GF_Finance & Controlling, Accounting-E484
Senior Project Financial Controller-Full Time-Madrid,Spain
Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.
The Senior Finance Project Controller is responsible for overseeing financial aspects of project management, including cost controlling, data aggregation, cost allocation, product costing, project portfolio management, and revenue recognition.
Your main tasks and responsibilities:
Execute, control, handover, and close project portfolios, ensuring comprehensive management of project lifecycles.
Ensure projects are managed effectively from inception to completion, including monitoring and controlling project costs, timelines, and deliverables to achieve the project goals.
Review the scope of work and cost calculations are in line with the commercial and financial terms at the tendering phase, contract signature and handover phase. • Set-up the project structure, including the work breakdown and establishing the project baseline.
Ensure that changes to the project scope are timely reflected in the systems and communicated to project stakeholders.
Lead project governance together with the Project Manager. ie consolidated project review process to report and track project KPI`s and identify and document actual and potential deviations.
Support the PM team with the risk mitigation process, identifying any critical action to prevent delays and cost overruns; proactively identify emerging headwinds, quantify costs, and schedule implications.
Manage revenue recognition processes, including quote, order, and fulfilment management.
Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition in compliance with accounting standards.
Run predictive analytics related to projects, including revenue forecasting (OT IFRS 15) and project cost forecasting.
CASH management on project level, support billing process from inception to execution, securing timely submission of milestones
Initiate, monitor, update and resolve provisions and contingencies with the Project Team.
Identify, document, and communicate together with the Project Team lessons learned at the project close out.
Ensure all financial reporting and processes comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Ensure internal controls are in place for the processes performed by this role.
To succeed in this role, you will need:
* University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field.
* Minimum of 7-10 years of experience in commercial finance, controlling, or related roles.
* Experience within the manufacturing or industrial sectors is a plus Critical success factors. • Demonstrated expertise in cost controlling, project portfolio management, and revenue recognition.
* Expertise in revenue forecasting and recognition and in scenario analysis and financial forecasting.
* Excellent communication skills to report project financials and risks to leadership.
* Excellent interpersonal skills to work with project managers and finance teams Technical & language skills.
* Experience with Tagetik and Qlik Sense is a plus.
* Advance user of integrated ERP systems is a plus.
What we offer you:
Competitive salary with participation in a performance-based variable remuneration system tied to personal and financial objectives.
Join a skilled, international team with extensive industry experience.
A dynamic and positive work environment that fosters collaboration and innovation.
Modern office facilities in a prime Madrid Nuevos Ministerios location, ensuring a comfortable and convenient work experience.
No visa or work permit support can be provided for this role.
Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment.
We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2025 in Brazil, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.
About us
Sulzer is a global leader in critical applications for core infrastructure and processes for large essential industries around the world. We ensure the security, quality and durability of critical goods and services by supporting energy security, natural resource management and efficiencies in process industries. This in turn supports the transition to a circular economy. Our integrated solutions add significant value by enabling energy efficiency, carbon emissions and pollution reduction, and process efficiency improvements. Customers benefit from our commitment to innovation, performance and quality through our responsive network of 160 world-class manufacturing facilities and service centers across the globe. Sulzer has been headquartered in Winterthur, Switzerland, since 1834. In 2024, our 13’500 employees delivered revenues of CHF 3.5 billion. Our shares are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: SUN).
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