Coord. Controle de Custos

Job Purpose

The Lead Cost Controller is responsible for coordinating the project cost control team to ensure comprehensive financial oversight of all project phases. This role develops, implements, and maintains robust financial controls and reporting processes, ensuring compliance with accounting principles, internal policies, and current legislation. The Lead Cost Controller works closely with multidisciplinary teams to analyze, forecast, and optimize project costs, supporting the achievement of profitability targets and the successful delivery of projects. Additionally, this position drives process improvements, supports audits, and fosters the professional development of the cost control team.

Job Description

• Coordinate the Cost Control team for project(s) to ensure full financial control, in compliance with accounting principles, current legislation, and TechnipFMC’s internal standards and procedures.
• Develop, plan, analyze, and consolidate monthly reports to achieve the company’s cost management objectives, contributing to the fulfillment of pre-established profitability targets and ensuring the smooth progress of all project phases.
• Develop financial controls for projects based on estimates received from the Estimating Department, critically analyzing documentation and values with the Project Director to prepare the project budget and ensure final results.
• Ensure that developed controls meet the information needs of various Financial Areas required for project progress.
• Interface with Engineering, Procurement, QHSE, Quality, HR, and Operations Departments to gather technical information, enabling ongoing analysis of total projected cost (forecast), revenue, and operating margin.
• Guarantee project control through analysis and use of system data regarding commitments, billings, payments (third parties), and billings/receipts (clients).
• Issue monthly accounting reconciliation vs. Project Management Report (PMR), with Accounting’s agreement.
• Ensure financial information requests from Management Control (P&L submission) and Treasury (cash flow submission) are met.
• Maintain up-to-date control and documentation in the Department directory to respond to various financial audits: internal (Corporate) and external (Third Parties).
• Coordinate actions to increase project profitability through appropriate financial reports and specific cost control/reduction actions with other company areas.
• Management reports: Analyze, issue, and present project management reports (PMR and CSA - Cost Sensitivity Analysis) to Project Managers (internal clients), including assumptions, schedule, risks and opportunities, and critical analysis of P&L (actual vs. budgeted).
• Analyze and issue cash flow for Treasury, provisions for accounting closing, and P&L for Management Control.
• Analyze and issue accounting reconciliation for the Accounting Team.
• Develop and improve project cost control, interacting and participating in project implementation with various areas: Technical (Engineering, Planning, and Operations), Procurement, Finance (other managements), IT (appropriate software, new technology), Crew, and HR, aiming to implement improvements in project control.
• Ensure process improvements.
• Participate in and guide the professional development of the team, assisting in finding solutions.
• Coordinate the team and provide feedback.
• Manage conflicts and negotiate alternative solutions.

You are meant for this job if:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent

• Experience as a Cost Control Engineer or in other Project Control discipline

• Fluent English

• Knowledge of cost control tools and methodologies

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