Commercial Project Manager

Primetals Technologies, Ltd.; Canonsburg (Washington County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Primetals Technologies USA is seeking a Commercial Project Manager CPM II/Project Controller in Canonsburg, PA. You will manage commercial aspects of medium-to-long-term contracts, forecast revenue and costs, bill at milestones, and liaise with customers and vendors.

Responsibilities include risk mitigation, contract changes, insurance/bond compliance, and month-end closings, with travel about 5–10%. The role requires a finance-related degree and solid experience in project accounting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, auditing
• 2–5 years in accounting or similar project management/controller role
• Experience with financial reporting and external audits
• Knowledge of work breakdown structure or chart of accounts
• INCO terms exposure
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret financial reports and contract documents
• Experience interacting with customers and sub-suppliers
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
• Self-starter with urgency and leadership
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; SAP experience preferred
• Experience with accounting, project forecasting and financial reporting
• Experience with complex long-term projects a plus
• Foreign language skills a plus

Responsibilities

• Project forecasting and reporting of revenue, costs, and cash flow
• Timely billing according to contract including milestone achievements
• Identify and partner with business to mitigate and anticipate risk
• Preparing contract change orders and claims
• Fulfilling insurance, guarantee and bond requirements
• Approving project purchase requisitions
• Performing Goods Receipts for delivered goods
• Preparing bank presentations for drawing from Export Letters of Credit
• Preparing commercial/proforma invoices for exportation of goods
• Monitoring aging/blocked balance sheet items (AP/AR)
• Liaison to various internal functions
• Financial responsibility related to project closing, month end and other commercial activities
• Continuous Process Improvement

Skills

Project management

Forecasting

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Self-starter

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/auditing

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

Primetals Technologies USA is a leading partner for engineering, plant construction and lifecycle services in the metal industry. We provide innovative and practical solutions to support our customers with long-term sustainability goals and their increased competitiveness. We believe the technical and economic know-how of our employees is the key success factor of our company.

At Primetals Technologies, you are encouraged to learn, grow, develop and contribute.

Come join the 7,000 employees worldwide working at Primetals Technologies, a Group Company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

We are looking for a Commercial Project manager (CPM) II/Project Controller for our Canonsburg, PA location. The role of the CPM is to serve as a partner to the business in the execution of medium, potentially international, customer contracts (“Projects”) in the Steel-making Industry. The CPM ensures that project management is performed with financial integrity and within contractual parameters. Responsibilities include management of all commercial aspects of a project required to ensure successful project execution including Revenue forecasting, milestone billing, cash management, commercial risk identification / mitigation, internal reporting, and interface with customers and vendors.

The CPM position is responsible for managing all operations and project activities from the commercial perspective.

Location: Canonsburg, PA Required Travel: 5-10%

Responsibilities:

• Project forecasting and reporting of revenue, costs, and cash flow
• Timely billing, according to contract, including but not limited to milestone achievements
• Identify and partner with business to mitigate and anticipate potential risk
• Preparing contract change orders and claims
• Fulfilling the contractual insurance, guarantee and bond requirements
• Approving project purchase requisitions
• Performing the Goods Receipts function for delivered goods
• Preparing bank presentations for drawing from Export Letters of Credit
• Preparing commercial/proforma invoices for exportation of goods
• Monitoring aging/blocked balance sheet items such as Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. Resolving discrepancies
• Liaison to various internal functions
• Financial responsibility related to project closing, month end and other commercial activities
• Continuous Process Improvement

Required Skills/Knowledge, Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with finance, accounting, auditing, focus.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in accounting and/or similar project management or project manager controller role.
• Experience with financial reporting and accounting guidelines and experience interacting with external auditors
• Knowledge of work breakdown structure and / or chart of accounts
• International commercial terms (INCOterm) exposure
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common financial reports and contract documents
• Experience interacting with customers and sub-suppliers
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work closely with people at all levels of the organization and facilitate the implementation of corrective action and best practice sharing.
• Diverse background in finance roles where leadership skills were required; ability to demonstrate an attitude which positively influences the project team
• Strong organizational and communications skills
• Ability to display confidence, honesty, and flexibility
• Self-starter who is action oriented and possesses a strong sense of urgency
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills.
• SAP experience including Sales and Project models preferred
• Experience with Accounting, Project forecasting and financial reporting preferred
• Experience with complex long-term projects a plus
• Industry knowledge a plus
• Proficiency in foreign language a plus

Primetals Technologies offers a full range of benefits starting with first day of employment.

If you want to learn more about Primetals Technologies, visit our website!

At Primetals Technologies, we value difference for the benefit of our Employees, our Customers, and our Community. Primetals Technologies is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.