Cost Accountant

The role enables management and project teams to act on financial issues while a project is still in progress, rather than discovering losses only at completion or handover, and       provides both project-level and portfolio-wide visibility across all concurrent projects.

Key Responsibilities:

•    Track project costs in real time as they are incurred, rather than waiting until project     completion.

•    Monitor actual, committed and forecast costs against the approved project budget.

•    Identify cost overruns, budget variances and margin erosion at an early stage.

•    Monitor cost-to-complete and provide an early indication of potential losses.

•    Provide project managers with timely financial information to support corrective            decisions.

•    Monitor the profitability and performance of each project individually, while providing    management with a consolidated view of the entire project portfolio.

•    Strengthen accountability by ensuring project teams understand the financial impact of their decisions.

•    Reduce the risk of discovering significant project losses only at handover.

•    Maintain and update product/project costing and standard costs per project.

•    Capture and analyse material, labour, installation, procurement, and overhead costs.

•    Lead month-end cost reconciliations, journals, COGS and cost reporting.

•    Prepare monthly cost, profitability, and management reports.

•    Work with Procurement, Operations, and Projects to identify cost-saving opportunities.

•    Maintain accurate costing data within the ERP/accounting system.

•    Support internal and external audits and financial controls.

•    Any other tasks as required on a need-to-need basis.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

•    Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

•    CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent professional qualification (or progress towards) is a  must.

•    At least 2 years' relevant cost accounting or project cost management experience.

•    Experience in project/product costing, inventory reconciliation, cost allocation, variance analysis, and margin monitoring.

•    Experience working with Finance, Procurement, Operations, and Project teams to       control costs and improve profitability.

•    Proficiency in ERP/accounting systems and advanced Excel; Zoho experience is an    added advantage.

•    Excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy.

•    Strong variance analysis and root-cause investigation skills.

•    Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights.

•    Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.

•    Strong ownership, accountability, and ability to meet deadlines.