GE Vernova

Lead Project Cost Controller

GE Vernova  •  Stafford, GB (Onsite)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description Summary

Make every project number count

Join the Project Controls team at GE Vernova and give project teams the cost insight they need to deliver energy transition projects on time and within budget. You will own the cost picture, explain it clearly, and help shape how the team manages cost.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Keep project cost-to-complete budgets aligned with the as-sold budget in our project systems.
  • Verify actual costs to date, including materials, labour, manufactured costs, supplier invoices, timesheets and travel expenses. Support estimating.
  • Maintain registers of cost risks and of actual and committed costs. Work with planners so forecast cost risks and the schedule stay linked.
  • Review cost movements against scope, progress, previous forecasts and productivity factors, and validate estimate accuracy.
  • Present cost status, forecasts, budget deviations and root causes at project and management reviews. Work with cost owners to reduce risk.
  • Prepare change order calculations and record changes with an auditable history. Reconcile approved project financials with the books alongside the Finance Controller.
  • Support project close-out and claims.

Qualifications

You are a finance or cost professional who enjoys turning project data into clear, trusted insight. You work well with planners, finance partners and project leaders.

Required

  • A Bachelor's degree in finance or a cost management discipline, because this role requires formal training in financial principles to support audit-ready cost reporting
  • Significant experience in cost control, finance or a related discipline in a project environment
  • Knowledge of project finance and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems
  • Understanding of risk management processes and tools

Preferred

  • Experience with SAP
  • Project planning experience or familiarity with planning software

Why GE Vernova

GE Vernova employees rise to the challenge of building a world that works. We offer competitive benefits that support you and your family, and programmes that fit the way you live and work today. You will keep growing through on-the-job learning and development.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

GE Vernova

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova is a purpose-built energy technology company on a mission to electrify to thrive and decarbonize the world.

It is made up of three businesses -- Power, Wind, and Electrification -- with focus on accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life.

The world needs more energy, smarter energy. With energy demand expected to grow by more than 50% in the next 20 years, we are continuously innovating to meet the moment…like we have for the past 130 years. The Energy of Change and relentless optimism are what drive us – it’s about never giving up and seeing what’s possible so that we deliver the energy technologies the world needs right now and for generations to come.

GE Vernova’s attitude and edge is embedded in its name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

Together, we have the energy to change the world.

Industry
Energy & Utilities
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Year Founded
Unknown
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