Cost Controller

We are looking for a Cost Controller for one of our clients with the following details:Start Date: 15-Jan -2024End Date: 30-Jun-2024Location: Doha, QatarWork Status : Resident, Single Qualification And Experience RequiredTechnicalMinimum 5 years of related experience in Oil and Gas upstream industry.Degree level in accounting, Finance, engineering, or other business-related discipline (Professional certification is a plus).Good knowledge in SAP and analytical skills in Excel (Power BI is a plus).Solid understanding of the demand / supply chain process, accounting principles in oil & gas upstream industry.Good accounting knowledge (Cost Allocations / Accruals etc.).Understanding of workings and governance concepts of a big organization.Soft skillsCommunication competencies: Finance to technical, Technical to Finance. Able to synthetise complex information.Capacity to work in stressful situations with tight deadlines, managing time and priorities while producing quality work.CollaborationOrganizationCapacity to listen and take others point of viewTeam spiritInitiativeContext And EnvironmentBe the visible Finance support to the business by creating open communication.Establish a common point of meeting with your stakeholders and continue to understand from them their business.Have a good understanding of the Finance Processes and timetable Support the Senior Business Analyst by reporting changes and movements in plans early.Works closely with spenders and project engineers to ensure accurate financial information is provided, in line with work programs.Have a strong understanding of the company cost/budget process and numbersActivitiesAssist the Senior Business Analyst to prepare annual budget and closure forecast for the departments he/she oversees, in close collaboration with the Managers of these departments - Assist the Senior Business Analyst during the Budget session presentations to Management.Prepares all necessary SAP entries and its support documentation for the closure including invoices, scheduled and manual accruals and cost allocations to ensure accurate financial statements.Collects, organizes, and validates information required to represent in the most accurate way the business reality of value of work done (physical and contractual advancement of works) and other critical Information such as cost allocation drivers, In the company's books, according to relevant accounting standards, during the monthly closure cycles.Support the Senior Business Analyst to prepare monthly cost report providing a strong variance analysis compared to our Closure forecast and budget.Support the Senior Business Analyst to ensure costs control measures are maintained to monitor, review, and analyse projects from inception till completion. - Have a strong understanding of all activities and scope under departments managed. - Ensure to process all pending invoice and do not keep overdue invoices.Responsible for validation of PR/PO Raised by business verified against budget creation.Assist the Senior Business Analyst to maintain up-to-date analytical structures in line with agreed Cost Control principles.Promote a good P2P practice throughout the organization promoting no invoices received without PO and all approval of invoices in compliance with DOA.Comply with provisions of contracts, JVA and Delegation of Authority in the departments managed.Support the Senior Business Analyst to contributes to responses to audit queries and to resolution of audit exceptions.If Interested Kindly apply.