Project Controller

-; St. Neots; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global market leader is seeking a Business Controller located in St. Neots, UK. This role involves managing financial activities across projects while acting as a business partner to project management. Candidates should have a proven background in project controlling and excellent financial analysis skills. The position offers a hybrid work model along with competitive benefits, including a generous pension scheme and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Competitive contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits scheme

Private medical cover

Generous bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven track record in Project Controlling with relevant tools and systems.
• Familiar with fiscal and tax regulations, sales processes, and contract management.
• Experience in the Engineering industry related to electrical, power, and energy.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial activities for multiple projects.
• Act as business partner supporting financial and commercial matters.
• Prepare project invoices and manage financial reporting.

Skills

Project Controlling

Revenue Recognition

Cost management

Financial analysis

Excellent English communication

Job description

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we'll give you what you need to make it happen. It won't always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you'll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

Position Reports To

LD Business Controller

In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive all financial activities within multiple small‑scale projects or a single large project. Each day, you will act as a business partner to the Project Management team, supporting all financial and commercial matters. You will also showcase your expertise by actively driving project performance.

The work model for the role is hybrid, based in St Neots, UK.

This scope of the role covers the Process Automation Energy Industries UK, Ireland and Azerbaijan cluster.

Responsibilities

• Providing input to negotiations on commercial issues, during local risk review process, and on the financial aspects of the project execution plan.
• Preparing project invoices and financial accounting and reporting (including project site accounting).
• Driving and seeking the optimisation of project cash flow, revenues, and gross margin contribution and effectively managing currency risk, bonds, guarantees, and tax issues.
• Ensuring the accuracy of project balance sheet, income and cash flow statements, and monthly/quarterly forecast and participating in opportunity/risk identification, monitoring risk mitigation measures, and ensuring they are timely implemented.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in Project Controlling, including use of relevant tools and systems
• Proficient in Revenue Recognition and other relevant standards; fiscal and tax regulations; familiar with sales related business processes, contract management, and credit control
• Possess excellent cost management, budgeting, and financial analysis skills
• Excellent English communication skills
• Experience in the Engineering industry or related fields such as electrical, power, and energy

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Flexible benefits scheme (Includes options to buy/sell holidays, health checks, dental, eye care, gym memberships, cycle to work, gadget discounts and more)
• Internal mobility opportunities, mentorships & access to projects globally
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous employee referral scheme
• Company car or cash for car allowance
• Hybrid/Flexible working
• Private medical cover
• Generous bonus scheme

More About Us

The Energy Industries Division serves a wide range of industrial sectors, including hydrocarbons, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and water. With its integrated solutions that automate, digitalise and electrify operations, the Division is committed to supporting traditional industries in their efforts to decarbonise. The Division also supports the development, integration and scaling up of new and renewable energy models. The Division's goal is to help customers adapt and succeed in the rapidly changing global energy transition. Harnessing data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), the Division brings over 50 years of domain expertise delivering solutions designed to improve energy, process and production efficiency, as well as reduce risk, operational cost and capital cost, while minimising waste for customers, from project start‑up and throughout the entire plant lifecycle.

Join us. Be part of the team where progress happens, industries transform, and your work shapes the world. Run What Runs the World.

Appreciation Highlights

For the 5th consecutive year ABB UK has been recognised as a Top Employer in UK. Being certified as a Top Employer showcases an organisation's dedication to a better world of work and exhibits this through excellent HR policies and people practices.

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