Cost Controller - Kan

Harbour Energy; Ciudad de México; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Harbour Energy seeks a proactive Cost Controller to manage project cost control for international operations from our Mexico City office. You will maintain WBS in the project control system, manage budgets, and deliver monthly cost reporting and forecasts.

You will work closely with license partners, internal stakeholders, and procurement to ensure financial alignment with plans. The role requires 5 years of cost control experience, familiarity with Pims and SAP S4HANA, and strong communication

Qualifications

• 5 years’ relevant cost control experience, preferably with both operators and contractors.
• Experience with Pims is preferred.
• Experience with Mexican field development projects is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain WBS in the Project Control System.
• Work Program and Budget; initiate process of the budgets and follow up.
• Monthly cost status reporting and forecasting.
• Prepare monthly cost overview, rolling up contractors’ cost reports against plans and budgets.
• Participate in overall cost reporting to License Partners and Internal stakeholders.
• Contingency analysis and tracking risk assessment.
• Maintain timely awareness on project cost and planning performance against budget; analyse Potential Changes; recommend corrective actions.
• Review contractors’ cost and schedule reports and recommend corrective action where necessary.

Skills

Cost control

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Pims

SAP S4HANA

Job description

Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies. Today, Harbour is producing between 475,000 and 485,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa. Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices.

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of Role:

• Maintain WBS in the Project Control System.
• Work Program and Budget; initiate process of the budgets and follow up.
• Monthly cost status reporting and forecasting.
• Prepare monthly cost overview, rolling up contractors’s cost reports against plans and budgets and Maintain WBS in the Project Control System.
• Participate in overall cost reporting to License Partners and Internal stakeholders.
• Contingency analysis and tracking risk assessment.
• Maintain timely awareness on project cost and planning performance against budget; analyse Potential Changes; recommend corrective actions.
• Review contractors’s cost and schedule reports and recommend corrective action where necessary.

Critical Responsibilities (MAE/MATTE/HSES*):

• Ensuring that all activities are carried out in a safe manner complying with all regulatory requirements, legislation and Harbour Energy HSES Procedures.

Ethics and Compliance Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all activities and behaviours are carried out in accordance with Harbour Energy’s Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures, and to complete any compulsory compliance training as required.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence:

• Prepare monthly cost overview, rolling up contractors’s cost reports against plans and budgets, for circulation to project management, license partners and stakeholders.
• Participate in overall cost reporting to License Partners and Internal stakeholders.
• Contingency analysis and tracking risk assessment.
• Monthly accruals and invoice processing.
• Preparation of Cash Flow Forecast.
• Alignment with the procurement process.
• Contribute to the Project Change Control process in Kan project.
• Participate in project meetings, follow-up and close-out of the process/changes.
• Support focal point for all matters concerning Pims systems (Pims and Pims Workflow) or the relevant Cost Controlling system defined for the project.
• Must serve as a liaison with the Finance department to ensure seamless integration with Finance controlling systems (i.e. SAP S4HANA).
• Train and guide company and contractor personnel as required in Pims systems and processes including: Project Change Control (PCC), Technical Queries (TQ), Non- Conformance (NCR) and Deviations (DR), Contract Variations (VO/VOR), Action Tracking, Cost, Manpower Planning, Risk, Status Reporting etc.
• Support the Pims development and maintain the overall project cost control system.
• Support the Risk Management system development from a cost impact perspective (Enterprise Risk Management, Project Risk Management, Technical Safety Risk Register, Risk Contingency Management, etc.).
• Project close-out for contracts and other relevant cost elements.

Technical Skills

• Broad knowledge of project cost control processes, applications and IT supporting systems such as:
• Integration between Pims and SAP S4Hana

Non-Technical Skills:

• Trust, care, open-minded and brave.
• Able to lead, develop and motivate the team for future phases of the project.
• Result-oriented with a balanced focus on: HSEQ, Production, Cost awareness, and People.
• Self-motivated.
• Excellent communication and cooperation skills.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a high tempo environment.

Professional Experience:

• 5 years’ relevant cost control experience, preferably with both operators and contractors.
• Experience with Pims is preferred.
• Experience with Mexican field development projects is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field.

Language:

• Mandatory: Fluent in English – Full working capacity (oral and written).
• Preferably: Fluent in Spanish– Full working capacity (oral and written).

Harbour Principles and Values:

• Strong alignment with and commitment to the core values and behaviours of Harbour Energy.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.

For further information or support on any of these points, please reach out to us at [e-mail]