Project Business Finance controller - Senior Professional

Responsibilities

Business Partnering for Project Tendering & Execution teams

• Monitor and challenge projects and project portfolio performance
• Recommend corrective actions and help to deploy and follow up mitigation and/or prevention plans to maximize profit and cash and reduce risk in timely manner
• Over and Under-recovery mgmt. / utilization including initiation of corrective actions
• Provide and monitor relevant financial support to Project Managers (as SPOC), including commercial documents/Forex/trade compliance/tax as necessary

Reporting, Monitoring and Escalation

• Provide monthly project and portfolio reporting and analysis, ad-hoc reports as required, including, but not limited to forecasting and variance analysis, and split at organizational unit level
• Track and monitor the core financial and none-financial project elements (i.e. quality, time and cost)
• Analyze trends and deviations in performance - Compare planned objectives, requirements, risks, schedules and budgets against what is actually being delivered
• Ensure proper allocation of project costs by tracking internal and external purchasing and labor costs
• Partner with Local, Regional, and Global teams to provide financial support in terms of data stewardship, metrics, analysis, reporting and compliance

Compliance, Integrity and Risk Management

• Ensure project accounting, internal policy and process and IFRS15 compliance for planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting process, as well as correct project closing process, support internal & external audits
• Lead and participate as an active and disciplined member of the team in monthly Project Reviews, communicate issues and actions aligned with REL process
• Support CAO by providing relevant information for external audit, such as project contract, invoices, P&L, claims, penalties, variation orders, etc. and ensure execution for balance sheet items, like project inventory reduction with HUBs/RACs mgmt.
• Responsible for ensuring the financial accuracy and transparency of project accounting and reporting

Qualifications

• University and/or Business School : Master's degree or equivalent 
• Fluent in English (another language will be valuable)
• Strong experience in Finance & Control
• Experience as Finance Business Partner in Project environment
• Experience in a Multi-cultural team environment is a plus

Locality:  São Paulo/SP (hybrid working)

Why us?

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