Cost Accountant

Parker Connect; Ajman; On-site; AED 60,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Connect is assisting in recruiting a Cost Accountant for our client in Ajman, United Arab Emirates. The role centers on developing and maintaining standard costing across materials, packaging, labor, utilities and overheads, while tracking production costs and variances.

You will conduct regular inventory reconciliations, support stock counts and audits, and build costing models and dashboards to aid management decisions and forecasting of material requirements and margins.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and update standard costing for all products.
• Monitor production costs, variances, yields, wastage, and efficiency trends.
• Perform regular inventory reconciliations between physical stock, production records, and ERP balances.
• Coordinate and participate in physical stock counts, cycle counts, and year-end inventory audits.
• Develop costing models, dashboards, and analytical tools for management review and decision-making.
• Support forecasting of material requirements and assessing cost and margin implications of volume and mix changes.
• Strengthen and document internal controls related to production reporting, inventory movements, and cost allocation.

Skills

Cost accounting

Variance analysis

Inventory management

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP software

Job description

Our client is currently hiring for the position of Cost Accountant

Responsibilities

• . Develop, maintain, and periodically update standard costing for all products, covering raw materials, packaging, labor, utilities, and manufacturing overheads.
• . Monitor and analyze production costs, including variances, yields, wastage, extraction ratios, and efficiency trends.
• . Perform regular inventory reconciliations between physical stock, production records, and ERP balances.
• . Coordinate and participate in physical stock counts, cycle counts, and year-end inventory audits.
• . Develop and maintain costing models, dashboards, and analytical tools for management review and decision-making.
• . Support forecasting of material requirements and assessing cost and margin implications of volume and mix changes.
• . Strengthen and document internal controls related to production reporting, inventory movements, and cost allocation.