Cost Controller-Qatar

Position Overview

Core Responsibilities

• Own country or entity cost-control activities and ensure project and operating costs are captured accurately, completely, and on time.
• Track budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, purchase orders, subcontractor costs, and other cost drivers.
• Reconcile costs between operational systems, procurement, warehouse, accounts payable, payroll, and the general ledger.
• Monitor WIP, cost-to-complete, unbilled costs, and project-related accruals with Finance and Operations.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, budget-versus-actual analysis, cost-to-complete analysis, and variance explanations.
• Review cost allocation methodologies and assign costs to the correct project, cost center, profit center, and analytic dimension.

Project Accounting and Reporting

• Support revenue recognition and project accounting, including percentage-of-completion and IFRS 15 assessments where applicable.
• Provide reliable cost data for contract assets and liabilities, billing versus revenue, WIP, and project accounting inputs.
• Support management reporting and external or statutory reporting requirements.

Period-End Close

• Follow the approved close calendar and submit assigned schedules, journals, and reconciliations within deadlines.
• Investigate unusual balances and material movements and provide clear explanations.
• Maintain audit-ready working papers and evidence for material balances and adjustments.

ERP, Data, and Automation

• Use Odoo or another ERP as the system of record and maintain accurate projects, cost centers, analytic accounts, dimensions, and master data.
• Use Excel and, where available, Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau, dashboards, or reporting tools to automate reconciliations and recurring reports.
• Participate in ERP testing, user acceptance testing, master-data governance, and accounting process improvements.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of double-entry accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Strong Excel skills; Power Query, Power Pivot, Tableau, Odoo, and SAP experience are highly desirable.
• Ability to work with multi-entity, multi-currency environments and maintain disciplined supporting documentation.
• Fluent professional English; Arabic is advantageous for regional roles.
• Typically 2–5 or more years of relevant accounting experience, depending on assigned scope complexity.

Controls and Risk Management

• Comply with approval matrices, segregation-of-duties requirements, access controls, and documented accounting procedures.
• Identify control failures, unusual transactions, duplicate payments, unsupported balances, or potential fraud indicators and escalate them.
• Protect financial information and maintain confidentiality.
• Support internal and external audits and close audit findings within agreed timelines.

Stakeholder Interfaces

Success Profile and Scope