Financial Accountant

Location: London, Great Britain

Important! To make sure your application is considered, please submit it before the end of the day on (dd.mm.yyyy):

30.10.2026

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

What does the job involve?

Responsible for preparing and maintaining accounting records and ledger for use in historical financial reporting. Responsible for compliant and efficient preparation of statutory and other special purpose reporting, and preparation of consolidated financial information. Ensure compliance and quality in historical financial data and reporting. Drive competence and development for relevant topics.

You are utilizing your knowledge independently to solve highly complex tasks with a short to medium-term tactical impact/risk. You address key business challenges that align with Equinor's short and long-term strategy via providing specialist support to your team and others. You independently communicate within the immediate team, across other areas, and towards key stakeholders from partners or external parties. You regularly navigate conflicting agendas and may lead negotiations with senior stakeholders.

You resolve challenges, deliver improvements and contribute to shaping best practices. You promote change initiatives, demonstrate flexibility to adopt new highly complex activities/ways of working and advice others. You follow and comply with safety, ethics, and compliance requirements and align with leadership expectations and company values.

What will my tasks be?

Within this position, your key tasks will be to

• Prepare and review statutory accounts for UK entities.
• Review the preparation of monthly reporting for group purpose, UK legal entity and BA reporting.
• Support relationships with external auditors and coordination of audit processes.
• Understand and implement accounting policies and procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Establish and review process documentation.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) within certain areas (UK GAAP/IFRS).
• Resolve complex accounting and reporting issues and provide guidance to team members.
• Support/Prepare technical accounting memos.
• Keep abreast of changes in accounting standards and regulations and implementing necessary updates.
• Deliver results through supervising others (i.e. outsourced service provider).
• Drive improvement of global accounting and reporting processes, including digital solutions.

Here's what we expect from you

At Equinor, there are some overall qualities we regard as essential. We want you to identify with the values that guide our decisions and help us succeed and grow: open, collaborative, courageous and caring. We expect you to make safety your priority and to contribute to our zero-harm culture. And for this specific position, we are also looking for:

Post qualified accountant or similar.

Expert / Strong experience of UK GAAP / IFRS.

Good SAP experience required with S4 Hana experience as an advantage.

Good knowledge in Group Reporting.

Good knowledge of Workiva.Experience in Analytics for Office.

Experience in tax accountancy is an advantage.