Job description

Job title: Assistant Accountant
Company: KBR
Location: Majnoon Oil Field, Basra, Iraq
Employment type: Full-time
Rotation: 6/2
Required nationals: Iraqi National

About company

Belong, connect, grow, with KBR!
The KBR team delivers future-forward science, technology and engineering solutions and mission-critical services that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most important objectives, while also helping achieve their sustainability goals.
KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design and engineering capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.

Job purpose

Support the client’s finance function at Majnoon Oil Field by making sure costs are recorded accurately, contractor and supplier invoices are properly verified, and cost reports are complete, timely and fully supported. Day-to-day work is assigned and supervised by the BOC Finance Department at Majnoon Field Division.

Job responsibilities

• Verify invoices against contracts, purchase orders, service records and timesheets before they are processed for payment.
• Record accounting entries in client’s systems and maintain correct cost centre coding.
• Prepare monthly cost reports, accruals and variance analysis against budget, and explain significant variances.
• Support cost analysis of operator and contractor cost submissions as directed by the client’s finance supervisor.
• Reconcile manpower timesheets and hours submitted.
• Perform vendor reconciliations and support petty cash control in line with client’s financial rules.
• Follow client’s procedures, instructions and approval routes.
• Submit monthly timesheets approved by the client’s supervisor.

Technical qualification & skills

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field.
• Minimum 3 years of accounting experience, preferably with an oil and gas operator, oilfield service contractor or Iraqi state oil company.
• Understanding of oil and gas cost structures and invoicing under service or technical service contracts.
• Strong MS Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations).

Soft skills

• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Integrity and respect for confidentiality
• Analytical thinking
• Meets monthly closing and reporting deadlines
• Communicates clearly with BOC finance staff and contractors
• Willing to learn new systems and procedures