Senior Finance Controller – Projects at Schneider Electric Kenya

Primary Purpose of the Job: To track / monitor & report financial performance of projects and support the business in achieving its goals.

Principle Relationships: Direct reporting to APAC Project Controller, dotted line reporting to Country Delivery & Finance Leaders.

Objective:

• Finance business partner supporting Tender & Execution teams to monitor and challenge project performance (P&L, Cash Curve, CCO GM evolution, etc)
• Ensure governance around project controlling are in place (REL, risk/ opportunity analysis/review, solution database, Process Guidelines, IFRS).
• Advise the Finance & Control Leader and/or Delivery Leader, on main areas of attention regarding the execution of projects (risks / loss / opportunities).
• Be part of Project controller community

Key Tasks:

• As business partner during project Execution, support and challenge Project Manager in all relevant projects aspects with close focus/follow up on the finance activities (Revenue recognition, Margin, Cash, Tax, …) in order to improve project financial performance.
• Creates and maintains accurate and thorough financial reporting of forecasts and actual results by project and service contract. Provides relevant (timely & accurate) variance analysis.
• Liaise with Corporate, Finance & Control functions in order to help in the follow up of financial performance of project execution: Legal, Tax, Treasury, Solution Risk Managers, Contract Managers, Contract administrators, and Finance Business analysts.
• Manages the Cadence: Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting and Reporting processes for projects/service activity.
• Support Project Managers and Delivery Director in identification, analysis, trending of deviations in actual performance to budget/forecast, recommend & take part in corrective actions.
• Supports invoicing and cash collections on projects. Participates in weekly cash calls or unbilled calls, supports in resolution of disputed items in coordination with Delivery Project managers.
• Establish standards & templates financial system for Delivery function to enable systematic & consistent data collection, and generation of analysis reports.
• Support month-end reporting in terms of POC method, utilization, factory loading, ad hoc reporting and CQA support.
• Ensure project compliance with systems policies and procedures (like GDO procedure, DOA) as well as application of business and system processes (SAP).
• Take active part of Project Controller community sharing lessons learned and best practices.

Role Requirement

• University and/or Business School: Master’s degree or equivalent
• Certified Public Accountant of Kenya
• 8-10 years, Finance, Control, or Audit experience in large and/or multinational companies
• Proficient in SAP, BW & Excel skills.
• Prior experience of project controlling is a Must.
• Exposure to manufacturing processes/projects would be needed.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply