Summary
Our client is a global pharmaceutical company based in East Cork currently expanding its existing facility.
The Cost Controller will be responsible for the project budget control, cost forecasting, cost reporting and cost risk analysis.
Responsibilities
Ensures all cost reporting, analysis, and forecasting performance is appraised in detail.
Ensures preparation of monthly and yearly rolling forecasts for the operative year with analysis of variances from the agreed baseline budget.
Implements the Project Controls Plan (PCP) with respect cost management and control.
Owns and manages the project budget, cost risk, value improvement, change management, reporting, contingency, benchmarking processes, as described in the PCP.
Monitors, tracks and reports progress, cost, risk performance and forecasts, with trends and variances analysed.
Shares best practices learned from other projects and promotes commercial awareness in the project team.
Applies Cost Control governance to ensure Cost Control is consistent with on time and quality commitments.
Ensures that regular cost, risk and change analysis and reports are produced and advises the Project Manager of any forecast cost overruns as soon as possible, to allow corrective actions to be taken in a timely manner.
Participates in project reviews, risk and opportunity meeting and workshops, providing support in the identification, challenging and mitigation of project cost risks.
Liaises with the finance department to establish monthly evaluation of work done, goods received and services rendered for invoice preparation and validation to ensure supplier invoices are managed in accordance with the agreed invoice process for the project.
Participates in the bidding and selection of work packages and supports the commercial bid analysis, contract negotiations and award process for each work package.
Ensures that all cost related work is following agreements and participates in Final Accounts.
Reviews and approves all project performance metrics.
Maintains all required Cost Control Registers e.g., Cost book, Purchase Order & Invoice Registers, Change Management Registers etc.
Provides weekly cost updates to the Project Manager and Finance.
Escalates cost issues to the Project Manager, in line with governance requirements for the project.
Participates in lessons learned workshops, project closeout and ensure all benchmarks for a project or portfolio of projects is maintained and communicated to the Project Manager.
Qualifications & Experience
Engineering and Business qualification, with a minimum of 5 years' experience implementing Capital Projects Cost Control for pharmaceutical facility capital projects.
Knowledge of the different forms of Agreement for capital projects and the implementation of the same for work packages.
Experience in the development of Capital Project Cost Control processes and procedures and the delivery of the same to agreed key milestones for large capital projects in the Pharmaceutical industry.
Experience in using Enterprise Resource Systems (ERP) systems e.g., SAP, Agora etc., to manage and report cost for a project.
Proficient in the use of Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
Experience in managing a range of suppliers e.g., design, construction, equipment, professional services etc. and the cost challenges that attach to the same.
Experience in the administration of contracts in strict accordance with a signed Agreement.
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