Assistant Business Controller

2 weeks ago

Southampton, United Kingdom Rambøll Full time

Are you excited about using your financial knowledge and capabilities to provide effective financial planning and analysis support to management? Do you want to grow your career in an open, collaborative and empowering culture?

If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Finance department as our junior Business Controller to deliver impact in this role that brings high visibility and interaction with some of our Senior Management.

**Your new role**

To thrive in this role, you’ll use your initiative and flexibility to improve commerciality and financial focus, drive a continuous improvement culture while developing & motivating your team to positively challenge and grow in this highly rewarding business.

Your key responsibilities will be:

- ** Insights and Advisory**:

- Develop and execute basic controlling tasks, such as forecasting revenue, conducting budget variance analysis, and providing insights into the income statement.
- Attending and presenting financial results where necessary and preparing relevant management information for key stakeholders
- Foster financial and commercial focus with Project Managers and Project Owners through Project Reviews, Kick-offs, and Commercial reviews
- Prepare, schedule, and lead monthly reviews with the Business Controller and other senior business stakeholders as requested.
- Conduct root cause analysis, including Staff Costs, Margins, Billing Ratio, and Non-Productive Time.
- ** Financial Planning**:

- Support the Budgeting and Forecasting Cycle for the Transport Market through consultation and review with key stakeholders.
- ** Effective Project Controlling**:

- Utilise financial knowledge to support strategic projects and key accounts, offering advisory support on complex project setup, coordination, and international/strategic/framework agreements.
- Once embedded, leading a small team of project coordinators to drive effective project manintence across your portfolio, ensuring compliance and governance with wider project excellence and commercial policies.
- ** Continuous Improvement**:

- Help to foster a culture of continuous improvement within the market and business finance; leading CI initiatives and facilitating tool adoption and process delegation
- Order: Governance - valid order capable of being accepted/Validation of Order Received booking/Work Breakdown Structure & discipline

Delivery: Efficient project controlling - Cost to complete, provisions etc/Effective project controlling - Risk / opportunity management of the portfolio, explanations / commentary on deviations/Challenge for margin improvement (off-shore delegation, efficiency, digital tools)/Capture variations/Working Capital/Hold Project Managers & Project Owners to account - Project reviews, Commercial reviews

Completion: System housekeeping/Capture variations & ensure Settlements completed/Final account/Claims managed & closed

**Your new team**

You will be part of the Finance department in the UK who are committed to driving business performance through insightful analysis and impact with our internal stakeholders. You will have the support of an experienced team and will be given appropriate independence encouraged to use your initiative and bring your own ideas. As a team we benefit from flexible and hybrid working arrangements, and plan around team days in the office to support and collaborate with each other. In this role you will connect with colleagues from other Ramboll offices across the UK as well as in other geographies.

**About you**

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. Whilst we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

These include:

- ACCA / CIMA Part qualified or a desire to study. (study support is provided)
- Proven commercial finance / business partnering experience (engineering consultancy experience is beneficial but not required)
- Good understanding of project accounting/financial/management accounting principles
- Robust analytical & modelling skills particularly using Excel (vlookups/pivots)
- Experience with Group ERP systems (Maconomy beneficial but not required)
- Forward thinking and open to change, ability to support and drive Continuous Improvement
- Able to prioritize and work to tight deadlines
- Strong verbal & written communication and interpersonal skills
- Good presentation skills
- Flexibility and adaptability to engage with relevant stakeholders at all levels of the Business; remaining objective and preserving a strong sense of commercial awareness,
- Strong business judgment and good instincts
- Able to build positive business relationships and work collaboratively
- Ability to understand complex processes

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