Project Finance and Control Manager at Vantegral Consulting

Job Summary

• The Project Finance Manager is overall responsible for the finance contribution in a project.
• He/she will cover finance support for the full Technical, Economics, Commercial, Organisational & Political (TECOP) spectrum and is single point accountable for the integrity of all financial data for the project.
• He/she drives the messages coming out of these data on behalf of the project so value/risk-based decisions can be made.
• The PFM is the custodian of the overall Governance and performance framework.
• The role provides support, advice and challenge with a target towards value & Top Quartile delivery throughout the full lifecycle of their project
• The PFM has the lead finance role in the project and drives full integration of all finance matters.
• He/she is the custodian of the risk-based financial and business control framework and all mandatory finance processes & standards of a project and ensures an early warning system is in place for all finance disciplines.
• The PFM has a pro-active responsibility to support continuous finance functional improvement, embed and share internal & external learning’s.
• The PFM drives ongoing ESSA, from the implementation of standardization opportunities to eliminating activity and the promotion of cost reduction opportunities

Key Responsibilities
Governance, Risk and Assurance (Lead):

• Ensure a robust risk based internal control and response framework and support a culture of ethics.
• Ensure Finance fully complies with Controls Framework , including Manual of Authorities (MoA) and Project Control Procedures (PCPs)
• Aggregate project specific risk management tools and relevant external factors in the venture risk & opportunity management
• Assure a risk-based project assurance plan is in place.
• Coordinator and executor of internal, stock and contractor financial stability audits
• Make suggestions to audit plans and coordinate agreed financial audit activities
• Ensure full use of the enabling ERP strategies, standard systems, business improvement through ERP usage Planning, Target Setting, & Budgeting (Lead)
• Accountable for facilitating business planning (strategic & operational), target, and budgeting processes
• Accountable for the financial integrity and challenge of the strategic & commercial sensitivities
• Provide assurance on costs and budget assumptions
• Owner of all costs data, assure correct cost classification and latest expenditure profiles are used

Performance Management and Appraisal (commitments, actuals, Latest Estimate) (Lead):

• Accountable for the project LE & drive the performance appraisal review and associated messages
• Accountable for quality assurance of performance management, budget monitoring & appraisal processes
• Accountable for accuracy and quality of Project Delivery Reporting
• Ensure ongoing focus on value delivery and KPIs (benchmarking/TQ initiatives)
• Partner with CP on RtP process, including contract commitments & budget controls
• Ensure compliance with the contingency & allowance release process
• Ensure finance representation on Management of Change and Contingency & Budget release Panel
• Ensure process for and full compliance with costs recovery guidelines and KPI’s
• Accountable for finance support and sign off of all internal and external reporting prior to communication
• Champion costs management and proactively support PM in the embedding of a costs focused organisation. Assure realized cost savings are made transparent and banked Commercial (Support)
• Provide timely challenge and support to commercial strategies in a competitive context and pursue adequate project/ venture responses
• Sound understanding of and compliance with agreements
• Represent Finance (support & interface) in commercial discussions on the project

Economics (Support):

• Ensure the quality of the finance, supply/demand & commercial assumptions to enable objective appraisal of opportunities.
• Ensure that the risks and opportunities are correctly reflected in the project economics Supply Chain Management (Support)
• Finance provides timely support to the development and evaluation of supply chain strategies
• Provide broad support on all financial aspects of management and implementation of contracts and counterparties throughout the contracting cycle. This also includes sign of on third party spend savings
• Provide finance support to all CP and chair project contract board
• Member of claims committee, and provide support to Management of insurance claims Accounting (Lead)
• Ensure reliable inputs to project and financial accounting for Group and fiscal purposes, incl. capital and fixed asset accounting and reliable recording of commitments, claims and value of work done (VOWD)
• Responsible that project (financial) results are correctly and timely recorded & reported in ERP system
• Ensure monthly and quarterly financial reporting processes are timely and accurately completed

Treasury / Cash management/Insurance (Lead):

• Ensure implementation of the Oilserv Treasury guidelines and set project hedging and insurance strategy
• Maximize and protect shareholder value through professional management of monetary assets (cash, investments), payment policies, liabilities (loans), guarantees, dividend policy and FX exposure
• Responsible for facilitating timely flow of funds to and from Oilserv and its partners in the project Functional Integration (Lead)
• Ensure optimal collaboration and integration of Oilserv Group functions & disciplines to drive max value and cash for the Oilserv Group: Risk & Insurance, Tax (Taxation & Corporate Structure), Legal, Finance operations HR (Lead)
• Ensure a fit for purpose finance organisation (in line with Finance Projects guidelines) and compliance with HR processes
• Mentor, coach and develop next generation of Project Finance leaders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in any numerate discipline.
• A minimum of 15 years direct project controls experience.
• Any of CPA/ACCA/ACA/CIMA mandatory
• Expert user of Microsoft office.
• Expert user of ERP (SAP).
• Experience serving in a Leadership role for a project

Skills:

• Experienced professional in commercial or finance discipline, with at least ten years of relevant experience in either Oil and Gas, C&P or Construction, etc
• Ability to manage change in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to integrate a diverse range of commercial and finance services
• Strong business and control perspective and proven leadership and influencing skills in management roles
• Sound Financial management background and capable of working with senior leaders to analyse and solve financial-related issues
• Service minded attitude and strong communication skills in a multi-cultural environment .

Application Closing Date
1st September, 2025.