Company Description
Turner & Townsend is a leading independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost management, and consulting across the Real Estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. With 112 offices in 45 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the project development, construction, and operation of our clients’ projects and assets. We are an equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request.
Do you want to join the successful Turner & Townsend Energy and Natural Resources Team ? We are looking to hire an experienced Cost Controller to assist in driving forward our commitment to a greener world and grow our ENR business in Western Cape, South Africa.
At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity, and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.
Job Description
The incumbent will be involved in all project functions and activities associated with cost engineering/control, project accounting, financial control, change management, planning, scheduling, estimating, and reporting.
Your role will:
- Maintain appropriate project cost management procedures to ensure sound project cost control and communicate these policies to the project team.
- Compile project cost estimates and align them with project planning.
- Establish, manage, and maintain a project costing database.
- Align the project cost management system Contruent (Ares Prism) to ERP (SAP).
- Prepare monthly estimate forecasts, forex sensitivities, contingency & escalation calculations, and the overall basis of estimate.
- Coordinate & compile the quarterly forecast cycle.
- Manage and control budgets, commitments, expenditure, and forecasts (FEC) vs. authorized budget.
- Prepare monthly management cost reports and dashboards.
- Align the forecast with the project schedule and implement EV reporting.
- Manage and control the financial change control activities relating to change orders, changes in scope, contingency, and escalation applications in the cost management system.
- Provide inputs into project capital scenarios to aid informed decisions and ensure flexible plans to meet the dynamic business environment.
Qualifications
- Qualification in CA, CIMA, Quantity Surveying, Financial, Engineering is an advantage.
- 5 years of working experience, with a minimum of 3 years of project cost engineering and services experience within a mining, construction, or similar industrial field.
- Formal Cost Engineer accreditation will be advantageous.
- Good knowledge and experience of IFRS, SAP (or similar ERP systems), and Project Cost Management Systems Contruent (Ares Prism).
- Highly skilled with the Microsoft Office suite, especially MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, and/or other planning tools.
Additional requirements:
- Valid Code 08/EB Driver’s License.
Role-specific knowledge:
- Strong analytical ability, with attention to detail and deadline-driven.
- Cross-functional communication at all levels, including excellent written and verbal communication.
- Ability to work flexibly, independently, and in a team.
- Ability to adapt to ever-changing requirements and work well under pressure.
- Customer focus, ensuring that their needs are a primary focus and developing sustainable relationships.
- Information and data interpretation and reporting.
- Data mining and interpretation skills.
- Problem-solving capabilities.
- Organizational skills.
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