Manager - Project Controlling

Job Overview:

We are seeking a leader with people management, stakeholder management, and technical expertise to lead project controlling governance and manage a portfolio of global projects at Ramboll. The candidate should have advanced skills in project controlling and a thorough understanding of project accounting. Responsibilities include improving the financial performance of projects, implementing global initiatives related to project financial management, and maintaining the integrity of project financials and process controls. The position involves managing a project controlling team in Europe/Americas and providing dotted line supervision to a local Indian team that supports global projects. The role requires collaboration with senior leaders at Ramboll, such as Finance Directors, Finance Business Partners, Heads of Departments, Project Directors, and Market Heads.

Job Responsibilities:

• Advisory

  : Advises Leadership on ideas and opportunities to align support to global best practices and enhances teams’ commercial awareness by guiding on cost control, revenue recognition and financial risk identification.

• People Management

  : Responsible for supervising and managing direct reports. Performs the role of Performance Development Program (PDP) Manager. Completes quarterly PDP check-ins. Responsible for recruiting and staffing of team. Focused on identifying, coaching, and developing future leaders. Fosters a culture of continuous learning through automation, digital tools, and project controlling capability building.

• Stakeholder Management

  : Manages stakeholder expectations to ensure alignment on direction and approach.

• Project Controlling

  : Proactively manages the performance of project portfolios to drive value for our customer and Ramboll. Promotes process ownership, innovation, and efficiency improvements. Key areas will include:

• Ensure correctness of project financials and revenue recognition in compliant with Ramboll policies
• Push proactive project controlling mainly working on baseline budgets, contract reviews, early warnings, and predictability of results
• Facilitate project reviews to assess project risks, identify opportunities and follow up on claims management
• Take lead in driving project dashboard review process, challenge project team/head of departments on cost to complete estimates and risk assessment
• Leverages the invoicing process to minimize working capital needs
• Provide quality assurance of the internal monthly reporting relating to projects

• Compliance

  : Ensures team is trained, provides consistent monitoring, and is responsible for certifying that all controls, policies, procedures, and guidelines are executed. Support and/or drive the annual audit.

• Change Leadership

  : Supports and/or drives successful change initiatives, supporting team adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working

• MBA / Chartered Accountant / Equivalent degree in finance with 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in project controlling, financial controls, project reviews.
• Knowledge of project module of SAP/Oracle/Maconomy or other similar financial software
• Strong experience in a Project controlling domain and should have worked as a Lead Project controller or Sr. Project Controller in project industry/consulting company.
• Experience of managing team of project controllers.
• Capability to work hands-on with high drive and think independently.
• Excellent English language skills both written and spoken.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

self-motivated, solution mindset, attention to detail. A team player with ability to work independently with minimum supervision Flexible attitude, in agile environment with frequently changing deadlines can be relied on to meet deadlines, committed to both their work and personal development, with a willingness to widen their experience, including knowledge base and leadership skills. Good communication skills both written and verbal  

• The ability to build relationships and trust, so your business colleagues see you as their partner, focusing on creating value for the business.
• The ability to understand and navigate a complex, relationship-based matrix organization to achieve key objectives.
• Being able to adopt a team-oriented approach to solving problems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Welcome to our Support Organization

In Ramboll’s Support Organization we take pride in keeping Ramboll running smoothly, enabling bright minds throughout the organization to focus on their areas of expertise as we tie together all parts of the business. We provide support within areas like Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Communication, Facility Management and more, coordinating efforts and securing common ground for the development and servicing of clients and markets.  

Ramboll globally

Ramboll is a leading engineering, architecture, and consultancy company. Working at one of our offices in 35 countries you will join more than 16,000 fellow bright minds in creating innovative and sustainable solutions within Buildings, Transport, Energy, Environment and Health, Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism, Water and Management Consulting. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we help shape the society of tomorrow. 

Alle your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.  

What we can offer you

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are.
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects.
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company

We offer:

• A challenging and interesting workday characterized by continuous learning, in an environment where you have many to spar with and learn from.
• Opportunity to work with varied work tasks, across the organization.
• Opportunity to develop and influence your own area of responsibility.

Work at the heart of sustainable change

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start – and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realize their full potential.

Ready to join us?

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover letter, etc.

Thank you for taking the time to apply! We look forward to receiving your application.