Junior Cost and Accounting Engineer

Overview

What You Will Do

• Build cost allocation frameworks within their embedded function from scratch.
• Manage overhead allocations from HQ across business units.
• Track project-wise cost allocations - direct and indirect costs.
• Produce accurate, timely budget reports for their service line without being chased.
• Identify where costs are miscoded, duplicated, or untracked and fix it.
• Give leadership cost visibility in real time, not retrospectively.
• One role will eventually move into acquisitions integration.

What Are We Looking For

• CMA qualification or active study toward it this is the primary signal on a CV
• Has worked in a tech company, portfolio company, or multi-entity group environment
• Has built cost models and allocation frameworks from scratch - not just inherited and maintained them
• Understands direct and indirect cost allocation, overhead allocation from HQ, and project-wise cost tracking
• Junior or seniority level is not the requirement, genuine technical depth is
• WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE WE LOOKING FOR
• Technically rigorous - knows this discipline deeply, not generically
• Proactive - if data is not there, goes and finds it, does not wait
• Can work embedded inside a non-finance function alongside people who do not speak finance
• Thinks beyond the report - translates numbers into decisions and flags problems early
• ROLE SCOPE CLARIFICATION This is not a general accounting, financial control, or month-end reporting role.
• While accounting knowledge is valuable, the focus of this position is not limited to producing management accounts, closing reports, or summarizing historical financial performance.
• This role is designed for someone who can actively structure, govern, and improve cost visibility across projects, functions, and business units.
• Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to running reports or preparing standard accounting outputs may not be aligned with the core purpose of this role.