Senior Cost Accountant

Job description / Role

• Cost Accountant Lead – Aviation / Advanced Manufacturing
• Location: Dubai, UAE
• Full-time | On-site

Volantes Technical Recruitment is supporting a leading organisation within the advanced aviation and technology sector in Dubai with the appointment of an experienced Cost Accountant Lead.

This is a hands-on finance position responsible for accurately capturing, analysing and reporting programme and project costs, alongside ownership of key cost accounting, inventory, accounts payable and payroll activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, consolidate and reconcile programme and product cost data.
• Maintain standard and actual costs within the ERP system.
• Prepare monthly COGS, inventory valuation and unit-economics reporting.
• Produce standard-versus-actual cost variance analysis.
• Maintain accurate inventory and work-in-progress (WIP) cost records.
• Coordinate Accounts Payable, including invoice verification, PO matching, approvals and supplier reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly payroll, including salaries, allowances, deductions, leave and end-of-service calculations.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and audit activities.
• Maintain highly accurate financial records in line with company accounting procedures.

Key Requirements

• 4–8 years experience within cost or management accounting.
• Experience within aviation, automotive, manufacturing or another CapEx-intensive industry.
• Strong knowledge of standard costing, COGS, inventory valuation and variance reporting.
• Experience working with programme/project cost data.
• Hands-on experience with Accounts Payable and payroll.
• UAE WPS knowledge is preferred.
• ERP experience such as SAP, Microsoft Dynamics or Oracle.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Relevant Accounting/Finance qualification — CMA, ACCA, CPA or part-qualified equivalent.
• Fluent English.

Salary:

AED 21,000 to 22,000 per month inclusive of fixed allowances.

Additional benefits: Excellent benefits

About the Company

Volantes Technical Recruitment are leading experts in global aviation engineering recruitment with over three decades of experience recruiting first class contract and permanent specialists throughout the world for industry-leading airlines, MRO�s and helicopter operators both onshore and offshore.

Our vision is simple � we aim to provide a transparent and honest approach to aviation recruitment, providing bespoke tailored staffing solutions to clients in an often fluid, fast-paced industry.