Project Controller (English Speaking) Amsterdam

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As a Project Controller, you'll be instrumental in controlling client project finances, working closely with Program Directors and Finance Coordinators. Your role encompasses project accounting, revenue recognition, and ensuring timely billing. You'll also delve into management reporting and client pricing negotiations as you gain experience. Continue reading to see how this role can broaden your professional horizons.

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As a Project Controller, your primary role will involve collaborating closely with Program Directors and Finance Coordinators to manage the financial aspects of client projects. Your responsibilities will include overseeing project accounting, revenue recognition to ensure timely billing for projects. As you gain experience, your role may expand to encompass management reporting and providing support for client pricing and negotiation.

Description

To deliver great work for our clients, you will:

• Have an in-depth knowledge of the accounting processes and a good understanding of the client's terms and conditions
• Be able to highlight reporting variances, accounting problems or project profitability issues, to clearly explain findings and work with colleagues to resolve issues
• Take initiative and demonstrate persistence to resolve issues
• Understand the services we deliver and their associated budgets
• Proactively look for opportunities to improve processes and share best practices

As for the main responsibilities:

• Liaison with internal teams to obtain percentage estimates and amount of fees completed each month.
• Approval and review of project-related costs to ensure both projected and within budget and investigation of any variances highlighted to internal teams.
• Processing of journals and review of the balance sheet through the UK Shared Service Team.
• Analysis of Work In Progress to ensure all client projects are profitable.
• Analysis of the project recovery and discussion with account leads to try and improve additional work over and above the project budget.
• Monitoring of unbilled WIP and client advances and reconciliation to ensure amounts unbilled are kept as low as possible.
• Review P&L figures and confirm approval of balances initially through liaison with the UK Shared Service Team.
• Review of client agreements to ensure commercial terms are acceptable, liaising with Compliance, insurance and legal teams to ensure legal terms are appropriate.

Job Offer

The following L&D opportunities will help you to grow:

• Commercial awareness

• Industry essentials

• Advanced communication skills • Time management

• Dynamics 365

• Power BI / Power Query

+ Competetive Salary and Benefits Package / Vibrant and Inclusive work environment

Gevraagd

* Qualified accountant/controller
* Very high level of English.
* Based in Amsterdam, a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.
* Flexible and comfortable working with deadlines
* Experience with a corporate accounting system
* Strong excel skill

Bedrijfsomschrijving

The hiring company is an agency that develops tailor-made solutions for its clients with a specific focus in the healthcare sector. They are worldwide extended and their office in Amsterdam is easily accessible via public transport.