Senior Project Controller - Remote

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Do you wish to play a critical role in providing transparency and insight into our business markets for Ramboll Americas? We are searching for a person to drive financial analysis to ensure accuracy of project and business finances. The position location preferences are Arlington, Virginia; Chicago, IL; and Syracuse, NY. This person will be part of the local finance team while advising business leaders. Click the apply-button to send your application.
Inviting bright minds
Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions strive to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies and people around the world.
Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:
Responsible for ensuring that financials provide an accurate and complete representation of projects positions. A Project Controllers operates as a trusted advisor to Program Managers (PMs) and business executives by providing insights based on data driven facts. Responsibilities include:
Proactive and take responsibility for controlling the agenda in your portfolio
Business focused approach and structure information to meet the needs and understanding for the intended audience, be it top management, colleagues or project managers
Advise PMs with risk assessment and notify management of financial risks
Advise PMs with estimate to complete forecasting based on inception to date and project budget
Ensure correct revenue recognition based on Ramboll's Group Policy
Advise PMs on Project Set-Up and Work Break Down structure
Complete working capital analysis and make recommendations to resolve
Train PMs on Financial Project Management on Large and Complex Projects
Support special projects that focus on Process Optimization for Project Controlling
Advise on projects with complex invoicing and coordinate with Project Admin
Provide information to management to be used for commercial decisions and provide complex financial advisory
Contribute to Business Development by ensuring cost and price is current, accurate, and complete. Assist PMs with generating proposal payment plans.
We expect from you
Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting with at least 1-2 years' related experience with budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, management reporting, reporting tools, revenue recognition, working capital, and stakeholder management. It is an advantage if you have worked with support functions before, demonstrating a proactive and collaborative approach with key stakeholders to develop reports and processes. Strong written and oral communications skills are also essential for this position. You need to be driven and willing to sometimes go beyond your role when needed.
Personal qualities that will help you succeed:
You are self-driven, proactive and take responsibility for controlling the agenda in your area. You have a business focused approach and structure information to meet the needs and understanding for the intended audience, be it top management, colleagues or project managers. We expect you to make rational judgments from the available information and analysis. You produce workable solutions to a range of problems and demonstrate an understanding of how one issue can be part of a bigger picture. You establish timely assessment of risk and opportunities and transform these into high quality recommendations or solutions.
Typical assignments are to drive development of the reporting in dialogue with leadership teams and local and global business finance colleagues, ensure deadlines for reporting are kept, providing input for different reports and presentations, working with developing reporting tools (e.g., Power BI) for automated and integrated reporting solutions with the reporting systems team.
Welcome to our Support Organisation
In Ramboll's Support Organisation we take pride in keeping Ramboll running smoothly, enabling bright minds throughout the organisation to focus on their areas of expertise as we tie together all parts of the business. We provide support within areas like Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Communication, Facility Management and more, coordinating efforts and securing common ground for the development and servicing of clients and markets.
Ramboll in the Americas
Ramboll has 2,000 experts working across 72 offices in the Americas applying their passion to deliver innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, Energy and Planning & Urban Design. Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a people company. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative and empowering culture.
How to apply
Apply online. We look forward to receiving your application.
Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individual with Disabilities.

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