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Project Cost Controller
Qatar
Introduction
Job Holder will be involved in non- technical costs of the projects under Major Projects that would be executed in parallel over the period of 5 to 10 years.
The Job holder will be based in Major Projects premises in Doha office.
Should be responsible for the running cost model's update and ongoing improvement.
To prepare/revise and distribute the cost Centre’s comprehensive budgets.
In-charge of the project's non-technical cost reporting, monitoring of allotted expenses, time tracking, and monitoring of the activities involved in processing invoices and their associated KPI reports.
Review, control, and update the MP SAP user’s memo and coordinate with MP admin /SAP team for any update.
The Job holder belongs to the Major Projects and reports directly to Senior Project Cost controller.
What are you going to do
Promote & comply with applicable safety instruction and other Company HSE procedures in all activities.
Carry out work in compliance with Company values and policies, relevant laws, and regulations, agreed Company priorities and objectives, Company standards and procedures and good industry practices.
Treat all information obtained during the course of the work with confidentiality.
The Job holder must be willing to participate in crisis response training and to assist during emergency response situations if required.
Budget:
To prepare for review dedicated yearly and LOP forecasts data for the package.
To prepare for review the detailed annual budget and updates in liaison with various internal entities and disciplines leads.
To participate in the presentation and to defend the budget performance as required.
To control budget availability for each commitment.
To ensure budget control, highlight current trends and to justify variances between Forecast and Budget.
To establish register, to update, monitor and control the commitments, expenditure incurred and forecast for all contracts and purchase orders managed by Major Projects.
To perform specific Cost Analysis.
To provide input to the PALM (SAP) system, with regard to commitments, payment schedules, invoicing, time sheets and cost control issues, as required.
Liaise with the COMPANY Finance entity to ensure that G&A and other common costs are charged fairly to the Major Project budgets.
Closure:
To prepare the monthly closure and make sure accruals done in PALM system are in accordance with current project(s) progress.
To prepare all necessary documents as necessary for compliance regarding accruals.
Cost reporting:
To issue a detailed internal and external monthly cost report (Trends, Areas of Concern, Budget Variance analysis, Commitment/Expenditure figures, forecast at completion etc.) with comments and advise Project/Package Management on cost over-runs in a timely manner.
To ensure correct and auditable records of all matters with Project expenditures, contracts, budgets, cash flows, forecasts, etc.
To supervise the contractors and suppliers’ cost control activities.
To deliver monthly cash forecasts for the perimeter.
Invoicing:
To implement an efficient invoicing process and comprehensive control of the services to company.
To check and monitor invoices, in liaison with the COMPANY accounting department to enable timely payment of invoices.
Organization:
To develop, communicate and implement procedures to ensure the efficient organization and operation of the Project budget and cost control activities.
To advise, during project setup post award, contractors on key commercial requirements (invoicing format and submission, cost reporting etc.).
To anticipate additional requirement for cost control support during execution of the project(s).
General:
To promote cost consciousness within the entity.
To ensure confidentiality is being kept as per sensitive data.
To liaise with internal and external auditors for cost justification.
To prepare the required cost recovery related documentation.
To liaise actively with the COMPANY Finance entity for all matters related to cost and accounting as required (Commitments, invoice processing and payment, accruals, payment claims and disputes.).
To carry out any other duties or tasks that may be assigned by hierarchical superiors.
Essential skills and knowledge
Degree in Economics are equivalent.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar activities for oil & gas projects.
Advanced knowledge & experience in the use of relevant computer systems (SAP, BW, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Power Query, Power BI).