Cost Controller F​/H

Job details

Job category: FINANCE / ACCOUNTING / MANAGEMENT / TAX - Financial Controller

Job title:

Cost Controller F/H

Contract type:
Permanent

• Prepare and update the Direct Cost Budget twice per year, managing the Cost Control and the Quantity Surveying teams, and reporting to the Project Control Manager
• Gather information from departments to report the monthly progress of the project, putting together all the information and sharing it with the Finance Department
• Analyze the Monthly Project Direct Cost by comparing it with the forecasted budget, to identify deviations and propose improvements/adjustments to upper management
• Develop and implement KPIs including productivity, MO and CPI/SPI
• Work with the accounting team to review actuals posted vs. forecasts
• Lead the reporting and correct accounting of your allocated works on a monthly/quarterly basis i.e. internal and external (as required)
• Ensure supplier invoices related to your allocated works are processed on a timely basis
• Ensure timesheets are accrued and processed to project including any journal transfers for cost allocations
• Ensure subcontractor payments are processed on a timely basis against projects
• Ensure your allocated works have the correct cost accruals to adjusted costs on a monthly/quarterly basis.
• Contribute to the reporting and accounting of projects on a monthly/quarterly basis i.e. internal and external (as required)
• Investigate project variances against cost forecast and actual reporting and ensure project management are informed
• Confer with credit control regarding unpaid booked costs for your allocated works
• Compile information for internal and external auditors, as and when required
• Ensure compliance with procedures for managing and optimising financial information flows
• Collaborate with the various Project teams to ensure robust financial controls are in place to track project costs
• Analyze, with the operational staff, the differences highlighted by the monitoring between recorded expenses and spending entitlements; defining the causes and proposing corrective or remedial actions
• Be main point of contact and lead for all cost and accounting matters for your allocated works
• Continually review and improve current processes for project reporting
• Support the project in its objectives to ensure the JV meets and continually improves its commitment towards the payment charter
• Carry out ad-hoc additional duties, as required

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in accounting or any other relevant experience
• 5-8 years of experience as a mid-level manager in an administrative department accounting and cost control
• CA or CGA certification
• Advanced knowledge of Word and Excel
• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Strong capacity for teamwork and excellent leadership skills
• Ability to manage accounting staff
• Initiative, resourcefulness and autonomy
• Highly adaptable and open to change

• Annual gross compensation ranging from CAD 110,000 to CAD 130,000, depending on experience and profile
• 4 weeks of vacation
• Annual bonus
• Group Health Insurance (premium participation including virtual health care system)
• Wellness spending account
• Career development opportunities
• A cosmopolite and inclusive work environment
• Attractive and challenging project

Minimum Education Required

A-levels

Minimum Experience Required

More than 5 years

North America, Canada, Ontario

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