Business Controller

WireHire; Kebayoran Baru; On-site; IDR 400,000,000 - 700,000,000; Full time

Job summary

WireHire is seeking a Business Control professional for a tech conglomerate client in Jakarta. You will partner with Finance, Project, and Commercial teams to strengthen financial discipline, ensure transparent performance tracking, and manage risk across the project lifecycle.

Key duties include monitoring performance against plan, overseeing capex budgeting and cost governance, strengthening controls in procurement and contracts, and developing dashboards for senior management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, or MRICS are a strong advantage.
• Solid grounding in financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
• Hands-on exposure to capital projects, construction contracts, or infrastructure-related environments.
• Familiar with procurement processes, cost control, and ERP or financial systems.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect numbers to business reality.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, project-driven environment, pragmatic.
• Demonstrated ability to guide, influence, and develop finance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze financial performance against plan, identifying variances and risks.
• Provide insights to support management and CFO-level decision-making.
• Oversee budgets, costs, and capital deployment to align with approved investment cases.
• Track project spend, assess deviations, and support corrective actions.
• Proactively identify financial and operational risks across projects and operations.
• Ensure appropriate controls and escalate issues with mitigation plans.
• Support adherence to accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Develop concise dashboards, reports, and performance analyses for senior management.
• Partner with the CFO on special projects, deep-dive analyses, and time-sensitive initiatives.

Skills

Financial analysis

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA, CFA, or MRICS (advantage)

Job description

We are looking for a Business Control professional for a tech conglomerate client to partner closely with Finance, Project, and Commercial teams in supporting large-scale development. This role plays a critical part in ensuring strong financial discipline, transparent performance tracking, and effective risk management across the project lifecycle.

What Youll Do

• Monitor and analyze financial performance against plan, identifying key variances, risks, and value improvement opportunities.
• Provide clear insights and recommendations to support management and CFO-level decision-making.

Capex, Budget & Cost Governance

• Oversee budgets, costs, and capital deployment to ensure alignment with approved investment cases.
• Track project spend, assess deviations, and support corrective actions to protect financial outcomes.
• Proactively identify financial, commercial, and operational risks across projects and operations.
• Ensure appropriate controls are in place and issues are escalated with practical mitigation plans.

Governance & Compliance

• Support adherence to accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
• Strengthen financial controls across procurement, contracts, and project execution.

Reporting & Management Information

• Develop concise dashboards, reports, and performance analyses for senior management.

Strategic & Ad-hoc Support

• Partner with the CFO on special projects, deep-dive analyses, and time-sensitive initiatives related to performance improvement and strategic decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CFA, or MRICS are a strong advantage.
• Solid grounding in financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
• Hands-on exposure to capital projects, construction contracts, or infrastructure-related environments.
• Familiar with procurement processes, cost control, and ERP or financial systems.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to connect numbers to business reality.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, project-driven environment, pragmatic.
• Demonstrated ability to guide, influence, and develop finance professionals.