Project Controller

Overview

This position focuses on cost management and project controls for global projects, ensuring accurate cost governance, forecasting, and performance analysis. The role involves collaborating with project teams to develop cost structures, monitor budgets, and deliver insightful reports that drive efficiency and consistency across projects.

Your role

• Bachelor's 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.

Reward & benefits

This includes:

• Comprehensive life insurance coverage.
• Premium medical insurance for you and your dependents.
• Generous annual leave balance.
• Flexible and hybrid work solutions.
• Remote work opportunities outside of country.
• Company gratuity scheme.
• Discretionary bonus program.
• Relocation assistance.
• Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
• Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.

About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.