Project Controller

GF_Finance & Controlling, Accounting-E484

Project Controller - Full Time - Madrid, Spain

**Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.**

**The Project Controller is responsible for** overseeing financial aspects of project management, including cost controlling, data aggregation, cost allocation, product costing, inventory valuation, project portfolio management, and revenue recognition.

**Your main tasks and responsibilities**:

- Execute, control, handover, and close project portfolios, ensuring comprehensive management of project lifecycles.
- Ensure projects are managed effectively from inception to completion, including monitoring and controlling project costs, timelines, and deliverables to achieve the project goals.
- Review the scope of work and cost calculations are in line with the commercial and financial terms at the tendering phase, contract signature and handover phase.
- Set-up the project structure, including the work breakdown and establishing the project baseline.
- Ensure that changes to the project scope are timely reflected in the systems and communicated to project stakeholders.
- Lead project governance together with the Project Manager. ie consolidated project review process to report and track project KPI's and identify and document actual and potential deviations.
- Support the PM team with the risk mitigation process, identifying any critical action to prevent delays and cost overruns; proactively identify emerging headwinds, quantify costs, and schedule implications.
- Manage revenue recognition processes, including quote, order, and fulfilment management.
- Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition in compliance with accounting standards.
- Run predictive analytics related to projects, including revenue forecasting (OT IFRS 15) and project cost forecasting.
- ONCF management on project level, support billing process from inception to execution, securing timely submission of milestones and controlling the NWC.
- Initiate, monitor, update and resolve provisions and contingencies with the Project Team.
- Identify, document, and communicate together with the Project Team lessons learned at the project close out.
- Ensure all financial reporting and processes comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
- Ensure internal controls are in place for the processes performed by this role.

**To succeed in this role, you will need**:

- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.
- Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in commercial finance, controlling, or related roles.
- Experience within the manufacturing or industrial sectors is a plus Critical success factors.
- Demonstrated expertise in cost controlling, project portfolio management, and revenue recognition.
- Expertise in revenue forecasting and recognition and in scenario analysis and financial forecasting.
- Strong financial acumen.
- Excellent communication skills to report project financials and risks to leadership.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to work with project managers and finance teams Technical & language skills.
- Experience with Tagetik and Qlik Sense is a plus.
- Advance user of integrated ERP systems is a plus.
- Strong MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint) skills.

**What we offer you**:

- A competitive salary as well as participation in the variable remuneration system based on personal and financial objectives.
- Restaurant tickets.
- Permanent contract.
- Accident insurance.

No visa or work permit support can be provided for this role

**Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.**
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