Cost Controller

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 65,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing in our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.

Benefits

• Location: The Rocks, Sydney
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Annual pay review and discretionary bonus
• Career Development, Strong Culture, Inclusive and Support Environment
• Local leadership with a reputation for nurturing a supportive, inclusive environment

Geotech, one of Acciona’ s specialist businesses with over fifty years of experience at the frontlines of design and delivery. The range of expertise includes foundation piling, basement construction, ground improvement, ground anchors, water infrastructure construction and more.

As one of Australia’s largest and most diversely skilled engineering and construction contracting business, Geotech has the capabilities to be a single contractor to a broad spectrum of clients, delivering the full scope of works.

The Opportunity:

The Project Cost Controller will be responsible for managing project performance by overseeing scheduling, cost control, and risk management for construction and infrastructure projects.  Working closely with project teams to monitor progress, identify potential issues, and implement corrective actions. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain, monitor and improve the systems which will ensure costs and forecasts are accurately known and controlled. The Cost Controller will also support the teams to accurately maintain the project cost planning process.
• Support development of standard cost control procedures, guidelines, templates, coding etc. to allow consistent cost management and reporting across the cost control team and support compliance to the standards.
• Utilise standard cost control procedures and processes including monthly report, change control, management of budgets, forecasting, financial support relating to contract administration and project cost close out to help ensure a consistent approach across a portfolio of projects.
• Assist collation of portfolio commercial risk monthly review processes including tracking drawdown & reassessing risk status and modelling.
• Support Project Managers with progress claim assessment, pricing schedule
• Understand and manage supplier commercial terms including verifying and checking of invoices and claims for suppliers, vendors, and subcontractors to ensure all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Finance, Construction Management or similar
• 4+ years in a Cost Control role or similar
• Previous exposure to Civil/Rail infrastructure highly regarded
• Experience analysing high volume data sets
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office Package.