Project & Services Cost Controller vacancy at Schneider Electric

Project & Services Cost Controller

Job Title: Project & Services Cost Controller

Company: Schneider Electric

Duration: Fixed term

Schneider Electric – As the Global Specialist in Energy Management™ and market leader in industrial automation and software. Schneider Electric enables people to experience and transform efficiency where they live and work; from home to enterprise, across the grid and the city. Focused on making energy safe, reliable, efficient, productive and green, the Group brings a world where innovative individuals use collaborative solutions to make the most of their energy, while using less of the common planet.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develop and conduct cost review meetings with project leadership.
• Drive the budget and forecast process, reporting to the project manager & team.
• Conduct variance analysis against budget and forecast, present results to project management team.
• Support project leader and team members in project justification, implementation and spending control.
• Direct and oversee the accounting, budgeting and other financial operations of the solutions and project activities of the company.
• Provide administrative and technical supervision to staff e.g. training and supervision on Time Sheet module.
• Prepare financial reports, budgets, cost reports, cash flow and financial forecasts on a regular basis.
• Monitor the financial operations of the projects to ensure compliance with budgets (quotation) and analyze variances with feedback to relevant departments and management.
• Implement a consistent project controlling approach across all businesses and ensure full compliance with the group guidelines and process.
• Work closely with the legal department to analyze the legal risk of a project (Solutions risk management)
• Animation of the monthly project review (Project controller & Project team)
• Analyze the monthly orders, sales, margins and support functions costs against the budget and provide feedback to the management with recommendations.
• Manage the weekly/quarterly forecast of the business (Orders/Sales and P&L) and ensure the accuracy and consistency of the forecast.
• Strongly challenge and support the Project Execution Leader to achieve its business targets.

Candidates Requirements

• Graduate with a Degree in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration
• Minimum of 4 years work experience
• ERP experience is an added advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong IT skills (MS Office, Email)
• Capacity to adapt rapidly to changing environments and audiences

Salary

• Competitive.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

ALL Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: [email protected] using  “Project & Services Cost Controller” as the subject of the mail.