Cost Controller

• Maintain a healthy project within the project budget a
• Design and formulate the financial control for a project 
• Execute the Cost Management Plan and provide the Project Manager with accurate and up to date cost information to facilitate sound project decision making.
• Finalize coding of all detailed estimate line items using baselined project control budget in order to establish package/control budgets.
• Monitor planning and project / progress achievements of milestones and using the project schedule to generate data and curves for each cost profile
• Take part in the financial aspects of the tender process. 
• Assign budget for procurement packages, perform budget reconciliation or scope and pricing and produce reconciliation statement to support recommendations for award.
• Record and maintain commitments based on procurement contracts, contract amendments, contract change notices, PO revisions
  
• Attend periodic reviews and establish and maintain forecasts for all packages 
• Ensure full coding, based on EPCM status report, expenditures (ex Project Accountant) and project changes/trends (e.g. Trend and Change Coordinator)
• Forecast project contingency requirements, escalation, forex, currencies etc.
• Import detailed actual cost and commitment data into cost system and run complete detailed baseline cost report by package
• Update and maintain budget with approved PCNs
  
• Produce cost reports and analyze variances
• Generate data and curves for each cost profile (baselines and periodic updates)
• Update budget, commitment, forecast, payment and cost statement for monthly report.
• Obtain EPCM cost and progress info and update EPCM status report
• Attend periodic reviews and establish and maintain forecasts for all packages

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualification in engineering or related discipline or appropriate project related experience
  
• A minimum of 8-10 years' experience as a Cost Controller/Cost Technician in a multidiscipline project environment.
• Computer literacy
• Strong personal commitment to safety
• Good analytical, oral and written communication skills
• Fully versed with cost control principles, policies and procedures and financial systems
• Good knowledge of project management principles
  
• Presentation skills