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Job Description

Provide project and cost control management for a Site Mater Plan project. The Project Cost Controller should be able to develop, plan, maintain and manage the project budget as well as track change controls, associated metrics and reports while working in a collaborative environment

Key elements include but are not limited to:

• Manage the overall project budget and ensure compliance with Engineering Financial Standards and follow industry best practices.
• Create and maintain a project forecast (commitments and cash flow) and management of project expenditures and commitments; interface with OEM, CM, Master Scheduler and site personnel to understand invoicing schedules.
• Update the project cash flow in the Capital Planning System (CAPS)
• Create and maintain asset depreciation forecasts; interface with finance team as required.
• Create and maintain asset capitalization form; interface with Corporate Capital as required.
• Creation of Project Metrics based on Key Performance Indications (KPI) defined by the Project Team.
• Provide weekly/monthly reports for management team, such as monthly variance cash flow report
• Use of SAP as a tool to gather data for cost reporting.
• Understanding of Work Breakdown Structure. Create and monitor custom WBS codes to align with asset capitalization.
• Change Management and Maintenance of Risk Tracking Tools.
• Perform Risk Analysis and then integrate risks into the project forecast.
• Procurement - the ability to create requisitions and manage purchase orders and contracts.
• Develop and implement work processes and procedures as required
• Complete Program & Project close-out financial metrics.

Skills Required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Minimum of five (5) years working experience with facility and/or manufacturing financial controls.
• Ability to interface with resources within project supplier organizations in order to update schedules
• Knowledge of project management cost controls, planning and organization.
• Good understanding and experience with project management and capital delivery processes for projects. These attributes include an overall basic understanding of contracts and contracting, procurement, project forecasting and development and budget management, change order management, risk management within the Pharma / bio tech industries.
• In-depth working knowledge of MS Excel.
• Ability to use Excel and understanding of P6 schedules to extract data for cash flow management.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize a variety of tasks within a time frame.
• Analytical approach to address process flow issues and tasks.
• Ability to create and maintain cost tools for reporting
• Significant experience and strong problem solving skills in project & program management

Experience Desired

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience with Pharma manufacturing or related industries with associated warehouse and laboratory experience.
• Experience with controlling large projects (>$50MM)
• Knowledge of P6 schedules in order to better manage the budget

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