Group’s external financial reporting. This is an exciting role for candidates who are looking to increase their exposure to a full Group reporting cycle and to the OneStream implementation.
This role is based in our London office, with hybrid working of three days in the office and two remote a week.
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The Role
Reporting to the Senior Group Reporting Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of accurate and timely Group financial reporting. You will prepare the reconciliations, schedules, analysis, and supporting data that underpin the Group consolidation process, while contributing to the production of the Annual Report and monthly financial performance reviews.
Working closely with business unit finance teams and a broad range of Group finance stakeholders, you will be the first point of contact for routine reporting submissions and audit requests, helping to ensure the quality and integrity of financial information across the organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for an accountant looking to develop expertise in group reporting within a complex, international business environment, with exposure to external auditors and senior finance leadership.
Our Clients and Projects
Designing the future. Transforming the world.
Wood delivers solutions across more than 60 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.
For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.
What we can offer
Meaningful and interesting projects we support green hydrogen and fuel switching, as well as supporting local clients with energy transition
Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working arrangements
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion ; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
Flexible benefits package ; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
Commitment to continued professional development ; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
Global connections ; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Responsibilities
Preparing routine consolidation journals and supporting documentation for review
Preparing supporting schedules and assigned note disclosures for the Group Annual Report and interim financial statements
Preparing balance sheet and income statement variance analysis, and explaining movements for review
Compiling audit deliverables and prepared-by-client schedules, and responding to external auditor sample requests on assigned areas
Maintaining the Group reporting calendar, submission tracker and business unit contact list, and chasing outstanding submissions
Maintaining reporting process documentation and retaining evidence that reporting controls have operated
Supporting user acceptance testing and data validation for the OneStream implementation
Preparing ad hoc analysis and information requests for the Group Reporting and Consolidation team
Qualifications
At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.
Expected:
Qualified, part-qualified, finalist or newly qualified accountant (e.g. ICAS, ICAEW, ACCA or CIMA) – study support will be available
Experience in a finance reporting, management accounting or audit role, ideally within a multi-entity or international group
Understanding of double entry, consolidation principles and intercompany accounting
Awareness of IFRS and a willingness to build technical knowledge on the job
Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables and lookups, and comfort working with large data extracts
Ability to work to a fixed reporting timetable and to prioritise across competing requests
Clear written and verbal communication and able to communicate with colleagues across different cultures and multiple time zones
Desirable:
Exposure to a consolidation or reporting system
Personal attributes:
Detail-oriented, with a strong focus on accuracy and quality
Curious and analytical, with a desire to understand the story behind the numbers
Organised and reliable, with the ability to manage priorities effectively
Proactive in identifying issues and driving solutions
Open to learning, development, and feedback
Collaborative, with strong relationship-building skills.
Demonstrates integrity and aligns with the Group's values
Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.