Cost Controller

Key Responsibilities

Under the responsibility and in collaboration with the Head of Controlling Energy, the Cost Controller will oversee the following tasks:

• Assistance to project managers in the use of ProMoCore (project cost follow up tools): verification of the correct accounting of costs, of the estimated cost price, of the cash flow curve, drafting of project review reports, etc.
• Preparation and compilation of the budget, profit and loss forecasts in collaboration with the management for the execution center in India
• Preparation and participation in financial audits for the validation of accounts and results,
• Management of cash flow, liquidity,
• Project accounting in SAP
• Time keeping monitoring and management
• Invoicing (intercompany management)
• Hour rate and transfer pricing management
• Establishment of forecasted load curves to verify the adequacy between the forecasted level of activity and the sizing of the workforce,
• Identification and analysis of variances between actual and budgeted figures (and/or from the last review),
• Preparation/verification of monthly operational reports including financial and non-financial data; translation of these indicators into business terms,
• Definition, establishment, and monitoring of relevant key indicators, in line with management needs and in compliance with Group standards,
• Verification of the correct application of the Group's rules and implementation of corrective actions if necessary.

Education & Experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in a management control function in the industrial sector, preferably in a "project environment"
• Master in Finance or Business Engineering

Background, Skills and Competencies

• Practical expertise in office systems such as Excel and ERP tools such as SAP Fico + BW (e.g. accounting - purchasing - projects),
• Customer orientation, concern to offer a permanent quality service to internal clients,
• At ease in a matrix organization and a support department,
• Analytical mindset, ability to formalize, structure and great rigor in work, particularly in terms of meeting deadlines,
• Attention to detail and comfort in controlling multi-source data,      
• Highly developed positive critical sense: ability to assess the relevance of data and to cross-check/contextualize it with other information to verify its plausibility,
• Ability to take initiative,
• Agility in a changing professional environment,
• Diplomacy, good communication skills, both oral and written, and ease in dealing with all types of interlocutors,
• Very good team spirit and willingness to contribute to the team,
• Reliability, integrity, honesty, discretion.
• Comfortable with an international environment and multicultural aspects.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken. Fluency in other languages is a plus,
• Willing to work during the first 4 months in the Head Office in Belgium; The job will then be permanently based in Mumbai.