Senior Project Controller

Responsibilities

• Working at GEA Group has significant benefits:
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage begins on your first day
• Enjoy 12 paid holidays, including a flexible floating holiday, and 136 hours of PTO to relax or explore
• Invest in your future – A 7% 401(k) employer match helps grow your retirement savings faster
• Keep learning – Take advantage of tuition reimbursement to further your education or skillset
• Live well – Our wellness incentive program rewards healthy habits
• Save smart – Flexible Health Savings and Spending Accounts to manage out-of-pocket expenses
• Senior Project Controller
• Establish constructive close working relationships with the NPE (Nutrition Plant Engineering) NAM Leaders and Key Business Partners.
• Ownership Of Key Project Activities
• Project Reviews according to global project controlling guidance (risk and frequency) and proactively communicate status and results of reviews.
• Tracking of risk and opportunity register throughout the life of the project
• Accuracy of project work breakdown structure
• Analysis of project financial performance compared to baseline
• Collaborate With Project Managers To Ensure comprehensive project budgets (including change orders), cost recognition and estimates for completion are updated and accurate within the local ERP and other applicable systems.
• Maintain the accuracy of reported project financials including gross margin, billing plan, overdue receivables, cost to complete, cost overruns, percentage of completion, risks and contingencies, change orders and accruals
• Evaluate project cash flow versus planned cash flow model within contract and escalate significant deviations for resolution.
• Capture, summarize and report quarterly revenue forecast, cash flow forecast, project risks and related mitigation plans.
• Communicate key risk areas or projects requiring increased focus to Business Line and Finance Leadership.
• Coordinate with intercompany partners to ensure timely documentation and accounting for percentage of completion on project-related intercompany purchases.
• Partner with other Project Analysts within the legal entity to complete all required closing tasks and analysis to deliver month end financials, project summaries and a rolling quarterly estimate based on existing backlog.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, data modeling, and enhanced reporting to improve visibility and decision-making speed.
• Coordinate with Accounting team to ensure timely and accurate monthly close and financial ledger.
• Provide finance expertise to assist others in better understanding financial information to drive better business results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance (strongly preferred but not required), demonstrating a working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and financial analysis principles (IFRS knowledge a significant plus)
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive responsibility in any of the following functions: finance, accounting or audit
• Minimum of 2 years of financial planning and analysis responsibility, demonstrating the ability to execute complex analysis, prepare comprehensive, clear, concise and action-oriented reporting.
• Strong leadership skills, ability to influence Senior Management
• Resilient in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Strong working knowledge of ERP/Financial Systems and Application
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel skills required
• Access or other multi-dimensional analysis experience (ability to build a relational database and queries is strongly preferred)
• Experience with reporting tools such as Cognos, Tableau, BW (CBI) or PowerBI (preferred)
• Microsoft Dynamics or SAP (preferred)
• Strong data analysis experience, demonstrating the ability to understand business needs, obtain and validate data, build queries to address targeted analysis, interpret results, root cause anomalies and generate meaningful results
• Percentage of Completion Accounting Experience (strongly preferred)
• Manufacturing/Costing experience a plus
• Knowledge of Finance or accounting professional certification, is a plus
• Solid time/project management skills and demonstrated ability to balance multiple tasks
• Effective written communication skills, demonstrated technical writing skills through development of training materials, example worksheets for costing and other relevant templates to convey new system functionality to key stakeholders
• Ability to “think on your feet” and respond constructively with action-oriented ideas during meetings with Key Stakeholders and Senior Management
• Desire to consistently learn and take on additional responsibilities
• Knowledge of finance operational cycles, preferably gained through hands-on experience, a plus