You as a Project Controller will be part of Hitachi Energy business based in Modderfontein, South Africa. You will be part of Power Grids; Grid Automation will be reporting to operating unit Controller and responsible for ensuring maintenance and completeness of project files for projects and with effective communication and project review meetings ensuring governance and compliance of regulatory requirements.

Your responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with SOX procedures Involved in hand over of new project from proposals to operations Project controlling for PS module contracts (run by Project manager).
• Approval of tenders by checking the as sold financials of a project within a certain threshold and ensuring regular informal contact with project managers regularly to discuss the status of their jobs.
• Conducting formal monthly project reviews with the project manager to the steering committee and acts as a project financial partner with the project manager.
• Responsible for looking after contracts related to production of panels and looking after projects related to the Service area of our business e.g. Service Level Agreements.
• Reviewing hours booked to contracts and recoveries to cost centers to ensure their accuracy.
• Applying for Bonds and Guarantees, maintenance of Guarantees registers and ensuring maintenance of complete contract files on SharePoint and good records on the SAP system.
• Ensuring compliance with governance and reporting regulations, including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and that invoicing is done accurately and timeously on all contracts.
• Following up on debtors and assist with debtor related queries.
• Performing CPA calculations. Must have an in-depth knowledge of how to calculate the CPA on contracts and invoice.
• Having an in-depth knowledge of the import shipping documents to be able to invoice the foreign parts of the contract and responsible to perform month end reconciliations and report to the business unit controller.
• Monitoring of sales order integrity for correct data parameters e.g., order type, distribution channel, salesman etc. and ensuring that the monthly update of planned costs and estimates to complete and monitor & reports on overdue milestone & completion billing.
• Monitoring & managing project cashflows monthly monitoring & reporting on contract risks & opportunities.
• Implementing an effective contract / sales order close out process including setting the project to close off related production orders, clearing o/s commitments etc.
• 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.

• A bachelor's degree in finance or accounting or commerce field is required.
• Minimum 1 to 2 years of experience in project controlling is preferred.
• SD (Sales & Distribution) and PS (Project systems) module experience in SAP is required.
• Must be able to work under pressure as there are month end deadlines to be met.
• Should be able to work with different stakeholders at different levels of authority.
• Analytical skills are required
• Working with large volumes of projects/sales order
• Microsoft Excel skills (Intermediate), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.