Cost Controller F/H

Job description

• Prepare and update the Direct Cost Budget twice per year, managing the Cost Control and the Quantity Surveying teams, and reporting to the Project Control Manager
• Gather information from departments to report the monthly progress of the project, putting together all the information and sharing it with the Finance Department
• Analyze the Monthly Project Direct Cost by comparing it with the forecasted budget, to identify deviations and propose improvements/adjustments to upper management 
• Develop and implement KPIs including productivity, MO and CPI/SPI 
• Work with the accounting team to review actuals posted vs. forecasts 
• Lead the reporting and correct accounting of your allocated works on a monthly/quarterly basis i.e. internal and external (as required)  
• Ensure supplier invoices related to your allocated works are processed on a timely basis 
• Ensure timesheets are accrued and processed to project including any journal transfers for cost allocations  
• Ensure subcontractor payments are processed on a timely basis against projects  
• Ensure your allocated works have the correct cost accruals to adjusted costs on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Contribute to the reporting and accounting of projects on a monthly/quarterly basis i.e. internal and external (as required)  
• Investigate project variances against cost forecast and actual reporting and ensure project management are informed  
• Confer with credit control regarding unpaid booked costs for your allocated works  
• Compile information for internal and external auditors, as and when required  
• Ensure compliance with procedures for managing and optimising financial information flows
• Collaborate with the various Project teams to ensure robust financial controls are in place to track project costs
• Analyze, with the operational staff, the differences highlighted by the monitoring between recorded expenses and spending entitlements; defining the causes and proposing corrective or remedial actions
• Be main point of contact and lead for all cost and accounting matters for your allocated works  
• Continually review and improve current processes for project reporting  
• Support the project in its objectives to ensure the JV meets and continually improves its commitment towards the payment charter  
• Carry out ad-hoc additional duties, as required 

Desired profile

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in accounting or any other relevant experience
• 5-8 years of experience as a mid-level manager in an administrative department accounting and cost control 
• CA or CGA certification
• Advanced knowledge of Word and Excel 
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong capacity for teamwork and excellent leadership skills
• Ability to manage accounting staff
• Initiative, resourcefulness and autonomy
• Highly adaptable and open to change

About Janin Atlas

VINCI Construction Grands Projets emploie plus de 14 560 collaborateurs et réalise un chiffre d'affaires annuel de l'ordre de 4 milliards d'euros. Héritier d'entreprises centenaires, il conçoit et réalise des ouvrages complexes à l'international.
Ses domaines d'expertise couvrent les infrastructures de transport (ponts, tunnels, routes, ouvrages maritimes), les bâtiments (tours, aéroports, parkings), l'énergie et l'oil & gas (réservoirs GNL, centrales), les infrastructures minières, hydrauliques et environnementales.
Grâce à son expertise, sa capacité d'ingénierie et son management de projets, il déploie des solutions globales et modulables, en partenariat avec les acteurs locaux