Cost Controller

Job Requirements

• Able to drive project teams to control the project
• Analytical skills to use data to forecast outcomes
• Clear communicator with strong communication and influencing skills
• Primavera skills
• Cost management skills
• Ensure the project cost are managed with global standard tools and processes
• Ensure budgeted values are aligned with historical performance
• Reviews project schedule and progress to identify cost risks and opportunities
• Reviews project scope evolution to identify cost risk and opportunities
• Reviews functional execution and events to identify cost risks and opportunities
• Provide cost analytics using project information and analysing cost and productivity trends
• Own and drive the Budget Deviation Process with tools
• Drives a regular cost operating rhythm to discussion risk and opportunities
• Develops cost forecasts based on functional input and analytics, challenges functional estimates where needed
• 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 functional cost owners and drives/supports risk mitigation
• Presents all financial data in a transparent way, attends project and management review to present cost status and actions
• Aligns with Finance Controller to ensure reconciliation takes place between approved project financial data and books.
• Provide time based cost forecasts to support revenue recognition

Work Experience