Project Controller

PROJECT CONTROLLER

Strategy & Implementation EMEA

Location: Brussels

Permanent or VIE contract

ENGIE Impact is looking for a Project Controller to support our fast-growing Strategy & Implementation consulting business in geographical perimeter EMEA. As a member of the Finance team of ENGIE Impact, you will provide financial insights to Project Managers and guidance in decision-making to the leadership team. In close collaboration with Project Leaders, you will monitor performance of advisory and implementation projects.

Doing so requires you to be passionate about our mission, strongly analytical, highly collaborative and metric driven. Ideally, you are comfortable diving into ERP systems to mine data as you will be at tracking business and financial performance across multiple countries and clearly communicating insights and recommendations to a variety of stakeholders. If that sounds like you, and you strive to be an environmental hero who wants to help change the world by making sustainability happen today, please keep reading.

What makes Srategy & Implementation business different than other consulting firms? Many things! Here is the list of a few of them:

• We are agile like a start-up, but since we arere incubated within an organization that has over 90 billions € in annual revenue, we have the capital and experience of a large multinational company.
• From our executive team to our interns, we are passionate about and 100% committed to sustainability.
• We help our clients realize their sustainability ambitions by facilitating the transition to zero-carbon and minimizing their risks with our end-to-end capabilities.
• We are lean and nimble, but operate at the scale required to address climate change.

From strategy to implementation, our goal is to help our clients embed sustainability throughout their operations, saving money and resources, and reducing their impact on the environment. ENGIE Impact is unique because we can leverage ENGIE Group’s world-class expertise in zero-carbon solutions: energy, mobility, and buildings as well as innovative digital tools and financing capabilities to offer our clients a true end-to-end solution.

The Sustainability Solutions group within ENGIE Impact is a growing team of deep experts and top-tier consultants who are translating these capabilities into solutions for our clients’ most complex challenges. With 16 offices worldwide and headquarters in New York City, ENGIE Impact today has a portfolio of 1,000 clients, including 25% of the Fortune 500 Companies, across more than 1,000,000 sites.

Our business Sustainability Solutions delivers strategy projects as decarbonization roadmaps across a broad spectrum of sustainability and clean technology, from renewable energy to e-mobility and smart infrastructure. On top of the classic consulting services, we start materializing the implementation of the decarbonization roadmaps for our clients with first of its kind projects involving financing, collaboration across the world with internal and external parties. We work with clients in the private and the public sector with strong collaboration with our counterparts in Europe, Americas (US and LATAM) and APAC (Singapore and Australia).

Job Description

• Business performance monitoring: contribute to monthly closings, prepare monthly and yearly Business Reviews with Business Controllers, highlight key elements affecting project portfolio performance, identify risks and opportunities identify risks and opportunities and advise management accordingly.
• Project performance monitoring: update estimates at completion of contract portfolio, compare actuals vs contractual estimates and best estimates, focus on predictability and identify main factors affecting profitability, challenge evolution of actual and forecasted gross margin compared to initial budget, train and guide Project Leaders on financial matters.
• Invoicing management: manage productive projects invoicing and dunning, including accruals and deferred income calculation, in close coordination with Project Leaders in order to improve WCR and cash collection.
• ERP implementation support: contribute to the ERP implementation project (SAP S/4HANA), ensure integration and adoption of Business and Finance processes for whole project life cycle with the support of IT Experts, Business and Finance stakeholders.
• Pricing: provide feedback on project performance analysis to business stakeholders and finance community to ensure new contracts and associated financial models will lead to a healthy long-term value creation

Qualifications:

We are looking for talented and motivated people to create the future of sustainability transition. Join a rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity and help us meet the energy challenges of today and tomorrow. 

Education/Experience:

• Master degree (Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics or equivalent by experience)
• At least 3-5 years of professional experience in a similar role
• Experience in consulting business or services business is preferred, global experience is a plus
• Fluent in English and French, Dutch is an asset and any other language is a plus

Skills/Specific Knowledge:

• Knowledge of IFRS accounting and financial concepts, including budgeting and forecasting best practices, data management and analytics
• Advanced Excel and business modelling skills as well as proficiency in various technology platforms and database management software including SAP, financial reporting systems, Salesforce, PowerBI, Tableau, etc.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with people at all levels of an organization
• Ability to work quickly and accurately, with a strong attention to detail, in an environment that is fast-paced, ever-changing, and has high levels of ambiguity
• Understanding of ENGIE strategy
• Interest in Sustainability and technology-enabled solutions.

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