Job Description Summary

We are looking for experience Experienced Project Controller to manage the large, complex and portfolio of projects (own unit's scope/ comprehensive project scope) and be the finance business partner to Project Director and other project functions.
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Job Description

Role / Job Description:

The Project Controller has overall responsibility for all reporting and controlling requirements of the project, for proper consolidation of Project results and for a comprehensive communication to secure consistent accounting and reporting of the Project in terms of detailed scope and responsibilities as follows:

Cash Flow and Revenue/Margin management & controlling:

• Accountable for all financials of the project
• Partner with Project Director & Team to help deliver project on time while maximizing project profitability
• Have full ownership of all financial movements with regards to revenue, margin, and cash. Ensure that such information is consistent, approved and reconciled on a regular basis in ERP systems.
• Have oversight on all matters related or impacted by the project including but not limited to Taxes, Banking regulations, Transfer Pricing, Policy compliance & others
• Ensure global view of consolidated financials of the project, understand each supplying partner's financial movements.
• In Partnership with Project Director & other project functions, define revenue recognition (trading) plan, Challenge, and forecast trading and billing milestones to ensure consistent consolidated revenue recognition and cash.
• Own Invoicing to Collection process
• Timely support issuance, maintenance, reduction, recovery and cancellation of bonds and bank guarantees to be issued to customer.
• Ensure accurate foreign exchange coverage throughout the project life. Take necessary hedges to proactively protect against adverse impact of Fx fluctuation on project financials
• Check, control and monitor movements in Actual and Committed Costs, ask for corrections when necessary
• Manage and forecast cash movements monthly. Track cash-in overdue status, give alert and ensure follow-up action plan is taking place. Monitor cash disbursements to control project cash flow, supplier credits & policy compliance
• Track project performance including quality, claim management, insurance to have a clear understanding of all Risks & opportunities & accordingly drive improvement in project financials
• Provide all necessary support to Project Director and business on financial issues.

• Responsible for timely and correct booking (Margin as Sold, current as sold, current forecast, internal flow elimination) from order booking to project completion.
• Ensure that project data reporting is in line between ERP and approved Project Reviews in Unifier according to budget deviation approved.
• Prepare and participate in cash sessions: identification of invoicing triggering events, invoice format, steps from invoice generation until payment, preparation of project cash instruction.
• Forex revaluation
• Develop strong relationships and continuous communication flows with all project controllers in Project Participating units to ensure that working assumptions are shared, consistent and reported in a timely manner.
• Implement the controlling tools used within the reporting unit.
• Ensure that all financial processes & instructions and internal controls, including DoA, are implemented, robust and compliant.
• Be a partner and support GI OTR Finance Leader to drive Projects & process standardization

• Prepare and attend the consolidated Project Reviews. Prepare the following documents for the consolidated Project Review.
• Consolidated EAS sheets (via KEOPS), cash curve, forex revaluation when required, trading, and billing plans.
• Present financial data to Senior Leadership
• Produce all financial project reporting as requested by the project functions or project related units.

• Ownership of timely invoicing with documentation and cash collection on the project.
• Accurate, timely production and consolidation of project financial statements, as well as reporting in the ERP system.
• Transparency and accuracy of project margin
• Coordinate and effectively manage all internal financial interfaces on the project such as participating units,
• Coordinate billing with customer for GE scope as well as consortium partner

• Bachelors & any degree... Masters, CPA, or equivalent degree in Finance
• Language: French and English (fluent speaking and writing)
• Experience in handling Turnkey projects
• 5+ finance experience including in Energy/Power business
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience in the use of SAP
• Excellent interpersonal skills and experience in managing relationships within a complex matrix environment.