Cost Accountant

Role Overview

The Cost Accountant tracks financial performance across active projects, comparing actual and expected costs with approved budgets and forecasts. By giving project and operations teams timely insight into spending and profitability, this role helps them address emerging cost pressures before they affect project margins.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor costs across multiple projects, tracking actual expenditure, committed costs, forecasts and remaining costs against budget.
• Investigate budget variances, cost overruns and signs of margin deterioration, then share clear findings with project managers.
• Assess profitability at project level and prepare consolidated cost information to support broader financial oversight.
• Maintain project and product costing records, including standard cost assumptions and allocations for materials, labour, installation, procurement and overheads.
• Complete month-end cost reconciliations and journal entries, review cost of goods sold, and prepare management reports.
• Keep costing data accurate in ERP and accounting systems, including Zoho.
• Work with procurement, operations and project teams to identify savings opportunities and strengthen cost accountability.
• Maintain supporting records and financial controls for internal and external audits, and undertake related finance duties as required.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field.
• CPA, ACCA, CMA or an equivalent professional qualification, or substantial progress toward one.
• At least two years of relevant experience in cost accounting or project cost management.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience using ERP systems; familiarity with Zoho is required.
• Strong numerical accuracy, with the ability to analyse variances and investigate their underlying causes.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to turn financial analysis into practical guidance for operational teams.
• Experience in technology or a multi-project contracting environment is an advantage.
• Available to work full-time on-site in Kenya.

What We Offer / Why Join

The role offers the opportunity to work across multiple projects, partnering with finance and operational teams to make cost and profitability information useful while projects are underway.