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React Publishing and Advertising MENA

The Accountant 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, labor, materials, subcontractor costs, equipment usage, work-in-progress, and billing progress in coordination with project managers and operations teams.Key ResponsibilitiesJob Costing &amp; Project Accounting<ul><li>Maintain accurate job cost records for each project/job, including labor, materials, subcontractors, equipment, overheads, and other direct costs.</li><li>Allocate costs to the correct project, cost center, work order, or job code.</li><li>Review project expenses to ensure proper classification and supporting documentation.</li><li>Monitor project budgets versus actual costs and highlight variances.</li><li>Prepare job profitability reports and cost-to-complete analysis.</li><li>Track committed costs, including purchase orders, subcontractor agreements, and pending invoices.</li><li>Assist in calculating work-in-progress, accrued costs, and revenue recognition where applicable.</li></ul>Accounts Payable &amp; Cost Control<ul><li>Review supplier and subcontractor invoices against purchase orders, delivery notes, contracts, and approved job budgets.</li><li>Ensure invoices are charged to the correct project/job code.</li><li>Coordinate with project managers for invoice approvals.</li><li>Monitor unpaid project-related liabilities and accrued expenses.</li><li>Identify duplicate, unsupported, or incorrectly coded costs.</li></ul>Billing &amp; Revenue Support<ul><li>Support progress billing, milestone billing, or percentage-of-completion billing.</li><li>Coordinate with operations/project teams to confirm work completed before invoicing.</li><li>Reconcile project billing with contract values, variation orders, and approved claims.</li><li>Track unbilled revenue, retention amounts, advance payments, and customer balances.</li></ul>Reporting &amp; Reconciliation<ul><li>Prepare monthly job cost reports by project.</li><li>Reconcile job cost reports with the general ledger.</li><li>Support month-end closing by preparing accruals, prepayments, WIP schedules, and project cost summaries.</li><li>Assist in preparing management reports showing project margins, cost overruns, and pending commitments.</li><li>Maintain proper filing of project-related financial documents.</li></ul>Coordination &amp; Compliance<ul><li>Work closely with project managers, procurement, warehouse, HR/payroll, and finance teams.</li><li>Ensure compliance with company policies, approval matrix, and internal controls.</li><li>Support internal and external audits by providing project cost schedules and supporting documents.</li><li>Recommend improvements in job costing, cost tracking, and reporting processes.</li></ul>Required Qualifications<ul><li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.</li><li>7 years of accounting experience, preferably in construction, contracting, engineering, manufacturing, facilities, or project-based companies.</li><li>Strong knowledge of job costing, cost allocation, accruals, and reconciliations.</li><li>Good understanding of project budgets, purchase orders, subcontractor invoices, and WIP reporting.</li><li>Proficiency in MS Excel and accounting/ERP systems.</li><li>Experience with construction/project accounting software is a plus.</li></ul>Pay: AED10,000.00 - AED12,000.00 per monthEducation:<ul><li>Bachelor's (Preferred)</li></ul>Experience:<ul><li>Cost Accounting : 7 years (Preferred)</li><li>project accounting: 7 years (Preferred)</li><li>Budget vs. actual analysis: 7 years (Preferred)</li><li>Accounts Payable : 7 years (Preferred)</li><li>Reporting &amp; Reconciliation: 7 years (Preferred)</li></ul>Language:<ul><li>Arabic (Preferred)</li><li>English (Preferred)</li></ul>Location:<ul><li>Mussafah (Required)</li></ul>Willingness to travel:<ul><li>100% (Preferred)</li></ul>Work Location: In person

Job Costing Accountant | Bilingual

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Job Costing Accountant | Bilingual