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If you’re ambitious, driven and team-spirited, this is your opportunity to build a career as Project Financial Controller in Melbourne, VIC. Join us, and you’ll be part of a global team, sharing knowledge, experience and ideas across countries and cultures, and boosting our reputation as a global leader in rail technology.

About The Role

Co-pilot to the project manager to ensure focus on the achievement of the financial goals of the project.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Ensure that project calculations reflect current status of project, TAC approved and proposed in Global FORE, preparing EAC change requests.
• Input and updating of project calculation in Global FORE and local system (ERP)
• Working out and updating Budget and Forecast figures of the project in Global FORE
• Review and Analysis of: Estimated-at-completion calculation of the project for Budget, Forecast and Actual in Global FORE and local system, variances between Budget, Forecast and Actual figures and comment on them in monthly Reporting – especially Sales POC, Margin and Free Cash flow, Risk &Opportunities and Contingencies; contract related Balance sheet items with the target of minimization of Net Utilized Assets (Inventory level, Advance Payments, Accounts Receivables, etc)

• Make financial situation transparent to the Core Team
• Prepare and present current status and alternative scenarios
• Prepare and update monthly reports and presentation in project review meetings
• Contribute in Risk & Opportunities discussion and following up on action plans

• Responsible for customs and customer invoicing, VAT, Receivables and payment control
• Cash-Flow Management (i.e. input of project figures in Cash Planner)
• Hedging activities in cooperation with Treasury (if necessary) (FX Planner)
• Determine dispatch instructions, working out, procuring, distributing dispatch documents and if necessary customs documents, ensure all relevant shipment activities.
• Control of Warranty Provisions to the end of the project
• Insurance cases (freight, maintenance, third party, etc.)
• Require and control securities by the customer
• Coordinate commercial affairs of internal partners, i.e. check of inter-company Sales and Purchases
• Provide input parameters for Bid Approval Process and support Blue Book tender activities for variation orders

• Keep Project Manager continuously updated on financial situation of project and upcoming risks & opportunities
• Support Risk & Opportunities Manager & Project Manager by quantifying/assessing project-related exposures/opportunities.

• Finance degree and/or any relevant professional related qualification
• 5-10 years in a Mgmt. Accountant or Project Financial Controller role is required
• Superior verbal/written communications skills for effective interfacing across different disciplines
• Experience in finance and reporting on long term, large scale projects of a technical nature
• Experience in interacting with multiple stakeholders in a multi discipline large scale project.