Project Controller

• Bachelors degree in finance or other related field with relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 to 8 years of relevant experience on global and regional projects. Preferable experience in consultant roles.
• Flexible to working 50% in Canada time zone.
• Excellent language, report writing, presentation and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of earned value concepts and calculations.
• Preferable - PMIS Software knowledge Primavera, Unifier, Ares Prism, Ecosys.
• Practiced in Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
• Aware in Financial System Interface.
• Practiced in Budget/Cost Control.
• Strong understanding of Cash Flow.
• Contingency Management awareness.
• Practiced in Cost Change Control.
• Strong understanding of CPM (Critical Path Method) concepts and calculations.
• Enterprise Project Management Experience.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to quickly adapt to changing environments and requirements.
• Certified Estimating Professional, Certified Cost Professional, Certified Schedule Professional, Project Management Professional or equivalent credential(s).
• Fluency in English is a must (both written and spoken).
• Planning and scheduling knowledge is preferable.
• Expert in Microsoft Power BI and advanced excel.
• Expert in Office 365 Apps.
• Good to have automation skills using Visual Basic or any other s/w.

About you

• Collaborate with Project Management team to produce Cost Breakdown Structure based on project Work Breakdown Structure to setup governance requirements in discussion with the Project Manager/s.
• Prepare process and tools to carry out pricing estimates based on project stakeholders’ input.
• Track and analyze the project costs including budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, contingencies analysis.
• Proactively engage regularly with project stakeholders to gather their inputs.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement, automation, lean techniques to bring consistency and efficiencies across projects, programmes and portfolios in project controls and cost management.
• Produce forecasts of total project costs, annual costs, and monthly cash flow costs and provide variance analysis and explanations.
• Carry out an earned value and project performance analysis of the project on a periodic basis.
• Monitor, control and analyse the project cost information, identify variances and bring these to the attention of the Project Manager with possible alternatives.
• Prepare specific reports to facilitate challenge and analysis to meet the project’s specific needs.
• Produce and issue cost reports to the client and project team, including key project indicators.
• Support Project managers on proactively raising early warnings and preparing change orders to be submitted to the clients and updates to project controls specific documents.
• Support Risk identification and reporting.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in guiding and mentor junior staff to meet delivery requirements.