Head of Technical Accounting – Entity Structure

Wood

Head of Technical Accounting in Wood's Group Finance Function ensuring legal entity structure and intercompany arrangements' integrity. Leading technical accounting matters and governance in the UK.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Accountable for ensuring the Group’s entity structure, capitalisation and intercompany arrangements are appropriately designed, technically sound, tax‑efficient and compliant with IFRS, local statutory requirements and internal governance policies.
Leading and / or reviewing entity goodwill impairment assessments, balance sheet recapitalisations and entity restructurings and reductions.
Provide technical accounting leadership to support simplification, cost reduction and balance sheet optimisation initiatives, while safeguarding reporting integrity and audit robustness.
Plays a lead role in simplifying the Group’s entity structure and ensuring the financing activities are correctly reflected in the Group’s financial statements and statutory accounts.
Exercises significant influence over the Group’s technical accounting positions, legal entity architecture and intercompany financing design, providing authoritative recommendations on complex accounting matters and structural decisions.
Materially influences balance sheet outcomes and audit conclusion.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree qualified
Professionally qualified accountant (e.g. ICAEW, ICAS, ACCA, CPA)
Significant experience in technical accounting within a large, complex multinational group or professional services environment
Deep technical knowledge of IFRS, particularly business combinations, impairments, group restructuring and intragroup financing
Proven experience supporting or leading legal entity rationalisation and balance sheet optimisation projects
Strong understanding of intercompany financing, capital structures and treasury‑related accounting issues
Experience preparing high‑quality technical accounting papers and engaging with external auditors
Ability to work effectively across finance, tax, treasury and legal functions
Highly analytical with strong professional judgement and attention to detail
Credible technical adviser, confident challenging assumptions and articulating conclusions clearly
Proactive, resilient and comfortable operating in complex, ambiguous environments
Strong collaborator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
Committed to maintaining high standards of governance, control and financial reporting integrity
Excellent communicator with the ability to articulate messaging clearly.
Role model for Wood’s values and behaviours

Benefits

Comp & perks

Diversity Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical accountingIFRSbusiness combinationsimpairmentsgroup restructuringintragroup financingbalance sheet optimisationlegal entity rationalisationcapital structurestreasury-related accounting

Soft Skills

analyticalprofessional judgementattention to detailcollaborationinfluencecommunicationproactiveresiliencecredibilityarticulation

Certifications

ICAEWICASACCACPA