About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 22,000 employees, sales of € 5,5 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

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SH 2.0 Cost Controller (m|f|d) 
Job ID 75803 Location Snowy/Australia
 

The Project Controller is part of the Commercial Team, working within an integrated project controls function across Germany and Australia, reporting to the Project Controlling Manager /Project Commercial Manager and with a functional reporting line to the Head of Controlling in Germany.
    
As Project Accountant & Controller you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient management and control of project costs and provide financial support, guidance, and oversight for specific business projects. Collaborating closely with all project functions, maintaining robust Cost Control Procedures and assisting the implementation of a comprehensive Cost Control System.  The role includes a focus on generating, updating, and maintaining reports on income, expenditure, and financial transactions. Your primary focus will be on ensuring compliance with contractual and governance requirements and facilitating accurate reporting for cost control, cost forecasting, monthly cost reporting, financial reporting and enabling timely decision-making on the Project. Your role will support the Project Commercial Manager, developing cost control processes and procedures to work closely with Onshore/Offshore cost control and Onshore/Offshore project schedulers to ensure all progress and cost is seamlessly managed, monitored and reported in upstream and internal project and cost reporting processes.

Snowy 2.0 is the next generation of the iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, and construction of this major pumped-hydro project is well underway. Once complete, the Scheme will provide 2000 megawatts of dispatchable, on-demand renewable power and approximately 350,000 megawatt hours of large-scale energy storage to the Australian National Electricity Market. Voith is the awarded Subcontractor. The above role is in connection to this project.

Your tasks.

• Liaise with all Voith project functions and accounting/administrative functions on cost control matters.
• Ensure that the implemented systems and procedures are implemented in accordance with the requirements of the Contract and internal processes.
• Assist with preparing the monthly IPA process and cost reports for Onshore and Offshore.
• Assist with preparing the quarterly CTC process for Onshore and Offshore.
• Assist project stakeholders with monthly valuation and cost analysis reports, forecasting and cost to complete.
• Undertake regular audits and make plausibility checks of the cost control system to ensure a faultless and highly accurate reporting of the project’s forecasts of margin.
• Report to the Project Commercial Manager any errors or misuse of the cost control system that can lead to deviations to the set targets and respective impacts in the financial reports. 
• Prepare any other analysis or report that may be required by the Project Commercial Manager to verify, clarify or highlight the project’s cost-to-date, or cost/margin forecast, invoice and accounts reconciliation.
• Ensure that budget forecasts, progress monitoring, cost reporting, financial reporting and corrective action information systems procedures meet specific projects requirements.
• Work together as a team with Cost Control, Accounting, Finance staff and scheduling staff.
• Participate in reviewing of subcontract tenders and returnable schedules in respect of pricing and budget analysis.
• Be actively involved in establishing the project controls procedures, developing WBS and schedules, progress measurement systems, change management systems, risk registers etc. and project chart of accounts and financials.
• Support the implementation of Project Controls processes and practices including initial WBS and Cost coding structures in conjunction with Onshore/Offshore Controlling Team.
• Ability to supervise the creation of large complex schedules and perform reviews.
• Responsible for analysing project cost and schedules performance against the control plan and communicates reasons for variance and plans to mitigate to management.
• Provide an auditing function for projects against project control procedures and to suggest corrective action for any non-conformance or weakness detected.
• Actively participates to support Snowy project audits including Offshore and Onshore budgets and cost.
• Provide projects with financial assistance for special requirements such as claim preparation, or recovery schedule formation.
• Develop complex costing analysis, acceleration cost calculations and the financial impacts of schedule changes to the project.
• Participate in monthly cost and budget review meetings and present the results and impact in coordination with the Controlling department in Australia/Germany.
• Working with the Planners/Schedulers, assist to establish and report cost against weekly work plans/schedules and packages, progress curves, histograms.
• Establish sound cost control and cost forecasting routines and well versed in project cost management.
• Ensures upstream contract compliance in respect of cost claiming, reporting and recording.
• Thoroughly understand and advise other functions on implementation of our ITC Schedule and cost recovery avenues to ensure proper management and protection of the financial interests of the project.
• Ensure that all records are methodically archived in line with procedures as the project progresses.
• Prepare and/or coordinate reports and identify new ways of managing and visualising data to enable ease of analysis of progress and including in reporting internally and externally, as required.
• Manage cash flow forecasts with Onshore and Offshore teams.
• Assist in the preparation of progress claims and cost reporting for work completed, monitor receipt of payment and escalate issues and disputes to the Commercial Manager for decision.
• Work with Project Control function Onshore and Offshore to measure progress, performance and collation of data for analysis, reporting and progress claims.
• Develop a strong understanding of the subcontract and head contract to enable proper management of the financial interests of the project.
• Develop suitable tools to assist project in establishing accurate cost and financial forecasting.
• Advise on options to assist maximum cost recovery on the Project in line with the Contract framework.

Your Profile
 

• “Numbers focussed” and strong interest in analysing complex data
• Experienced in Microsoft Excl visual basic and experienced/interested in Power BI
• At least 5 years of experience in cost control roles and working knowledge of Accounting and Finance in a Projects environment.
• Bachelors Degree in Finance/Accounting/ Quantity Surveying or other relevant field.
• At least 5 years experience in estimating, costing and/or planning of multi-disciplined projects.
• Detailed knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Commercial acumen.
• Understanding of customer/client needs.
• Proven leadership, negotiating and lateral thinking skills.
• Financial management – demonstrable behaviour in reducing costs and meeting budgets.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Contruent (Foremerly known as PRISM) or Ecosys Experience 
• Proficiency in SAP or Other ERP system 
• Experience working on large projects in Energy Industry (Hydro preferred).
• Ability to work flexibly to manage working across multiple time zones with colleagues in Australia, Germany, Canada and China.

We offer you an international working environment with an open and inclusive company culture. In addition, you can expect flexible working models, sustainable development opportunities and various offers for the compatibility of family and career as well as health and well-being. The offer is subject to satisfactory medical and police clearance.

Apply now via our web portal. 
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The Voith Hydro GmbH & Co. KG | VHH is looking forward to your application!

Your personal contact

Talent Acquisition Advisor • Taruna Yadav • Phone 0439705183

voith.com/career 

Job ID 75803