Job Costing Accountant - Construction Experience

We are looking for a **Job Costing Accountant** to join our team here in Abu Dhabi. You will be responsible for tracking, analysing, and reporting the costs of individual projects/jobs to ensure accurate profitability measurement, proper cost allocation, and timely financial reporting. The role focuses on monitoring project expenses, labour, materials, subcontractor costs, equipment usage, work-in-progress, and billing progress in coordination with project managers and operations teams. Key Responsibilities: **Job Costing & Project Accounting** * Maintain accurate job cost records for each project/job, including labor, materials, subcontractors, equipment, overheads, and other direct costs. * Allocate costs to the correct project, cost center, work order, or job code. * Review project expenses to ensure proper classification and supporting documentation. * Monitor project budgets versus actual costs and highlight variances. * Prepare job profitability reports and cost-to-complete analysis. * Track committed costs, including purchase orders, subcontractor agreements, and pending invoices. * Assist in calculating work-in-progress, accrued costs, and revenue recognition where applicable. **Accounts Payable & Cost Control** * Review supplier and subcontractor invoices against purchase orders, delivery notes, contracts, and approved job budgets. * Ensure invoices are charged to the correct project/job code. * Coordinate with project managers for invoice approvals. * Monitor unpaid project-related liabilities and accrued expenses. * Identify duplicate, unsupported, or incorrectly coded costs. **Billing & Revenue Support** * Support progress billing, milestone billing, or percentage-of-completion billing. * Coordinate with operations/project teams to confirm work completed before invoicing. * Reconcile project billing with contract values, variation orders, and approved claims. * Track unbilled revenue, retention amounts, advance payments, and customer balances. **Reporting & Reconciliation** * Prepare monthly job cost reports by project. * Reconcile job cost reports with the general ledger. * Support month-end closing by preparing accruals, prepayments, WIP schedules, and project cost summaries. * Assist in preparing management reports showing project margins, cost overruns, and pending commitments. * Maintain proper filing of project-related financial documents. **Coordination & Compliance** * Work closely with project managers, procurement, warehouse, HR/payroll, and finance teams. * Ensure compliance with company policies, approval matrix, and internal controls. * Support internal and external audits by providing project cost schedules and supporting documents. * Recommend improvements in job costing, cost tracking, and reporting processes. **Required Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. * 8 years of accounting experience, preferably in construction, contracting, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, or project-based companies. * Strong knowledge of job costing, cost allocation, accruals, and reconciliations. * Good understanding of project budgets, purchase orders, subcontractor invoices, and WIP reporting. * Proficiency in MS Excel and accounting/ERP systems. * Experience with construction/project accounting software is a plus. Pay: AED8,000.00 - AED12,000.00 per month Application Question(s): * Are you willing to work in Mussafah, Abu Dhabi? Education: * Bachelor's (Required) Experience: * Cost accounting: 7 years (Required) * Project accounting: 7 years (Required) * Budgeting and Forecasting: 7 years (Required) Language: * English (Required) * Arabic (Preferred) Location: * Abu Dhabi (Required) Work Location: In person