Cost Controller

Brief Summary:

• Lead financial control across project delivery, ensuring accurate budgets, forecasts, cash-flow oversight and cost reporting. Partner with project, procurement, accounting and operational teams to strengthen financial governance and support informed decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Review and validate financial commitments, including purchase orders and contracts, against approved project budgets. Manage project budgets from initiation through closure, using appropriate tools to monitor commitments by project and cost centre. Analyse budget, actual and forecast variances, escalating significant deviations and recommending corrective actions. Partner with Project Managers to monitor working capital, optimise supplier payment schedules and prepare cash-flow forecasts. Ensure compliance with applicable accounting policies, financial procedures and capital expenditure processes. Coordinate with Accounting to record provisions based on project progress and support accurate month-end closing. Contribute to budgets, forecasts, business plans and other financial planning exercises. Validate the accounting commissioning of capital expenditure projects, including cost completeness, asset capitalisation and provision adjustments. Participate in project reviews with technical, procurement and operational stakeholders by reporting committed and incurred costs against budget and identifying change orders. Conduct monthly reviews of purchase-order modules and backlog status. Review and correct project cost allocations, while providing feedback to prevent recurring errors. Prepare periodic financial reports, dashboards and project progress updates. Contribute to the calculation of technical asset costs. Support the continuous improvement of cost-control procedures, Oracle and business intelligence tools, and internal processes. Contribute to the development of internal procedures and cross-functional initiatives. Support competency development and the sharing of best practices within the cost-control function.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance, Accounting, Audit, Management Control, Business Administration, Management or Engineering with a specialisation in Project Management. Three to five years of experience in project controlling or a closely related financial control function. Candidates with five to eight years of operational controlling experience may also be considered, particularly where this includes project-based environments. Experience in industrial, marine maintenance, maritime or transport environments is advantageous. Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, project cost control and financial reporting. Proficiency in relevant financial systems, including Oracle and business intelligence tools, is advantageous. Ability to collaborate effectively with project, accounting, procurement, technical and operational stakeholders. Ability to identify financial risks, validate data and recommend practical corrective actions.