Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Job Sector: Agriculture

Our client is a leading Agricultural Product Supply Company with an excellent reputation across the region. We are looking for an experienced Cost Accountant to be based in Abu Dhabi, United Arabi Emirates.

Responsibilities

• Defining the cost structure for farm crops
• Ensure that running cost are being allocated properly for each crops
• Monthly allocation of OHD for each crops based on pre-defined formula
• Providing cost related reports to management
• Knowledge of analysing cost variances
• Coordinate with farm staff to get the information
• Assisting month end closing
• Supporting Finance Manager for annual budgets
• Any other task assigned by superiors
• Make estimation of new and proposed costs of production
• Collect and analyze information to determine costs of business activities such as the purchase of raw materials and costs of production process
• Make analysis of collected information as well as keep records of their findings and results
• Analyze changes on the methods of production, goods and services provided, and even raw materials to know how they effects the cost
• Analyze and prepare reports periodically for the differences between actual production costs and standard costs
• Maintain the documentation of data and any statistical arrangement in cost analysis
• Secure accounting related documentation such as financial statements, journal entries, cheques and invoices
• Identify possible opportunities for improving the efficiency of production with the main aim of making profit
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget to make sure that standard costs for all productions are calculated in line with budget consideration
• Assess the company's scale of preference to analyze the opportunity costs of given operations
• Advise the management in terms of financial issues
• Provide the management board with reports containing the factors that affect cost or profit of good and services
• Maintain accurate job aids for all duties and assigned

Key Skills

• Excellent knowledge of MS Office
• Strong communication
• Interpersonal skills

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce – Part qualified in recognized Accounting body
• At least 5 years experience in related role
• Minimum 2 years experience working within Agricultural farms
• Experience in ERP, JDE is preferred
• Must be between 25 - 50 years old
• Open to any nationalities based in UAE now – male

Salary/Compensation

• Salary to be used as a guide only and will reflect experience levels and interview performance
• Salary is between 15 - 17k AED per month total package