Associate Project Finance Controller

ProProcess; Germiston; On-site; ZAR 520,000 - 820,000; Full time

Job summary

ProProcess in Gauteng, South Africa, is seeking a detail-oriented Project Finance Controller (Associate) to join our Engineering & Operations team. You will manage financial control across a portfolio of projects, ensure accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting, billing, and close-out activities, and provide insights to protect profitability and drive successful delivery.

We value proactive problem-solving, collaboration with project managers, finance, supply chain, and engineering, plus

Qualifications

• Diploma / Degree in Finance, Accounting, Management Accounting, Commerce, or a related field.
• 3–5 years' experience in project finance control, project accounting, cost control, or similar
• Experience working within project-driven, engineering, construction, manufacturing, or operational environments.
• Proven experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, project billing, and reconciliations.
• Experience working with ERP systems (preferably Syspro)

Responsibilities

• Set up and maintain project financial structures, budgets, cost codes, billing milestones, and reporting requirements.
• Ensure project data is accurate, complete, and aligned across approved systems.
• Maintain project financial records, approvals, and baseline documentation
• Monitor project costs, commitments, and budgets against approved baselines.
• Prepare and maintain cost-to-complete, cash flow, revenue, and margin forecasts.
• Analyse variances, identify potential overruns, and provide proactive financial risk alerts.
• Prepare client payment applications and supporting documentation
• Validate project progress, variations, and billing entitlements.
• Prepare revenue recognition, WIP, and invoicing calculations in accordance with financial requirements
• Monitor billing milestones and support timely invoice generation and cash flow
• Produce accurate project financial reports covering budgets, actuals, forecasts, revenue, cash flow, and margins.
• Explain material financial movements, risks, and forecast changes to stakeholders.
• Maintain auditable financial records, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Contribute project-level information for portfolio and business reporting
• Complete final project reconciliations and close-out packs.
• Support resolution of outstanding commercial, procurement, and accounting matters.
• Calculate final project profitability and document lessons learned.
• Identify and support improvements to financial control, forecasting, reporting, and data integrity processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash flow management

Excel

Syspro

Stakeholder communication

Reconciliations

Education

Degree in Finance / Accounting

Tools

Syspro

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

ProProcess in Gauteng, South Africa, is seeking a detail-oriented Project Finance Controller (Associate) to join our Engineering & Operations team. You will manage financial control across a portfolio of projects, ensure accurate reporting, budgeting, forecasting, billing, and close-out activities, and provide insights to protect profitability and drive successful delivery.

We value proactive problem-solving, collaboration with project managers, finance, supply chain, and engineering, plus