Project Cost Controller

Job Description

Junior Project Cost Controller

Position Summary

• To provide financial support to the project(s) team(s).
• To represent Finance within the PMO organization and support Project Management for economical, finance and administrative tasks.
• To perform cost control, billing, and project financial management function.
• To compile accounting & internal control process, and deliver on time with reliable and documented information and reports.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Responsible for cost control and ensures that it is in conformance with company’s policy.
• Develops and prepares project budget and contract changes.
• In collaboration with PMO, maintains financial budget and Estimate At Completion in Primavera; Validates jointly with Project Management Office and Finance Manager to resolve any inconsistency and Estimate At Completion changes.
• Prepares, validates with Project Manager the monthly re-forecasting of Sales, Gross Margin, Cost Variance, Adjusted Gross Margin and Cash-in and ensures that the information is in time to be integrated on the monthly Company Operational Budget Review (OBR).
• Project Cash monitoring and liaises with the Company’s Treasurer on project cash flow, foreign exchange exposure, hedging activities and customer cash collection.
• Produces monthly project report (Dashboard) and forecasts data package with major risks and opportunities identified. Of which main tasks are: Actual cost validation, Commitment cost validation, Estimate to Complete (ETC) validation and control check; Produces external weekly and monthly reporting as required, monitoring actuals and budgets; Produces external task forecasts of project burn-rate for level of effort contracts as required.
• Supports Business Control Manager in the monthly Project Control Group processes – Timesheet Admin, monthly programmatic consolidation of all projects, financial analysis.; Prepares project pricing and supports internal pricing specialist on bids; Supports and provides timely project billing.
• Works on establishing overarching global project processes for improved monitoring and control.
• Performs special project assignments as requested.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Arts (major in Accounting), and/or similar education and equivalent experience
• 1-3 years of experience in large multi-national or national organization, in the Defence & Security sector or previous experience in project cost controlling
• Experience working on projects and knowledge of basic project management and the project lifecycle.
• Knowledge and previous experience working with different business systems and tools (i.e. SAP, Primavera and Excel)

Special Position Requirements

• Schedule: 40 hours per week. Hybrid position – a mix of working from home.
• Travel: Occasional domestic

This employer uses both human and technology-assisted tools to support candidate screening and assessment. Final hiring decisions are made by people.