Senior Project Controller

Description :The opportunity: Act as a business partner to Project Director in all financial and commercial matters and actively drive the project’s performance. Can be assigned to one or multiple medium-sized projects or to one single large project. Ensure financial performance for project by preparing financial analyses, ensuring cost controls, providing recommendations for financial decisions, and serving as the main finance representative for assigned project/projects. Work with different expertise within the financial areas to optimize the project performance with consciousness of the remaining risks. Collaborate with other functions to proactively reach effective business decisions. How you’ll make an impact ​ Compliance & Internal control: Is responsible for adherence to corporate governance, integrity, assurance, internal control, group charter, business specific finance directives and instructions. Follows up on internal project audit reports and ensures timely implementation of all required actions related to projects under responsibility. Project execution: Prepares a Project Financial Execution Plan (as part of an overall Project Execution Plan covering all financial, commercial and tax aspects such as permanent establishment, revenue recognition methods, billing plan, payment securities, consortium administration, import duties and VAT, etc.).and update as responsible of Project Cost & Finance Management Plan. Prepares project invoices, financial accounting and reporting (including project site accounting). Drive and seek for optimization of Project Cash Flow, Revenues and GM contribution together with Project Director. Oversees currency risk, bonds and guarantees and tax issues. Additional tasks: handling of variation orders, preparing of finance input to line reporting, assess petty cash account and payments, follow-up on scope. • Is responsible for the correctness of project balance sheet and income statement as well as for cash flow and monthly/quarterly forecast. Monitoring and review: Participates in opportunity/risk identification, ensure that all required mitigation actions are timely implemented. Drives, coordinates and prepares monthly project reviews jointly with Project Director. Reviews and have a jointly responsibility with the Project Director for all Financial aspects of the project including Estimate at completion and related Cost-to-complete, forecasted Revenues and Cash Flow, Risks and Opportunities assessment and ensure alignment with other functions including Project Controls, planning/scheduling. Supports the Project Manager in coordinating and preparing monthly project reviews. Participates in preparing the project cost report. Verifies the substance for cost to complete. Create input for customer reports. Prepare and support in audits – external as well as internal audits. • Commercial terms: Promotes commercial awareness in the project team and provides commercial input to the project execution plan (such as T&Cs in supply management, claims, back-to-back conditions). Drives claim management, back-charges and insurance cases and monitors the proper follow up together with the Contract Manager/Project Manager upstream (towards customer), side-stream (towards consortia partner) as well as downstream (towards suppliers). Organization: Drive the setup and closure of permanent establishment and branch offices where required for the project. Is responsible jointly with the Tax function for timely filing of financial/tax reports of project branches. People leadership and development: Supervises on a project basis Project Controllers and Site Controllers – depending on the size and complexity of the project. Individual contributor using in-depth knowledge in a specific area to execute complex or specialized projects / challenges often thinking independently to challenge traditional solutions. Comprehensive knowledge of related disciplines in the organization. Works independently, applying established standards and instructs or coaches other professionals. Leads teams or manages teams. Need to be aware of dealing with cross country culture. Responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines. Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business. Your background ​ ​ Supportive. Leadership skills Experience – 10 -15 years of work experience within finance and experience as within Project Controlling for 5 years Relevant Industry experience in the similar or equivalent industry with Project and/or Tender controlling background. Financial knowledge with financial Degree as basic qualification. Skills – Critical thinking, professional and with strong etic. Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process. This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. 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