Project Controller Manager

The Consultancy Group are working with a Global Consulting business on a Project Controlling Manager opening.

The UK Project Controlling Manager is responsible for ensuring financial performance, governance, and data integrity across the UK group’s engineering and IT work packages and fixed-price projects.

Operating within a dual-system environment — combining ERP financial data and operational project reporting tools — the role ensures reconciliation between systems, maintains data accuracy, and drives process automation.

The position leads a small international team of Project Controllers and acts as a key business partner to Technical Leadership, Division Directors, and Finance.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Monitor and analyse project KPIs including margin, revenue consumption, WIP, and backlog.
• Deliver ad-hoc performance insights to Technical Leadership and UK Management.
• Produce monthly project and portfolio performance reviews for UK Leadership and the Alten Group.
• Ensure forecasts are aligned with realistic delivery plans, resource assumptions, and subcontractor utilisation.
• Develop and automate reporting and forecasting tools using Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or equivalent.
• Own the semester target-setting process underpinning the performance management framework.
• Enhance system interfaces and drive the digitisation of project controlling processes.
• Support group-wide initiatives in data governance, process harmonisation, system upgrades, and automation.

Cost Control & Profitability Management

• Monitor labour costs, resource deployment, subcontractor spend, and procurement against budget.
• Analyse margin erosion drivers including scope variation, delivery inefficiencies, and rate card compliance.
• Identify risks and recommend corrective actions in partnership with Project Managers.

Revenue Recognition, Compliance & Data Integrity

• Apply IFRS 15 principles to long-term engineering and IT projects.
• Validate WIP, accruals, deferrals, and revenue recognition entries within the ERP system.
• Coordinate with Financial Controlling and support internal and external audits.
• Ensure alignment and consistency between ERP data and operational project systems.
• Oversee accurate project setup across financial and operational platforms.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead and develop a team of two UK-based Project Controllers and one Junior Controller in Porto.
• Manage workload planning, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Strengthen team capabilities in financial analysis, data management, BI tools, and project governance.
• Foster a culture of accuracy, ownership, and continuous improvement.