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Cost Accountant at Gap Recruitment Services Limited
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 2 days ago (4 Sep 2026) Deadline: 10 Sep 2026 Updated about 7 hours ago
Job Description
The Cost Accountant will provide real‑time project cost tracking, monitoring actual, committed and forecast expenditures against approved budgets. By identifying cost overruns and margin erosion early, the accountant enables project managers to make corrective decisions and ensures overall portfolio profitability. The role consolidates financial data across projects to give management a comprehensive view of performance.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
- • Professional qualification such as CPA, ACCA or CMA preferred
- • Minimum 2 years relevant experience in cost accounting or project finance
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Track project costs in real time as they are incurred
- • Monitor actual, committed and forecast costs against approved budgets
- • Identify cost overruns, budget variances and margin erosion early
- • Provide early indications of potential project losses
- • Supply project managers with timely financial information for corrective decisions
- • Monitor profitability and performance of individual projects
- • Deliver consolidated financial visibility across all concurrent projects