Cost Controller (Stafford)

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The Project Controller will be responsible to deliver the Planning and Costing of HVDC Scope of work as a part of overall HVDC Project work.

For a new HVDC project in Europe and UK, we are looking for a Project Controller who will be supporting the Lead Project Controls to execute the project as per the elaborated strategy and maintain project on time and within the budget.

Responsabilities

• Maintains project cost to complete budgets in alignment with as sold position and in coordination with budget holders
• Supports forecast estimation and verifies the accuracy of the actual to date cost (material, labor, manufactured costs, suppliers’ invoices, timesheets, travel expenses.)
• Aligns with project team and time schedule to ensure forecasted cost risks are accurately captured and costs time phased
• Checks and controls cost movements, compares with current scope and progress as well as with previous forecast. Also Compares with productivity factors and validates accuracy of estimates
• Communicates cost status/forecasts/risk to budget holders and drives/supports risk mitigation and cost out
• Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status, budget deviations and root causes
• Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Aligns with planner to ensure costs and schedule are aligned, providing time phased cost forecasts for sales pacing. Reports on cost movement root causes impacting sales targets.

Educational Requirements

Degree qualified either in finance or may have engineering degree (with financial training)

Desired Knowledge & Experience

• Extensive experience of cost controlling of turnkey projects
• Demonstrable experience of leading on large & complex infrastructure projects
• Project finance deep understanding with expert knowledge of ERP systems (SAP preferred)
• Experience managing small teams within a large project
• Risk management processes and tools understanding
• Project planning experience/good P6 planning software understanding an advantage