Construction Cost Control & Audit Specialist

Azizi Developments; Dubai; On-site; AED 279,000 - 446,000; Full time

Job summary

Azizi Developments is seeking candidates with substantial construction cost-control experience to manage and optimize project costs from planning through payment. The role suits Cost Controllers, Cost Auditors, Project Controls Specialists and Quantity Surveyors with audit exposure.

You'll monitor budgets, track variances, prepare cost reports, and coordinate with PMs, procurement, and finance to ensure accurate cost allocation and compliance with contracts and budgets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in construction cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, cost audit, or a similar role.
• Strong experience specifically in construction cost auditing is essential.
• Previous experience working with main contractors, developers, consultants, or construction companies is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of construction contracts, BOQs, variations, payment certificates, subcontractor accounts, and procurement.
• Experience in analysing project costs and identifying discrepancies and cost leakage.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cost-to-complete, accruals, commitments, and variance analysis.
• Excellent Excel and financial analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and control project costs against approved budgets, BOQs, estimates, and forecasts.
• Establish and maintain project cost-control systems and procedures.
• Track committed, actual, accrued, and forecast project costs.
• Analyse cost variances and identify reasons for budget overruns.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, cost-to-complete reports, and project cost forecasts.
• Monitor subcontractor, supplier, consultant, and contractor expenditure.
• Review and validate invoices, payment applications, and supporting documentation.
• Monitor variations, claims, change orders, and their financial impact.
• Ensure all project expenditures are correctly allocated to the appropriate cost codes and projects.

Skills

Cost control

Auditing

Project controls

Cost analysis

Excel

ERP/project cost-control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline

Tools

ERP/project cost-control systems

Job description

Azizi Developments is seeking candidates with substantial construction cost-control experience to manage and optimize project costs from planning through payment. The role suits Cost Controllers, Cost Auditors, Project Controls Specialists and Quantity Surveyors with audit exposure.

You'll monitor budgets, track variances, prepare cost reports, and coordinate with PMs, procurement, and finance to ensure accurate cost allocation and compliance with contracts and budgets.