Senior Expert Project Cost Control

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The Senior Cost Controller maintains Project Cost Controls System and Management Reporting for a high value project. The role is:

• Accountable for project set-up, cost reporting, forecasting, budget management, cash flow visibility, and earned value analysis across the assigned projects.
• Ensures that project cost performance is accurately measured, risks and opportunities are clearly reported, and commercial project management teams receive reliable information to support timely business decisions.
• Supports Department Head to compile historical cost data, benchmark information, and lessons learned. 

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Project Setup

• Liaise with Procurement & Subcontracts Leads, Commercial Leads and Project Managers to review and set up Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Work Package / project budgets.  

Cost Reporting & Controls

• Establish and maintain cost baselines, control budgets, and cost breakdown structures in alignment with Exyte procedure and contract requirements
• Prepare reports on revenue (as sold), internal budgets, commitments, budget transfers, change and variation orders; forecasts and cash-flows in-line with internal management reporting requirements
• Monitors and updates the actual and committed cost periodically and analyses these costs and trends
• Verify cost allocations according to Work Package
• Prepare monthly Cost Report (Ms Excel) and GPR, and Client’s Reports as required
• Prepare monthly Cash Flow and weekly Cash Flow  
• Interface effectively with engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, scheduling, and finance teams to ensure integrated project control
• Monitor and identify variance from project current budget and previous EAC and report accordingly
• Maintain Change Order, Budget Transfers, Trends Register and prepare supporting documents
• Assist PMs and Project Commercial Managers with estimates and supporting documentation for CO to be submitted to Clients
• Prepare billing memo with supporting documents for Finance to prepare invoices and entries into SAP
• Internal liaison with Finance/Procurement/Operations to maintain efficient & accurate recording of cost expenditure and manage discrepancies for preparation of accurate and complete cost reports
• Troubleshoot cost abnormalities in reporting data and liaise with relevant parties as necessary
• Provide the support to Finance for External Audit and Tax Audit
• Support Project Manager in risk review process and maintain an updated risk register
• Support Project Manager to coordinate with all disciplines and providing input to the Manpower Management System (MMS)

Preferred experience

• Experience managing cost control & reporting in large or complex projects.
• Experience in international EPC project delivery environments.
• Experience liaising with Internal and Client Project Management Team

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Requirements:    

• Bachelors Degree in quantity surveying, business administration, engineering, construction management, finance, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in commercial project management, cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, or financial project management.
• Strong experience in project cost forecasting, budget control, earned value analysis, cash flow forecasting, and management reporting.
• Experience in engineering, construction, advanced technology facilities, data centres, semicon, pharmaceutical, or other complex project environments would be an advantage.

Specific Skills & Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of cost control, cost forecasting, project accounting, and commercial reporting.
• Good understanding of project budgets, cost breakdown structures, work breakdown structures, earned value analysis, percentage-of-completion reporting, and cash flow management.
• Ability to interpret project cost data and convey the insight to Project Management Team
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with enterprise resource planning system (Preferably, SAP S4 Hana), project controls, cost management, or reporting systems.
• Strong written and spoken English.
• Ability to communicate complex cost and commercial matters clearly to senior stakeholders.

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