Senior Cost Control & Construction Audit Specialist (Dubai)

Azizi Development UAE; Dubai; On-site; AED 201,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Azizi Developments is seeking a Cost Control Specialist - Construction Audit in Dubai to oversee budgets, BOQs, variations, and risk analysis across major developments. You will monitor costs from commitment to final payment, identify discrepancies, leakage, and unsupported expenditure, and report findings for management review.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in construction cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, or cost auditing. UAE experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
• 5–10 years of experience in construction cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, cost auditing, or related functions.
• Direct experience in construction cost auditing is essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets, BOQs, estimates, cost plans, and financial forecasts.
• Establish and maintain cost-control systems, reporting structures, procedures, and cost coding practices.
• Track committed, actual, accrued, certified, and forecast costs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyse budget variances and investigate cost overruns or unexpected expenditure.
• Prepare monthly project cost reports, cost-to-complete analysis, cash flow inputs, and forecast final costs.
• Monitor expenditure related to contractors, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, materials, and project services.
• Review invoices, interim payment applications, payment certificates, and supporting documentation before processing.
• Verify quantities, contractual rates, approved scope, and supporting records against payment claims.
• Monitor variations, change orders, claims, and scope changes and their impact on budgets.
• Ensure expenditure is allocated to the correct project, package, account, and cost code.
• Reconcile contracts, purchase orders, approved budgets, invoices, and payments.
• Conduct periodic and project-specific cost audits.

Skills

Construction cost control

Construction cost auditing

Project cost management

Financial control

Project controls

Quantity surveying

BOQ analysis

Budget monitoring

Cost forecasting

Cost-to-complete analysis

Forecast final cost

Variance analysis

Cost reconciliation

Accrual management

Commitment tracking

Contractor payment review

Payment certificate auditing

Subcontractor account review

Invoice verification

Variation analysis

Claims review

Change order control

Contract rate verification

Cost leakage identification

Procurement audit

Purchase order reconciliation

Cost coding

Project profitability analysis

Financial risk identification

Cost dashboards

Cost-control KPIs

Management reporting

Project feasibility analysis

Construction contracts

Commercial analysis

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Project cost-control systems

Financial analysis

Internal audit support

Education

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

Tools

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Azizi Developments is seeking a Cost Control Specialist - Construction Audit in Dubai to oversee budgets, BOQs, variations, and risk analysis across major developments. You will monitor costs from commitment to final payment, identify discrepancies, leakage, and unsupported expenditure, and report findings for management review.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in construction cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, or cost auditing. UAE experience is preferred.