TAS-FIN-Cost Controller (1507)

Overview TAS-FIN-Cost Controller (1507)

Tentative Start date : 1 / 10 / 2025

End date : 30 / 10 / 2026

Location : Doha, Resident

5 days on / 2 days off / 8 hours per day working

Day rate (ALL inclusive)

Job Description Organisational Department :

FBS / FIN / CC

Job Title : Cost Controller

Situation in Organization :

N+1 : Senior Business Analyst; N+2 : Head of Cost Controlling. Reports indirectly to client-entity managers in a customer supplier relationship.

Accountabilities Embedded within the business with a direct reporting line to the Senior Business Analyst, the cost controller is responsible for delivering cost transparency and value to the business by practicing and promoting the principles of good cost control practice based on IFRS and internal policies in NOC.

Cost optimization is a core value in NOC and the cost controller is responsible for, not only keeping track of expenditures but also of promoting and enabling a cost-oriented culture among client entities.

Job Dimensions

The Cost Controller will work across multiple departments and must be aware of changes in stakeholder requirements.

Each cost controller assists their Lead overseeing, on average, a budget of 420 MUSD.

Up to four 6-week-long budget and forecast cycles in which business is queried on technical workplans, their cost is estimated, challenged, and documented to become the Annual Workplan and Budget booklet and presentations to management and shareholders.

Monthly closure activities include business surveys to estimate value of work done for accruals, collection, and validation of allocation drivers.

Validate on average 1200 Purchase Requisitions per year — value added : cost legitimacy, budget control, correct cost allocation of expenses and anticipation of cost evolution.

Monitor and control around 25 contracts and 700 Purchase / Service order items per year — value added : respect of DOA rules, vigilance of contractual terms, anticipation of cost.

Revise, code and validate on average 1300 invoices per year — value added : ensure contractual conditions are met, correct allocation of costs to report lines, respect of payment term obligations with vendors.

Responsible, on average, for 100 reporting lines for which budgets, forecasts, commitments, actuals, and analysis are done — value added : alert, inform and enable business decision making based on cost information.

Continuous interactions internally with Entities, Supply Chain, Finance department and externally with Service Companies.

Activities

Assist the Senior Business Analyst to prepare annual budget and closure forecast for the departments, in close collaboration with Managers; assist during Budget session presentations to Management.

Prepare SAP entries and support documentation for the closure including invoices, accruals, and cost allocations to ensure accurate financial statements.

Collect, organize, and validate information to represent the value of work done and other critical information such as cost allocation drivers in the books, during monthly closure cycles.

Support the Senior Business Analyst to prepare monthly cost reports with variance analysis against Closure forecast and budget.

Ensure costs control measures are maintained to monitor, review, and analyze projects from inception to completion; ensure pending invoices are processed and no overdue invoices remain.

Validate PR / PO raised by business against budget creation.

Maintain up-to-date analytical structures in line with agreed Cost Control principles.

Promote good P2P practices to ensure no invoices are received without PO and that all invoices are approved in compliance with DOA.

Comply with contract provisions, JVA and Delegation of Authority in the departments managed.

Contribute to responses to audit queries and the resolution of audit exceptions.

Context and Environment

Be the visible Finance support to the business by creating open communication.

Establish a common point of meeting with stakeholders and understand their business needs.

Have a good understanding of Finance Processes and timetable; support the Senior Business Analyst by reporting changes early.

Work closely with spenders and project engineers to ensure accurate financial information is provided, in line with work programs.

Have a strong understanding of NOC's cost / budget process and numbers.

Qualifications & Experience Required Technical

Minimum 6 years of related experience in the 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 Skills

Communication competencies : Finance to technical and technical to Finance; able to synthesize complex information.

Capacity to work under pressure with tight deadlines, managing time and priorities while producing quality work.

Collaboration, Organization, Ability to listen and consider others' viewpoints, Team spirit, Initiative.

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