The Consultancy Group are working with a Global Consulting business on a Project Controlling Manager opening.
The UK Project Controlling Manager is responsible for ensuring financial performance, governance, and data integrity across the UK group’s engineering and IT work packages and fixed-price projects.
Operating within a dual-system environment — combining ERP financial data and operational project reporting tools — the role ensures reconciliation between systems, maintains data accuracy, and drives process automation.
The position leads a small international team of Project Controllers and acts as a key business partner to Technical Leadership, Division Directors, and Finance.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Performance Monitoring & Reporting
* Monitor and analyse project KPIs including margin, revenue consumption, WIP, and backlog.
* Deliver ad-hoc performance insights to Technical Leadership and UK Management.
* Produce monthly project and portfolio performance reviews for UK Leadership and the Alten Group.
* Ensure forecasts are aligned with realistic delivery plans, resource assumptions, and subcontractor utilisation.
* Develop and automate reporting and forecasting tools using Power BI, Power Query, Python, SQL, or equivalent.
* Own the semester target-setting process underpinning the performance management framework.
* Enhance system interfaces and drive the digitisation of project controlling processes.
* Support group-wide initiatives in data governance, process harmonisation, system upgrades, and automation.
Cost Control & Profitability Management
* Monitor labour costs, resource deployment, subcontractor spend, and procurement against budget.
* Analyse margin erosion drivers including scope variation, delivery inefficiencies, and rate card compliance.
* Identify risks and recommend corrective actions in partnership with Project Managers.
Revenue Recognition, Compliance & Data Integrity
* Apply IFRS 15 principles to long‑term engineering and IT projects.
* Validate WIP, accruals, deferrals, and revenue recognition entries within the ERP system.
* Coordinate with Financial Controlling and support internal and external audits.
* Ensure alignment and consistency between ERP data and operational project systems.
* Oversee accurate project setup across financial and operational platforms.
Leadership & Team Development
* Lead and develop a team of two UK‑based Project Controllers and one Junior Controller in Porto.
* Manage workload planning, priorities, and delivery timelines.
* Strengthen team capabilities in financial analysis, data management, BI tools, and project governance.
* Foster a culture of accuracy, ownership, and continuous improvement.
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