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Temporary
bachelor degree, professional certificate
Posted 3d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Project Controller acts as a financial partner to Project Managers to drive profitability and protect gross margins from tender to closure. Responsibilities include managing cash flow, forecasting risks, and ensuring strict governance and compliance with accounting standards.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accountancy, or Business, with at least 5 years of progressive financial experience. Candidates should possess a commercial mindset and proficiency in ERP tools and Microsoft Office.
Full job description
We are looking for a Project Controller who will support project performance through effective financial planning, control, and analysis, and help ensure informed financial decisions in line with regulatory requirements.
Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. Professional qualifications (e.g., CPA, CFA, CA, CIMA) are highly advantageous.
Minimum 5+ years of progressive financial experience.
We welcome diverse backgrounds: You could be a Project Accountant looking for commercial growth, a Senior Financial Analyst looking for operational ownership, or a Senior Auditor with heavy exposure to construction, EPC, manufacturing, or long-term contract accounting.
Hands-on familiarity with core financial operations: cost budgeting, variance analysis, forecasting, and commercial contract structures.
Experience navigating or operating within an ERP environment.
Willing to be based in Makati, Philippines
Special Requirements:
The "Commercial Mindset": Strong ability to look past raw numbers to understand the operational reality behind a project (e.g., engineering variations, supply chain shifts, installation cycles).
Influencing & Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills; able to break down complex financial concepts and confidently communicate them to non-financial stakeholders (Project Managers, Engineers, External Auditors).
Resilience in a Matrix Structure: Comfortable working in a matrix organization, managing joint reporting lines to both local finance leadership and regional project management.
Self-Starter & Adaptable: A hands-on professional who thrives in a dynamic environment, takes ownership of problems, and is eager to learn specialized project controlling frameworks.
Good in Microsoft office and able to adapt to ERP tools.
1. Financial Partnering & Strategy (The Project "CFO")
Commercial Co-Pilot: Partner closely with Project Managers from tender stage to project closure, providing the financial visibility needed to drive profitability and protect gross margins.
Blended Margin & Cost Tracking: Maintain an end-to-end view of project performance, ensuring costs, revenues, and blended margins are accurately captured within the primary project structures.
Variation & Negotiation Support: Collaborate with the core project team to analyze, cost, and price Variation Orders, building robust financial justification for non-agreed changes.
2. Forward-Looking Analysis & Cash Management
Cash Flow Optimization: Optimize project "Cash In & Cash Out" by aggressively monitoring contract billing milestones, structural cash drivers, and working capital cycles.
Risk & Opportunity Forecasting: Actively identify, quantify, and report project risks, savings, and hedging opportunities (including foreign exchange exposures).
Early Warning Mechanisms: Provide proactive, early-warning alerts regarding potential Gross Margin variations ahead of scheduled financial project reviews.
Treasury Coordination: Oversee the issuance and management of project bonds and bank guarantees in coordination with the regional Treasury team.
3. Governance, Compliance & Standards
Guardian of the Rules: Ensure monthly and quarterly project reviews are executed with total financial discipline, maintaining alignment with statutory accounting standards and group policy.
Process Evolution: Support the implementation and regional roll-out of global project controlling standards, driving state-of-the-art transparency and operational compliance.
Cost Control & Budget Management: Difference between budgeted and actual project costs, highlighting any deviations and implementing initiatives to optimise project costs.
Schedule Management: Develop and maintain project finance forecast to align to project timelines, milestone and key deliverables.
Cash Conversion Cycle: Assessment of how effectively the project team manages project cash flow.
Compliance & Robust Documentation: Maintaining audit-ready compliance for project variations, revenue recognition policies, and structural statutory frameworks.
Forecast Accuracy: Percentage of actual results that align with financial forecasts prepared.
Project Performance: Track project key performance indicators and track deviations from planned performance.
BW Water is a leading global provider of full-service water and wastewater solutions for industrial and municipal needs. The company offers comprehensive solutions for new build construction to turnkey system upgrades, and operations and maintenance.
Backed by a 35-year track record in desalination and integrated system solutions with membrane treatment technologies, the company has developed over 200 municipal and industrial installations worldwide.
Since its inception in 2019, BW Water has grown from a start-up with two employees to a global company with around 300 employees. Expanding from its regional presence in Southeast Asia, the company made significant acquisitions in the US and Europe in 2023, enhancing its capabilities in large-scale desalination for potable water production and cutting-edge fabrication facilities. BW Water's proprietary technologies, Hydro-PAQ™ and Hydro-FIL™, provide energy-efficient, large-volume treatment solutions.
BW Water operates across eight locations globally, with regional hubs in Florida, USA, and Stuttgart, Germany, supporting operations in the Americas and EMEA regions respectively. Headquartered in Singapore, BW Water is part of BW Group, a global renewable energy and maritime group which includes seven listed companies.
Offices: 30 Pasir Panjang Road, Mapletree Business City #15-32, Singapore, 117440 , SG · Sukhumvit Road, Khwaeng Phra Khanong, Khet Khlong Toei, 8 T-One Building, Unit No. 1902, 19th Floor, Soi Sukhumvit 40, Bangkok, 10110, TH · PT4644, Jalan Jelawat, Kawasan Perusahaan Seberang Jaya, Free Industrial Zone, Penang, 13700 Perai, MY · Mitra Sunter Boulevard B29-30, Jl. Yos Sudarso Kav. 89, Jakarta, 14350, ID · 837 A. Arnaiz Avenue, San Lorenzo, Legaspi Village 1224,, 3rd Floor, Unit B AO-United Life Building, City of Makati, Fourth District National Capital Region (NCR), PH
municipal water treatmentdesalinationwater reusesemiconductor wastewater treatmentultrapure water systemdemineralisation water productioncondensate polishing systemsolar wastewater treatmentindustrial wastewater systemaerobic and anaerobic wastewater system
BW Water is a leading global provider of full-service water and wastewater solutions for industrial and municipal needs. The company offers comprehensive solutions for new build construction to turnkey system upgrades, and operations and maintenance.
Backed by a 35-year track record in desalination and integrated system solutions with membrane treatment technologies, the company has developed over 200 municipal and industrial installations worldwide.
Since its inception in 2019, BW Water has grown from a start-up with two employees to a global company with around 300 employees. Expanding from its regional presence in Southeast Asia, the company made significant acquisitions in the US and Europe in 2023, enhancing its capabilities in large-scale desalination for potable water production and cutting-edge fabrication facilities. BW Water's proprietary technologies, Hydro-PAQ™ and Hydro-FIL™, provide energy-efficient, large-volume treatment solutions.
BW Water operates across eight locations globally, with regional hubs in Florida, USA, and Stuttgart, Germany, supporting operations in the Americas and EMEA regions respectively. Headquartered in Singapore, BW Water is part of BW Group, a global renewable energy and maritime group which includes seven listed companies.
Offices: 30 Pasir Panjang Road, Mapletree Business City #15-32, Singapore, 117440 , SG · Sukhumvit Road, Khwaeng Phra Khanong, Khet Khlong Toei, 8 T-One Building, Unit No. 1902, 19th Floor, Soi Sukhumvit 40, Bangkok, 10110, TH · PT4644, Jalan Jelawat, Kawasan Perusahaan Seberang Jaya, Free Industrial Zone, Penang, 13700 Perai, MY · Mitra Sunter Boulevard B29-30, Jl. Yos Sudarso Kav. 89, Jakarta, 14350, ID · 837 A. Arnaiz Avenue, San Lorenzo, Legaspi Village 1224,, 3rd Floor, Unit B AO-United Life Building, City of Makati, Fourth District National Capital Region (NCR), PH
municipal water treatmentdesalinationwater reusesemiconductor wastewater treatmentultrapure water systemdemineralisation water productioncondensate polishing systemsolar wastewater treatmentindustrial wastewater systemaerobic and anaerobic wastewater system