Accountant - AP / Cost Control

About the role

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities:
• 1. Review procurement, expense and payment documents to ensure completeness, accuracy, proper approval and compliance with company policies.
• 2. Manage accounts payable and expense accounting related to the equipment rental business, including:
• - Spare parts
• - Logistics and transportation
• - Repair and maintenance services
• - Outsourced labor
• - Subcontracting and other operating expenses
• 3. Ensure expenses are correctly classified, accrued and recorded in the proper accounting period and cost center/project.
• 4. Review the reasonableness of expenses against contracts, purchase orders, service records, quotations and approval documents.
• 5. Identify unusual, duplicate, excessive or non-standard expenses and perform further analysis when necessary.
• 6. Provide management alerts and analysis on abnormal cost movements, significant variances and potential control issues.
• 7. Support monthly closing, AP reconciliation, expense accruals and cost analysis.
• 8. Work with Procurement, Operations and other departments to improve expense control, documentation standards and payment processes.
• 9. Assist in developing and improving expense approval procedures, accounting guidelines and internal controls.

Skills

• Accounts payable
• Expense accounting
• Cost control
• Expense accruals
• Monthly closing
• AP reconciliation
• Budget variance analysis
• Internal controls
• Procurement coordination
• Financial analysis
• Expense documentation
• Cost center accounting
• General ledger
• Contract compliance
• Purchasing process improvement