Project Financial Controller at Methods responsible for margin tracking and reporting for public sector projects. Collaborating with Technical Project Managers to improve financial outcomes.
Responsibilities
Monitor and report on project margin performance against defined half-yearly targets, identifying risks and opportunities.
Partner with Technical Project Managers to ensure margin-impacting factors (revenue, costs, financial progress) are tracked and understood.
Analyse movements in project margins and provide narrative and recommendations to improve financial outcomes.
Lead or support the automation of project margin reporting using tools such as Power BI, Excel, and Power Query.
Develop clear and insightful dashboards and reporting outputs to support operational and leadership-level decision-making.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of project control processes, with a focus on simplification, consistency, and transparency.
Become a key user of the internal project management tool used to calculate and present margin performance.
Provide ad-hoc support to project teams and leadership in relation to margin analysis, performance tracking, and reporting.
Requirements
Experience in project financials, ideally within a technology, engineering, or consultancy environment.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
Experience supporting or driving process improvement and standardization initiatives.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; working knowledge of Power BI and Power Query is highly desirable.
Comfortable working with financial data related to project revenues, costs, and margins.
Ability to build effective working relationships with technical teams and collaborate across functions.
Part-qualified or studying towards a financial qualification (e.g., **ACA**, **CIMA**, **ACCA**) is a plus but not essential.
This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance.
Benefits
Autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience.
Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society.
Strong, inspiring and thought-provoking leadership.
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