Project Accountant

Egis Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Egis Group in the United Arab Emirates is seeking a detail-oriented Project Accountant to support the financial performance and governance of our projects. This role sits at the intersection of finance and project management ensuring that every project is planned tracked and reported accurately from initiation to completion.

You'll work closely with project managers, accountants and finance leaders to monitor budgets, forecasts, costs and billings while ensuring alignment between project

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering or related field.
• 36 years of experience in project control, financial planning, cost control or similar roles in a project-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of project budgeting, forecasting and revenue recognition.
• Excellent analytical and Excel skills with the ability to translate data into clear insights.
• Effective communicator able to collaborate across finance and project delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Managers and Finance teams to develop, maintain and monitor project financial structures including budgets, forecasts, work breakdowns (WBS) and billing plans.
• Track project performance by comparing actual costs and revenues against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, root causes and trends, and recommending corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and review of cost estimates and forecasts for all project phases, ensuring alignment with contractual and delivery objectives.
• Monitor KPIs for cost, schedule, resource utilization, risk and change control.
• Coordinate and validate project billing activities, ensuring invoices are accurate, timely and aligned with milestones, progress updates or contract terms.
• Ensure commercial and financial compliance, including change order management, supplier/subcontractor cost control and adherence to internal accounting policies.
• Provide clear and concise financial reports, forecasts and dashboards to management and stakeholders summarizing key insights on cost, revenue and performance.
• Identify, quantify and elevate financial risks and opportunities and support the development of mitigation or optimization plans.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure schedules, resource plans and deliverables remain aligned with financial targets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by maintaining and enhancing project financial control processes, tools and best practices.
• At project close-out, review financial performance, reconcile costs, document lessons learned and archive control records.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Revenue recognition

Excel

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering or related field

Tools

Oracle

SAP

MS Project

Job description

About the Role

Were looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Project accountantto support the financial performance and governance of our projects. This role sits at the intersection of finance and project management ensuring that every project is planned tracked and reported accurately from initiation to completion.

Youll work closely with project managers accountants and finance leaders to monitor budgets forecasts costs and billings while ensuring alignment between project execution and financial health.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Managers and Finance teams to develop maintain and monitor project financial structures including budgets forecasts work breakdowns (WBS) and billing plans.
• Track project performance by comparing actual costs and revenues against budgets and forecasts identifying variances root causes and trends and recommending corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and review of cost estimates and forecasts for all project phases ensuring alignment with contractual and delivery objectives.
• Monitor key project performance indicators (KPIs) for cost schedule resource utilization risk and change control.
• Coordinate and validate project billing activities ensuring invoices are accurate timely and aligned with milestones progress updates or contract terms.
• Ensure commercial and financial compliance including change order management supplier/subcontractor cost control and adherence to internal accounting policies.
• Provide clear and concise financial reports forecasts and dashboards to management and stakeholders summarizing key insights on cost revenue and performance.
• Identify quantify and elevate financial risks and opportunities and support the development of mitigation or optimization plans.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure schedules resource plans and deliverables remain aligned with financial targets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by maintaining and enhancing project financial control processes tools and best practices.
• At project close-out review financial performance reconcile costs document lessons learned and archive control records.

  About the Role

  Were looking for a detail-oriented and proactive Project Accountantto support the financial performance and governance of our projects. This role sits at the intersection of finance and project management ensuring that every project is planned tracked and reported accurately from initiation to completion.

  Youll work closely with project managers accountants and finance leaders to monitor budgets forecasts costs and billings while ensuring alignment between project execution and financial health.

  Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Managers and Finance teams to develop maintain and monitor project financial structures including budgets forecasts work breakdowns (WBS) and billing plans.
• Track project performance by comparing actual costs and revenues against budgets and forecasts identifying variances root causes and trends and recommending corrective actions.
• Support the preparation and review of cost estimates and forecasts for all project phases ensuring alignment with contractual and delivery objectives.
• Monitor key project performance indicators (KPIs) for cost schedule resource utilization risk and change control.
• Coordinate and validate project billing activities ensuring invoices are accurate timely and aligned with milestones progress updates or contract terms.
• Ensure commercial and financial compliance including change order management supplier/subcontractor cost control and adherence to internal accounting policies.
• Provide clear and concise financial reports forecasts and dashboards to management and stakeholders summarizing key insights on cost revenue and performance.
• Identify quantify and elevate financial risks and opportunities and support the development of mitigation or optimization plans.
• Collaborate with project teams to ensure schedules resource plans and deliverables remain aligned with financial targets.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by maintaining and enhancing project financial control processes tools and best practices.
• At project close-out review financial performance reconcile costs document lessons learned and archive control records.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Engineering or a related field.
• 36 years of experience in project control financial planning cost control or similar roles in a project-driven environment.
• Strong understanding of project budgeting forecasting and revenue recognition.
• Excellent analytical and Excel skills with the ability to translate data into clear insights.
• Effective communicator able to collaborate across finance and project delivery teams.
• Experience with ERP or project management systems (e.g. Oracle SAP MS Project) is an advantage.
• Demonstrable experience operating in a complex fast-paced international business environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information :

Personal and Behavioral Attributes:

• Organized and precise with a strong sense of ownership over numbers and outcomes.
• Able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Naturally collaborative and curious you enjoy connecting the dots between financial data and real-world project progress.
• Committed to continuous improvement and open to learning new systems and processes

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time