Project Financial Controller

Acts as business partners to project managers/(A)DAG's, creating added value for RHDHV in both the PQ & Proposal phase and the Execution phases of projects by working intensively together in project and management teams. Being able to create a position in the organization in where stakeholders find you and you are able to make an impact. As a member of the global Finance team take responsibility for the finance strategy goals.
Has a combination of a professional, critical, pro-active and independent attitude and strong forward looking, communications, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
1. To be a business partner for project managers in all stages of a project, with a major focus in the PQ & Proposal phase of Tier A - D projects, and to work alongside project managers to contribute to, influence and mitigate risks of projects to improve project financial performance.
2. To be a business partner for the AG management for the results of their respective departments, provide financial control, and forward looking analyses and advise on AG results, both invited and uninvited.
3. To be independent guardian of company's assets (like WIP, debtors, intellectual property, participations), ensure RHDHV is compliant to statutory accounting and tax regulation and internal procedures and control requirements. In case of conflicting interests between the business partner and independent guardian role the latter will prevail.
4. To support the Business Unit Controller in delivering both regular and limited ad-hoc reporting and analyses for senior management of both the Business Unit and the group.
5. To cultivate effective relationships with all relevant business customers (project managers, DAG's and other stakeholders).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Challenge the proposal manager on financial and risk related topics (like strategic fit, risk/reward balance, pricing, invoicing, cash flow, (international) tax, currency risks, pre-financing) during the PQ & Proposal phase of non-routine tenders.
2. Use standard Health Check ("HC") project information, looking both backwards and more often forward, and provide analysis for decision making and project performance improvement purposes, using forthcoming data analytics opportunities.
3. As a full-fledged project team member of Tier A - D projects, signal pro-actively areas of improvement. Challenges project managers on non-resolved financial project issues and other issues with a potential impact on the project financial results (e.g. on forecasted results). Discuss identified areas of improvement with project managers and flag potential areas of concern that project managers need to communicate to line management in their HC Full & Lite reports. Validates HC Full & Lite reports before issued by project manager.
4. Participate in monthly review HC Lite & Basic meetings with DAG's/project managers. Fully support project managers to achieve high quality financial information in the HC Lite & Basic reports in time for the monthly review meetings. Has the acumen to quickly identify financial issues/risks during a desk review of the HC Basic reports in order to focus on exceptions in review meetings.
5. Next to identification of improvement opportunities in all business processes, pro-actively contribute to value add process changes.
6. Pro-actively share finance & management control knowledge with project, finance and line managers of RHDHV.
7. Coach project finance administrative team members.
8. Carry out any duties which the Finance line manager (BUC) may reasonably request within the broad parameters of the role.
9. Perform work mostly independent and determine own priorities without continuously being monitored by a direct manager: review of work is done indirectly and mainly only on achieved results.