Project Controller

Powercor - Citipower; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Purchased leave

Parental leave

Health and wellbeing subsidiary

Career development and planning

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

Powercor in Melbourne is seeking a detail-oriented Project Controller for our Urban Programs team, based at the Melbourne CBD head office. You’ll partner with Project Delivery teams to manage forecasts, accruals and budgets across a portfolio of projects, providing clear reporting to support decisions and governance.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (CPA/CA desirable) and experience in project accounting or controls within infrastructure or utilities.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting or finance; CPA, CA or a relevant project controls qualification is desirable.
• Experience in project accounting, project controls or financial management within infrastructure, utilities, construction or engineering environments.
• Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, accruals, cost tracking and financial variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to reconcile, validate and analyse data from multiple sources.
• Experience working with project financial data in SAP or a comparable ERP system; familiarity with Tableau, Power BI or similar reporting tools is highly regarded.
• Ability to investigate complex issues, challenge assumptions and translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with confidence influencing outcomes and driving accountability.
• Ability to manage competing month-end deadlines across multiple projects and prioritise reviews based on financial risk and the size of forecast or cost variances.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly project forecasting, accruals and cost management to support accurate financial performance reporting.
• Monitor budgets, actual costs and forecasts, investigating variances and identifying emerging risks or opportunities.
• Maintain the integrity of project financial data across SAP and related project management systems.
• Analyse financial performance at project and program level and provide clear commentary and recommendations to support decisions.
• Apply project controls, governance and assurance processes to ensure compliance and reporting accuracy.
• Support audits, reviews, lessons learned and project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• Improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to automate recurring tasks.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cost tracking

Financial variance analysis

Advanced Excel

SAP

Tableau/Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Project accounting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance

Tools

SAP

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

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At CitiPower and Powercor, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 1.3 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.

If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the Role

We're looking for a detail-oriented and commercially minded Project Controller to join our Urban Programs team, in a full time and permanent capacity based at our Melbourne CBD head office.

In this role, you'll partner closely with Project Delivery teams to manage monthly forecasts and accruals, monitor project costs and commitments, and investigate variances across a portfolio of projects. You’ll also help delivery teams understand what’s driving changes in forecast costs, flag emerging budget pressures and potential underspends, and provide clear reporting to support timely decisions and project governance.

You'll play a key role in ensuring project costs, forecasts and reporting are accurate, reliable and actionable, enabling informed decision-making and successful project outcomes.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong project accounting or project controls experience who enjoys working with data, challenging assumptions, identifying trends and influencing project performance through meaningful insights.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate monthly project forecasting, accruals and cost management to support accurate financial performance reporting.


• Monitor budgets, actual costs and forecasts, investigating variances and identifying emerging risks or opportunities.


• Maintain the integrity of project financial data across SAP and related project management systems.


• Analyse financial performance at project and program level and provide clear commentary and recommendations to support decisions.


• Apply project controls, governance and assurance processes to ensure compliance and reporting accuracy.


• Support audits, reviews, lessons learned and project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.


• Improve reporting processes and identify opportunities to automate recurring tasks.

To succeed in this role you will have:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting or finance. CPA, CA or a relevant project controls qualification is desirable.


• Experience in project accounting, project controls or financial management within infrastructure, utilities, construction or engineering environments.


• Strong capability in budgeting, forecasting, accruals, cost tracking and financial variance analysis.


• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to reconcile, validate and analyse data from multiple sources.


• Experience working with project financial data in SAP or a comparable ERP system. Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI or similar reporting tools is highly regarded.


• Ability to investigate complex issues, challenge assumptions and translate data into meaningful business insights.


• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with confidence influencing outcomes and driving accountability.


• Ability to manage competing month-end deadlines across multiple projects and prioritise reviews based on financial risk and the size of forecast or cost variances.

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow.

• hybrid work options


• purchased leave


• 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave


• health and wellbeing subsidiary


• career development and planning opportunities


• exclusive discounts

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTIQA community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply.

What’s next?

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, genders, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQIA+ community and people living with disability.