Job Description: The Finance Team, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America is looking for a Project Controller, who will be responsible for the geographical area of Iberia: Spain and Portugal. The Project Controller is part of the regional Project Controlling team and reports to the regional Head of Project Controlling. Working daily with Project Managers to minimize commercial risks on projects and maximize revenue and cash flow and with Collections Manager in relation to project level & AR.
The Project Controller is responsible for project financials, including contract review, quality assurance of project accounting, expenditure coding, revenue recognition and WIP.
Primary tasks of this role:Monitoring, reporting and advising on project financials status.Pro-actively initiating timely & accurate invoicing according to customer contract and in line with the agreed global procedures.Acts as business partner for Project and Line Managers by leading regular financial reviews of projects and portfolio of projects.Ensuring revenue is recognized on projects in line with DMS principles (such as POC and time and material principles) and project accounting principles (matching & accruals principles as well as correct revenue recognition with accurate profit margin recognition through life of project).Analyzing and challenging input from Project Manager and Line Management where necessary, including pro-active follow up with PMs on needs for change orders on projects.Conducting monthly review meetings with all PMs to support their management of the project.Performing initial review of expenditure detail, initiate and document PM review, direct Project Administrators to revise.Managing or assisting with project financial records, pro-actively monitoring projects for completion and close in a timely manner.Monitoring WIP to ensure future collectability and pro-actively take actions to minimize.Analyzing projects for high-risk items and informing business controllers where necessary.Carrying out timely reviews of opportunities and bids in line with chart of authority limits.Following up on key operational processes in business such as missing timecards, Baseware invoice processing etc.Supporting PMs and staff with basic financial queries and increasing awareness of commercial topics on projects.Conducting financial checks of projects during the closing phase to balance revenue with invoiced values and check for any write-offs or windfalls.
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