Job Description

ACTIVITIES 

•    ensure that the expenditures of the activities carried out under the Project are strictly controlled, properly authorized, carefully monitored, timely centralized and reported in order to minimize, and to keep under strict control, their overall cost at all time;
•    participate to the Procure To Pay process for the Project Cost Control part (invoice codification and compliance to contracts) and to the Project contract approval process when requested;

•    participate to the preparation and submission of the Project annual and pluri-annual budgets for inclusion into the CLIENT’S Ltd. budgets, and monitoring of the execution of these budgets;
•    monitor, evaluate, control and update the Project major commitments and expenditures arising from the contracts, call-off orders, change orders and purchase orders;
•    maintain and update as needed the cost control system (tools, structure, WBS, cost centres, etc);
•    identify and analyse the costs overruns or abnormal discrepancies in a timely manner, and provide Management with ready-to-use information to allow Management to make informed decisions on possible mitigation measures;
•    more generally, provide CLIENT’S Project Management and its departments with reliable analysis and cost management reporting to monitor Project progress and satisfy internal and external reporting requirements as requested;
•    provide information and assistance to other CLIENT’S Departments for related processes and reporting such as the CLIENT’S Annual Work Program & Budget, cash calls, company accounting accruals and audits, etc.

CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT

•    The context is complex with numerous stakeholders, environmental and societal / local content stakes, four partners, two involved countries new to oil development
•    Strict adherence to HSE, Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures as edicted by CLIENT’S
•    The project will be developed together with an EPcmC contractor in charge of detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management interfacing with CLIENT’S and all construction contractors
•    British-registered CLIENT’S Ltd. is the legal entity carrying out the project through its branches in Uganda and Tanzania

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED 

Experience in project developments, and in cost control in particular, alternatively a good accounting background, Master Windows Office tools, especially Excel, and able to process big volumes of data.
Minimum experience of 5 years; experience of work with the Big Four in audit is an added advantage.
Reliable, accuracy and detail-oriented, able to work under pressure with some autonomy, team spirit, adaptable Fluent in English, written and spoken, and able to work in a multi-cultural environment