Senior Project Controller

Hitachi Energy has an exciting opportunity for a Financial Tender & Project Controlling Specialist (Senior Project Controller). You’ll be responsible for business partnering to Project Management in all financial and commercial matters and actively drive the project’s performance. The role can be assigned to one or multiple smaller projects. Ensure financial performance for each project by preparing financial analyses, ensuring cost controls, providing recommendations for financial decisions, and serving as the main finance representative for the assigned project(s).

Work with different expertise within the financial areas to optimise project performance while being mindful of remaining risks. Collaborate with other functions to proactively reach effective business decisions.

Note:
We are unable to provide visa sponsorship. You must have the full right to work in the UK.

Location and Travel: Ideally, you will be based or local to one of our office sites in Birmingham or Glasgow. The role is remote-based with an expectation to travel to sites in the UK.

Support the Project Manager in adherence to corporate governance, integrity, assurance, internal control, group charter, tax directives and financial instructions.

Provide input to the Project Execution Plan on financial aspects and update it as responsible for the Project Cost & Finance Management Plan. Prepare project invoices, financial accounting and reporting (including site accounting). Pursue optimisation of project cash flow, revenues and GM contribution together with the Project Manager. Oversee currency risk, bonds, guarantees, and tax issues. Handle variation orders, provide financial inputs to line reporting, assess petty cash account and payments, and follow up on scope.

Keep the project balance sheet, income statement, cash flow and monthly/quarterly forecasts accurate.

Participate in opportunity/risk identification and ensure timely implementation of mitigation actions. Jointly with the Project Manager, manage all financial aspects of the project – including EAC and cost-to-complete, forecasted revenues and cash flow, risk/opportunity assessment – and coordinate with Project Controls, planning/scheduling. Support monthly project reviews, prepare project cost reports, verify cost-to-complete, create customer report inputs, and support internal and external audits.

Provide support on claim management, back-charges and insurance cases, and monitor proper follow-up with the Contract Manager/Project Manager upstream (toward the customer), side-stream (toward consortia partner) and downstream (toward suppliers).

Relevant industry experience in a similar or equivalent industry with project and/or tender controlling background. Financial knowledge with a finance degree.

Skills – Critical thinking, professionalism, ethics.

Location:

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom;
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission‑critical technologies like high‑voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand while decarbonising the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.