Cost Accounting clerk

3 weeks ago


Fort Saskatchewan Alberta PL, Edmonton region, Canada Kelly Full time

Exciting news, Kelly is currently hiring for a Cost Accounting Clerk role with Dow Chemical - Onsite at Fort Saskatchewan Site

Title: Cost Accounting Clerk

Location: Fort Saskatchewan, AB (Onsite)

Duration: 8 months

Schedule: 4/10 (Mon to Thu) or 5/8’s (Mon to Fri)

Job description:

Performs a variety of routine and non-routine accounting activities in cost accounting or a related financial area. Processes and posts information. Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job. Has knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices and procedures within a particular field.


This is a short-term position to cover Spring and Fall 2025 turnarounds.


Primary Responsibilities

Use facility strategy, operation’s scope, engineering estimates, and historical data to build a 3.1.3 Budget Estimate based off known TA scope.

Use other resources to estimate new/unique jobs as appropriate.

Develops 3.2.3 Definition Estimate based on SAP plans, engineering estimates, and vendor estimates

Use planner data to estimate all add-ons and input data into ROI add-on tool (Playbook 4) for management evaluation

Assists with the development of the Plan for Management and Control as it pertains to Cost Management.

Facilitate the building and optimization of a headcount based estimate for major service providers that will bill based on time & material (T&M) (Playbook 7)

Ensure that all management reports accurately reflect this plan

Analyze and report variances from headcount and cost plan as work progresses (Playbook 10)

Calculate and Report cost estimate at completion (forecasts) that include the most up to date plan for service providers and work scope (Playbook 4 & 10)

Accrue all costs in accordance with Dow expense guidelines

Provides data to Turnaround Manager for START updates

Takes appropriate action to resolve cost discrepancies and issues

Finalize & archive all cost information and assists with generations of financial portion of the closure report

Variances >10% between Planner vs Actual costs must be validated and job plans updated to reflect what actually happened in the field.

Billable man-hours reconciled against planned man-hours by contractor by job by contractor by job

Changes in billable man-hours from field change orders, discoveries and add-ons received after feed off must be reconciled with contractor invoices.


Education requirement: Education: 4 years degree, accounting or related.


Computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, SAP and Power BI is a plus. Experience with any accounting software not required but is an asset.

Kelly Benefits

Healthcare fully covered, starting after 3 months of service and 100% paid by Kelly

11 paid statutory holidays

Vacation pay plan


If you meet the qualifications and are ready to take on this exciting role, we would love to hear from you. Join us to make a significant impact for our client, Dow Chemical, and gain valuable experience to further your career.

Apply today through Kelly Services



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