Commercial Finance & Projects Control Manager

The Green Recruitment Company.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Green Recruitment Company is recruiting for a commercially minded finance and project controls professional to strengthen oversight across a growing energy infrastructure project portfolio in the UK. You’ll oversee an external contractor team and work closely with senior leadership to improve governance and data quality for decision making.

You’ll lead cost reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow visibility, and lender reporting, while managing P2P controls and ensuring timely, accurate

Qualifications

• Strong financial and commercial acumen with experience in project controls, PMO or portfolio governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead project and portfolio cost reporting, budgets, forecasting and cash flow visibility.
• Track commitments, forecast final costs, commercial exposures and contingency use.
• Support funding requirements and lender reporting.
• Oversee purchase-to-pay controls, purchase orders and invoice approval workflows.
• Coordinate reporting across schedule, risk and project delivery.
• Manage external consultant and advisor commitments, costs and deliverables.
• Improve systems, governance and data quality to provide leadership with reliable information for decisions.

Skills

Financial acumen

Commercial acumen

Project controls

PMO

Budget ownership

Job description

We’re recruiting for a growing energy infrastructure business seeking a commercially minded finance and project controls professional to strengthen oversight across its project portfolio.

Combining financial control, PMO and commercial operations, you’ll work closely with senior leadership, project teams, finance and external advisors. You’ll oversee an existing contractor team comprising a scheduler, cost controller and two contract managers.

The role

• Lead project and portfolio cost reporting, budgets, forecasting and cash flow visibility.

• Track commitments, forecast final costs, commercial exposures and contingency use.

• Support funding requirements and lender reporting.

• Oversee purchase-to-pay controls, purchase orders and invoice approval workflows.

• Coordinate reporting across schedule, risk, change and project delivery.

• Manage external consultant and advisor commitments, costs and deliverables.

• Improve systems, governance and data quality to give leadership reliable information for decisions.

About you

• You’ll bring strong financial and commercial acumen alongside experience in project controls, PMO or portfolio governance.

• Your background could be in commercial finance, project accounting, cost control or commercially focused project controls, with hands-on ownership of project budgets and forecasts.

• Experience in energy infrastructure, battery storage, substations, onshore wind, solar PV or power plants would be particularly relevant.

• You’ll be comfortable leading specialist contractors, challenging financial information and building practical processes in an entrepreneurial environment.