Accountant Cost Control

PPL Dynamics; Doha; On-site; QAR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Cost Accountant with expertise in the steel or oil and gas sectors. This role involves managing costing processes, inventory accounting, and financial reporting to ensure accuracy and compliance. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and experience with management accounting, as well as relevant qualifications such as CIMA, CMA, or CA. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will directly impact financial performance and operational efficiency. Embrace the opportunity to enhance your career in a challenging yet rewarding environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in costing, inventory, and management accounting is essential.
• Professional qualifications like CIMA, CMA, or CA are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage periodic closing and overhead allocations for cost management.
• Prepare detailed reports for inventory and product costing.
• Coordinate with IT for reporting automation and system upgrades.

Skills

Costing experience

Inventory management

Management accounting

Financial reporting

Analytical skills

Education

CIMA

CMA

CA

Tools

Accounting software

Inventory management systems

Job description

Should have costing experience in the steel industry or similar; Oil and Gas industry will be given preference.

Qualifications: Especially CIMA, CMA, and CA would be a plus.

Should have specific experience in costing, inventory, and management accounting.

Monthly / Annual Closing:

• Periodic closing and opening subsequent month Cost Management and Inventory modules.
• Overhead allocations and absorptions allocations on a monthly basis.
• Allocation of joint cost through mass allocation. Prepare books closing JV through overhead allocation. Prepare working for absorption variance and pass necessary JV before month close.
• Monitoring of pending transactions for inventory organizations and closing all inventory organizations. Clearing of various WIP accounts.
• Monitoring expenses booking and scrutiny of trial balance. Running COGS recognition program and monitoring WIP jobs valuation.
• Passing necessary accounting JVs for WIP and absorption variances.
• Preparation of monthly product cost sheet, process wise for DRI.
• Preparing auxiliary product cost sheets.
• Assist in collecting accurate and up-to-date product cost information for product prices.
• Advise/suggestion on cost centre creation.

Reporting:

• To run fixed cost breakup for G&A and COGS, utility and overhead report, plant-wise depreciation report, and fixed cost report by department and by GL account.
• Preparation of data pack for IQ reporting for quarterly reporting. Data for Ministry of Economics and Statistics, yearly.
• Data for producer price index and other external agencies.
• By product inventory details and its sales history for management reporting.
• Non-moving inventory item report and stock analysis report for leadership meetings.
• Create discoverer report as per business requirement.

Inventory/Material Accounting Functions:

• Daily running of create accounting for all inventory organizations and completing multi-period accounting. Check for stuck transactions and getting them cleared with the help of IT. To check for any pending or uncosted transaction in the inventory module. Monthly Inventory/GL reconciliation (MAD Summary).
• Running transfer general entries to GL cost management program, transfer Journal Entries to GL- receiving. Create Accounting Receiving.
• Create absorption element as per need/required changes.
• Raw Material landed cost management in the system.
• Overhead absorption rate update in the system.
• Debit note/credit note implication workings particularly for oxide pellet and scrap purchases and its loading on the inventory carrying cost in the system.
• Inventory reconciliation, monthly reconciliation of inventory subledger balances with GL.
• Participate in physical stock verification process.
• Assist with data for dealing with the statutory auditors for Half yearly and Year end audits relating to inventory and product costing.
• Co-ordinate with the IT department for getting developed various reports for faster and correct reporting.
• Involve at the time of system upgrade.
• To work with IT for various automation processes.