Strategic Project Controller — Shipbuilding Finance

Helsinki Shipyard; Helsingin seutukunta; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, seeks a Project Controller to join the Finance team. You will partner with project management to steer project costs, forecast performance and support decisions across the lifecycle.

This role blends analytics, business insight and cross-functional collaboration with production, procurement, engineering and finance. We offer a hybrid work setup and growth opportunities in a historic shipbuilding leader.

Qualifications

• Experience in a project-driven business in the industrial sector.
• Excellent Excel skills; other IT and data skills are an advantage.
• Ability to turn financial data into insights that support practical business decisions.
• Understanding of forecasting, profitability, and risk management in project environments.

Responsibilities

• Take financial responsibility for designated shipbuilding and/or design projects simultaneously, as part of the project management team.
• Coordinate project forecasting, monitor financial performance, and identify risks and opportunities throughout the project lifecycle.
• Act as a trusted sparring partner to Project Managers, providing financial insights and constructive challenge.
• Work closely with project management, production, procurement, engineering, and other cost-responsible teams, reporting to both the Project Manager and the Finance organization.
• Provide forward-looking financial insights that support significant business decisions at different stages of projects.
• Prepare project forecasts and support project status reporting for company and Group management.
• Develop forecasting, reporting, analytics, and financial steering practices to support our growing organization together with other Project Controllers.
• Help shape ways of working in an international project environment while developing your own expertise in project business.

Job description

Helsinki Shipyard in Helsinki, Finland, seeks a Project Controller to join the Finance team. You will partner with project management to steer project costs, forecast performance and support decisions across the lifecycle.

This role blends analytics, business insight and cross-functional collaboration with production, procurement, engineering and finance. We offer a hybrid work setup and growth opportunities in a historic shipbuilding leader.