Senior Project Controls Specialist

Job Description Project Controls Specialist

Location:

Newcastle Upon‑Tyne

Please note - This role will require you to work from our Newcastle, Cobalt Business Park office 3 days per week.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance which requires 5 years continuous UK address history (typically including no periods of 30 consecutive days or more spent outside of the UK) at the point of application.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge.

Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance.

Accenture Technology powers our clients to achieve high performance. We combine business and industry insights with innovative technology to drive growth for our clients. We extend our technology and business capabilities through a powerful alliance ecosystem of market leaders and innovators to provide our clients the best specialised skills and tailored solutions.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

• Our Advanced Technology Centre is a thriving technology and innovation hub from where we deliver high quality services to a number of private and public sector clients.
• You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

• Lead a fast‑paced Delivery PMO team working across multiple complex programmes of work, reporting directly into Senior Leadership.
• Support successful delivery as part of the project management office for large scale, high‑complexity programmes.
• Use data analytics to uncover actionable insights and inform programme strategy via relevant tools (e.g. Power BI).
• Own and manage end‑to‑end operational and financial data for large projects or programmes of work. Reporting on internal profitability, sales and revenue positions.
• Work with internal delivery teams to understand status, issues, risks and put in place mitigation plans.
• Plan, budget creation, management and control using a bespoke suite of programme management tools; including setting up plans, tracking progress, and reporting variances.
• Liaise with internal Commercial and Financial Management teams to ensure that programme and corporate finances are aligned and that the Programme is delivering to target.
• Manage internal and client stakeholder relationships.
• Responsible for identifying and driving continuous service improvement and process automation.

• Experience leading as part of a project or programme management office (PMO).
• Adept at managing complex plans and resource profiles over large programmes of work.
• Strong commercial awareness and financial acumen.
• Experience of data analytics and tooling e.g. Power BI.
• Experience in driving process automation and continuous service improvement.
• Exceptional communication skills - including verbal, written, and presenting to groups.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to coach and mentor as part of a large team.
• A keen interest in technology.

Newcastle

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