EMEA Project Control Manager

Cubic Corporation; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking an EMEA Project Control Manager in London to lead a local team, manage project budgets, and provide financial analysis for large-scale projects. Ideal candidates have a finance degree and experience in financial systems like SAP. The role offers opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in cost accounting, financial analytics, or financial reporting.
• Strong computer skills required for extended periods of work.
• Ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage a local Project Control team ensuring analysis and forecasting improvements.
• Develop and manage project budgets, revenue, and cash flows.
• Provide financial analysis and reports for internal stakeholders.

Skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivated

Excellent interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Education

Four-year college degree in finance or accounting

Tools

SAP

Business Intelligence

Tableau

Job description

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Overview

EMEA Project Control Manager page is loaded EMEA Project Control Manager Apply locations Salfords, Surrey time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id REQ_44855 Business Unit: Cubic Transportation Systems Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people\'s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Job Details:

Responsibilities

This role is part of our Cubic Transportation Project Control team and partners with the global team on revenue, earned value, cost and change management for complex, large-scale projects in a dynamic environment; strategizing with other business functions to increase inter-department efficiency. This role typically works under limited supervision and will be responsible for managing a local Project Control team ensuring continuous analysis and forecasting improvements and some direct project work. This function is responsible for ensure accuracy and completeness of the financials related to treasury (cash), financial planning and analysis (reporting), financial management (revenue & cost), and supporting regulatory reporting.

• Provides continual performance assessments, proactive analysis, and mitigation strategies to facilitate timely corrective actions and preserve company financial goals
• Serve as a key point of contact for other departments and the global Project Control team; ensuring timely and clear communication regarding project status, risks, and changes.
• Help implement and maintain processes and tools to manage project costs, schedules, and risks supporting compliance and continuous improvement.
• Able to concisely identify, summarize and extract key issues from complex contractual arrangements for revenue value and timing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; this role will present project financials for operational and strategic decision-making.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, culturally aware with a willingness to share knowledge, coach and collaborate effectively with individuals and other departments.
• Coaches and develops direct reports to ensure effective financial presentations, variance analyses, and project controls to all levels of the business.
• Reviews staff work product for quality, accuracy, and utility to assure quality and alignment with company policies, GAAP and ASC revenue recognition.
• Develop, forecast, and manage project budget allocation, revenue and cash flows, and costs directly for projects and with the team.
• Understands and works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors and provides solutions to issues in creative and effective ways.
• SAP and other system tools are used for budgeting, forecasting, and project management.
• Supports project operations team by monitoring and analyzing project costs, identifying variances, and working with the team to address them.
• Participate in solving problems, monitoring risk mitigation strategies and execution of risk management processes with the project operations team.
• Ensure information integrity for project status, contract values and estimates to completion as represented by project/contract managers.
• Supports the development and review of detailed integrated schedules in close collaboration with the technical leads and project managers.
• Comfortable collaborating with company groups and key contacts outside in a variety of business areas, including engineering and development.
• Monitors and analyzes Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable to ensure both activities are timely and correct.
• Prepares financial analysis and reports for internal stakeholders and management review meetings.
• Supports internal and external audits.

Key Skills

• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• A proactive decision maker, able to work unsupervised
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Exceptional time management
• Manage and prioritize conflicting demands
• Experienced analytical and interpretative skills

Minimum Job Requirements

• Four-year college degree, preferably in finance or accounting. OR equivalent years of experience in lieu of a degree. CPA or CMA license preferred.
• Relevant experience in cost accounting, financial analytics, or financial reporting.
• Financial system experience; SAP, Business Intelligence, Tableau are preferred.
• Strong personal computer skills and MS Office or equivalent programs is required.
• Must be able to work at a computer for extended periods of time.
• Ability to prioritize, complete multiple tasks, and work under deadlines.
• Able to concentrate, focus, and perform complex financial analyses.
• Adept analytic and numeric skills are required.
• Experienced developing a team to solve complex problems in a timely manner.

Worker Type: Employee

About Us

Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people\'s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners.

We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD).

CTS is an industry-leading integrator of payment and information solutions and related services for intelligent travel applications.

CTS delivers integrated systems for transportation and traffic management, delivering tools for travelers to choose the smartest and easiest way to travel and pay for their journeys, and enabling transportation authorities and agencies to manage demand across the entire transportation network. Cubic Defense provides networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) solutions, and live, virtual, constructive and game-based training solutions for both U.S. and Allied Forces. These mission-inspired capabilities enable assured multi-domain access; converged digital intelligence; and superior readiness for defense, intelligence, security and commercial missions.

Cubic is proud to have a presence in over 60 countries and employ over 5,000 people worldwide. We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law.