Senior Project Controller

Socket.dev; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

DNV's Houston office seeks a Senior Project Controller to partner with Project Managers, optimize project financial performance, and ensure compliant revenue recognition and cash flow.

You will own full-cycle project accounting, including contract review, expenditure validation, WIP management, and monthly reviews with PMs. This hybrid role requires strong IFRS knowledge, analytical skills, and a drive to improve regional processes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, analyze, and report on project financial performance; provide actionable insights and guidance.
• Proactively initiate accurate and timely invoicing in line with customer contracts and global procedures.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Project and Line Managers, leading regular financial reviews across active portfolios.
• Ensure revenue recognition aligns with IFRS 15 and internal project accounting principles (including percent of completion, time & material, matching, and accrual methodologies).
• Challenge and validate inputs from Project Managers and Line Management; proactively engage PMs on required change orders.
• Lead monthly project review meetings with PMs; perform expenditure checks, document review outcomes, and direct Administrators on follow-up actions.
• Manage and maintain accurate project financial records; monitor project life-cycle progress to ensure timely completion and closure.
• Oversee Work in Progress (WIP) balances, ensuring collectability and initiating actions to minimize exposure.
• Identify and escalate high-risk project items to Business Controllers as needed.
• Support operational processes such as time-card compliance and supplier invoice workflow resolution.
• Provide PMs and staff with financial support while promoting commercial awareness across the organization.
• Maintain documentation of all financial activities to facilitate future audits and follow-up by Business Controllers or Global Shared Services.
• Perform thorough financial checks during project closing, ensuring invoice alignment and identifying potential write-offs or positive adjustments.

Job description

At DNV, people are at the heart of everything we do. We foster a culture built on psychological safety, inclusion, trust, and collaboration, where every employee’s voice matters. Teams are encouraged to show up authentically, listen actively, and create an environment where innovation thrives.

DNV has been recognized as a Top U.S. Workplace, reflecting employee feedback on meaningful work, leadership, appreciation, and a supportive environment. We live our values daily by caring for each other, sharing knowledge, and working together toward a common purpose.

DNV also offers a comprehensive, people‑first benefits package designed to support your health, financial security, and career growth.

Joining DNV means joining a company that invests in your present and future. Our benefits are designed to support you holistically — your health, your financial security, your family, and your career.

The Senior Project Controller is a key member of the regional Project Controlling team and reports to the Regional Head of Project Controlling and Administration. In this role, you will partner closely with Project Managers to minimize commercial risks, optimize project financial performance, and maximize revenue and cash flow. You will be responsible for full-cycle project financials, including contract review, project accounting quality assurance, expenditure validation, revenue recognition, and WIP management. This role is essential to fostering a culture of accountability, commercial awareness, and operational excellence.

This position will be located in our Houston, TX office, presenting a dynamic hybrid schedule where employees will typically spend three (3) days per week working from either aDNV office or client location/site. Further details regarding role-specific requirements will be shared during the interview process.

What You\'ll Do

• Monitor, analyze, and report on project financial performance; provide actionable insights and guidance.
• Proactively initiate accurate and timely invoicing in line with customer contracts and global procedures.
• Serve as a strategic business partner to Project and Line Managers, leading regular financial reviews across active portfolios.
• Ensure revenue recognition aligns with IFRS 15 and internal project accounting principles (including percent of completion, time & material, matching, and accrual methodologies).
• Challenge and validate inputs from Project Managers and Line Management; proactively engage PMs on required change orders.
• Lead monthly project review meetings with PMs; perform expenditure checks, document review outcomes, and direct Administrators on follow‑up actions.
• Manage and maintain accurate project financial records; monitor project life-cycle progress to ensure timely completion and closure.
• Oversee Work in Progress (WIP) balances, ensuring collectability and initiating actions to minimize exposure.
• Identify and escalate high‑risk project items to Business Controllers as needed.
• Support operational processes such as time-card compliance and supplier invoice workflow resolution.
• Provide PMs and staff with financial support while promoting commercial awareness across the organization.
• Maintain documentation of all financial activities to facilitate future audits and follow‑up by Business Controllers or Global Shared Services.
• Perform thorough financial checks during project closing, ensuring invoice alignment and identifying potential write-offs or positive adjustments.

AboutEnergy Systems

We help customers navigate the complex transition to a decarbonized and more sustainable energy future. We do this by assuring that energy systems work safely and effectively, using solutions that are increasingly digital. We also help industries and governments to navigate the many complex, interrelated transitions taking place globally and regionally, in the energy industry.