Administrative & Cost Controller M/F

BOURBON Marine Services; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bourbon in Singapore is seeking an experienced Senior Financial Controller to oversee detailed analytical monitoring of vessel operating costs, ensure data reliability, and produce KPI reports across the fleet.

You will lead monthly closings, support budget preparation, and challenge operational teams with actionable insights, working closely with accounting to ensure accurate cost allocation and governance across statutory accounts.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in management/finance or equivalent
• 5 to 8 years in operational management control
• Experience in maritime, transport, or industrial sectors
• Strong excel and data controls, data reliability and correction of financial flows
• Production of reports, models and KPIs (unit cost, standard)
• Active participation in performance reviews with operational teams
• Good knowledge of accounting rules and ability to read P&L and balance sheet
• Proven experience in database analysis
• Training management control teams on procedures and best practices
• Fluent English

Responsibilities

• Ensure detailed analytical monitoring of vessel operating costs (crew, maintenance, consumables, insurance, fuel, food)
• Ensure reliability of the standard daily cost for each vessel and conduct variance analysis between standard and actuals
• Work at a granular level: by vessel, by cost item, by cost breakdown, by status
• Monthly review of the PO module and backlog status with operational teams
• Ensure rigorous monitoring of Variation Orders in analytical tracking and contract/project recharges
• Produce qualitative and concise financial analyses to explain variances and support decision-making
• Challenge operational teams on financial performance as a credible partner
• Participate in management reviews and contribute to budget arbitration
• Provide clear reporting and analysis explaining deviations from standards
• Propose corrective actions and cost optimization levers
• Contribute to monthly financial closing within scope
• Work closely with accounting to ensure proper recording of accruals and provisioning at monthly closings
• Ensure high quality and reliability of reported figures and their segmentation
• Ensure compliance with cost management standards
• Participate in annual budgets and forecasts
• Lead vessel budgets with operational departments ensuring completeness and consistency of forecasts
• Ensure accurate cost allocation and flag exceptional expenses or risks
• Ensure reliability of statutory accounts for a scope of entities

Skills

Operational cost monitoring

Data controls

Reporting & KPIs

Variance analysis

Cost optimization

Vessel cost analysis

Financial forecasting

Budgeting

Excel modeling

Word

PowerPoint

Oracle ERP

Data reliability

Management reviews

Education

Master’s degree in management/finance

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

Modeling

Word

PowerPoint

Oracle ERP

Job description

Qualifications, Skills and Experiences

Master’s degree in management / finance or equivalent (Business school, Master’s in Management, Accounting, Audit, or Management Control)

Experienced profile with 5 to 8 years in operational management control, ideally in maritime, transport, or industrial sectors

• Strong experience in operational management control with detailed analytical cost monitoring
• Mastery of accounting and analytical data controls, with a rigorous approach to data reliability, traceability and correction of financial flows to ensure data quality
• Production of reports, models and KPIs (unit cost, standard, etc.)
• Active participation in performance reviews with operational teams
• Good knowledge of accounting rules and ability to read profit & loss and balance sheet
• Proven experience in database analysis
• Excellent proficiency in office tools (advanced Excel / modeling / Word / PowerPoint) and ERP systems (ORACLE)
• Training management control teams on procedures and best practices
• Fluent English

Minimum level of education required

3 - Bachelor's degree (3 years)

Minimum level of experience required

6-10 years

• Ensure detailed analytical monitoring of vessel operating costs (crew, maintenance, consumables, insurance, fuel, food, etc.)
• Ensure the reliability of the standard daily cost for each vessel in scope and conduct in-depth variance analysis between standard and actuals
• Work at a granular level: by vessel, by cost item, by cost breakdown, by status
• Monthly review of the PO module and backlog status (open orders, invoices not received, unmatched purchase orders) with operational teams
• Ensure rigorous monitoring of Variation Orders in both analytical tracking and contract/project recharges.
• Produce qualitative and concise financial analyses to explain variances and support decision‑making

• Challenge operational teams (Vessel manager, Crewing manager, etc.) on financial performance, acting as a credible and solution‑oriented partner
• Participate in management reviews and contribute to budget arbitration preparation
• Provide clear, qualitative and concise reporting and analysis explaining deviations from standards
• Propose corrective actions and cost optimization levers

Contribute to monthly financial closing within the scope

• Work closely with accounting to ensure proper recording of accruals in line with operational activity. Ensure appropriate provisioning levels at each monthly closing by securing commitments and completeness of expenses
• Ensure high quality and reliability of reported figures and their analytical segmentation
• Ensure compliance with cost management standards and procedures

Participate in the preparation of annual budgets and periodic forecasts/projections

• Lead the preparation of vessel budgets in close collaboration with operational departments while ensuring completeness and consistency of forecasts
• Ensure accurate cost allocation and proactively flag any exceptional expenses or potential budget risks in support of annual budget preparation and forecasting exercises.

Ensure reliability of statutory accounts for a scope of entities

Organisation

Operating in more than countries, BOURBON supports its customers by providing a wide range of innovative and sustainable maritime services in the oil, gas, and wind energy sectors. With a fleet of 159 modern, standardised vessels, the company and its 4,600 employees are working to achieve one ambition: to be the partner of choice for major players in offshore energy. Deeply rooted in local environments, BOURBON considers its proximity to its customers to be one of its key assets.

Strongly rooted in local communities, BOURBON makes proximity to its customers one of its key assets. Its worldwide network enables it to operate anywhere in the world with the same level of quality and safety.

Reference

2026-2261

Job type (offshore/onshore)

Onshore