Role Purpose
As an integrated part of the Commercial Team, you will serve as the main contact for project managers regarding the commercial and financial aspects of projects. You will work closely with Project Management, and Finance; as well as interface with Sales, Engineering, Site Integration and Procurement.
Responsibilities
- Execute project performance controlling of measures such as costs, revenue, cash flow, margin controlling, re-calculate forecasts, analyze variances, utilization, calculate change orders etc.
- Support Finance to ensure accurate booking of the project financials including month closing, accruals etc.
- Support Finance as they carry out daily operations including invoicing, monitoring receivables and following up on supplier invoices.
- Prepare monthly financial reports and forecast for projects and prepares data for use by PMs and management team.
- Support Sales / Tendering during offer preparation and sales phase regarding risk identification / mitigation as well as contract negotiations.
- Support the projects regarding taxes, insurance, contract compliance issues, contractor licenses, certified payroll bonds and hedging.
- Support project management during project execution regarding risk identification, mitigation and claim management and invoicing.
- Be able to challenge the numbers and be pragmatic.
- Review capacities and critical dates with project managers to coordinate with the various departments and avoid conflicts.
- If it becomes necessary to determine project priorities, then work with project manager to resolve conflicts or if necessary, escalate to determine priorities
- Responsible for the preparation of routine project costing reports by working closely with members of the project team, Finance, and Customer Service.
- Prepare tracking tools and tracks project metrics.
- Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate project information is available to the project team.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of construction and/or commercial, project-based accounting experience.
- Superior analytical skills, detail oriented.
- Ability to travel to project sites, as required.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Team player that is also self-driven and goal oriented.
- Ability to thrive in a diverse environment; characterized by an open-minded, team-oriented and multinational culture, where professional skills are highly valued.
- Commitment Required. Ability to set and meet goals; sincere care for others.
