Do you thrive on keeping the overview in a project and ensuring the project team knows the financial status ongoing? Are you detailed when analysing and able to see things in the bigger perspective? Then this might be the right match for you!

Your position

As Project Controller you will be a sparring partner for both project teams and management. The project controller will be a key player in improving controlling tools for both internal and external reporting of cost. The goal is to increase the standardisation of cost reporting. You will be part of the Rig & Offshore Marine division, which includes our new Defence Projects Department.

At Semco Maritime safety is a core value, and in this role, you will contribute to maintaining and promoting a strong safety culture while delivering innovative solutions.

“Our project teams rely on the sharp analytical skills and strategic insight of our controllers to guide financial decisions. As a Project Controller, your role will be crucial in ensuring that every project is a benchmark of financial efficiency and effectiveness." – Jannie Schack Nielsen, Senior Director, Business Controlling

Your primary workplace will be at our headquarters in Esbjerg, a vibrant hub of the Danish energy industry, located right on the waterfront. This role requires occasional travel, typically ranging from 0 to 20 days, depending on client and partner locations.

Your tasks and responsibilities

The job of the Project Controller is to manage and control all financial transactions across the different disciplines within the allocated department(s), during projects, to have the financial overview of the project and be able to communicate this to both project management and management. This applies to all phases of the project.

Your tasks will include, but are not limited to:

  • Controlling and review of tendering material prepared by the bid team and project managers
  • Review of contract and PO from clients - understand the aspects affecting the projects economics
  • Controlling of actuals, budgets, forecast and variations
  • Control and verify the project costs through all phases of a project - in close cooperation with project manager, construction manager and discipline leads
  • Daily to weekly reporting of finances to project manager, i.e., cash flow, hours spent, procurement, or used cost compared to budget

Your qualifications and skills

You have a systematic and analytical approach to your tasks which supports you to meet deadlines. You enjoy working independently and still being part of a team. You take initiative and can ensure that you receive the information you need. You are motivated to create continuous improvement. Being part of the solution to make controlling even better.

To succeed in this position, we expect that you have:

  • Have an economic education (cand.merc., HD, cand.oecon. or equivalent).
  • Excellent skills in MS Excel
  • 5+ years of experience with controlling, preferably from a project business
  • Strong communication skills in both written and verbal English. Communications skills in Danish will be an advantage.

Welcome to Semco Maritime

At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of over 2300 of the most dedicated thinkers and doers in the energy industry who are driving real change and making their own personal mark on the global energy landscape.

While everyone knows why the energy transition is vital, we are concerned with the journey. How to get there. By providing the answers needed to make change real. Because we believe that global energy ambitions can only be realized through hard work and clever pragmatic solutions. This is what we do. This is what we invite you to participate in.

Safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to protecting our people, partners, and the planet as we work towards a sustainable energy future.

So yes, working for us will change the energy sector – and may well change you too.

Care to join the movement?
Change. With us.

We conduct our interviews on an ongoing basis, so if you are interested, you must submit your application as soon as possible via the link on the page.

If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Senior Director Business Controlling, Jannie Schack Nielsen, on +45 79 14 96 91.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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