Assistant Accountant – Onsite

About the role

The Assistant Accountant will support the client’s finance function at the Majnoon Oil Field, ensuring accurate cost recording, invoice verification, and timely cost reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Verify invoices against contracts, purchase orders, service records and timesheets before processing payment.
• Record accounting entries in the client’s systems with correct cost centre coding.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, accruals and variance analysis against budget, explaining significant variances.
• Support cost analysis of operator and contractor cost submissions as directed by the finance supervisor.
• Reconcile manpower timesheets and perform vendor reconciliations, including petty cash control.
• Submit monthly timesheets approved by the client’s supervisor and follow all client procedures and approval routes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, preferably in oil and gas.
• High attention to detail, integrity and ability to meet monthly closing deadlines.
• Strong analytical thinking and clear communication with finance staff and contractors.

Required skills

• MS Excel (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations).
• Recording accounting entries in client finance systems.