Project Controller Offshore

Do you have a financial educational background combined with experience from working with complex large-scale construction projects? Do you enjoy a role where you will work both individually and cooperate with various stakeholders? Are you motivated by becoming part of a professional environment in a fast-growing offshore wind industry, and are you interested in new opportunities and eager to learn, then, Vestas might have the opportunity for you.

Region APC > Construction & Operations APAC > Construction Offshore APAC

Welcome to our Project Control & Risk Management team

You will be part of our Project Control & Risk Management Team located in Taipei, Taiwan, reporting to the Head of Construction Offshore, APAC. Your primary operational stakeholders will be working on execution of offshore wind power plants across the Asia Pacific region with most of your stakeholders working out of the Taipei office. Other relevant stakeholders are the Finance and Procurement teams.

In addition to project execution, our project execution teams also support the rest of Vestas' value chain with our knowledge of offshore construction projects and consequently, many of our tasks also require cross-organisational collaboration.

Responsibilities

You will be the primary financial expert and problem solver on the offshore wind power projects for the region working closely together with the project managers and the project management team members. Together you will both forecast and cost control the offshore wind power projects in the Asia Pacific region from handover from Sales throughout the execution period until handover to Service. You will assist in the development and analysis of relevant information for project operations to make informed decisions. This can include trend analysis and forecasting, ensuring we are proactive. You would further conduct value adding activities, investigate discrepancies in actuals and assist in assisting to drive and deliver efficiencies.

Your tasks will include:

• Generation of standard monthly project reports (actuals to date and new estimate vs original budget and last estimate);

• Monitoring and forecasting of project cash flows - ensuring inflows are managed;

• General ledger postings, general accruals and prepayments relating to the projects;

• Maintenance and tracking of the projects, both cost and revenue inclusive of contract variation orders;

• Reconciliation of monthly settlements and ensuring work orders are settled correctly;

• Provision of monthly reconciliations of projects, both monthly, year-to-date and project-to- date;

• Keeping yourself up-to-date with system processes and ensuring they are adopted in offshore;

• Maintenance of key milestone dates like cash in milestones in the ERP system and ToR;

• Preparation of "cost out" reports for approval by the project team when major suppliers and contractors complete their scope of work. (Cost out = ensure that supplier invoices and credit notes reconcile to contract and POs);

• Processing of related reconciliation and documentation concerning project financials/-balances;

• Monitoring of CRs incl. of support to CR case handlers and reporting of CR status;

• Monitoring and updating of project hedging (currency exposure) when appropriate, liaising with Vestas Treasury;

• Preparation of financial input for Executive project summary.

Qualifications

We expect that you have some years of experience within large-scale construction projects combined with a solid experience within financial analysis. Experience within the renewable energy/wind energy sector would be beneficial but not a requirement. With your solid communication and analytic skills, you will be working closely together with the project management team in providing the financial overview of the ongoing offshore projects. We expect that you are an experienced user of SAP and have solid experience working with MS Office applications. You are a team-oriented person who is also able to work individually with minimal supervision.

Competencies

We expect that you:

• Hold a Bachelors' degree in Finance or Accounting (MBA preferred);

• Have relevant experience within Finance business partnering (project cost controlling and execution, cost analysis, business performance management);

• Have minimum of 5 years of financial analysis experience;

• Have a solid knowledge of SAP and experience with interface SAP BI and SAP BPC experience would be beneficial;

• Have professional communication skills and are fluent in English (written & oral) - fluency in more languages (e.g. Japanese or Mandarin) would also be beneficial;

• Are motivated and open-minded;

• Have good collaboration skills and complete your tasks with great accuracy and detail orientation;

• Are flexible and highly motivated;

• Are business orientated with an international mindset.

What We Offer

We offer an interesting opportunity to work with offshore wind projects in the Asia Pacific region, while working collaboratively with a skilled team of committed colleagues in Offshore Construction. In addition, we offer excellent opportunities for professional and personal development, a broad interface with many stakeholders and the opportunity to apply your skills to optimise Offshore Construction processes.

Additional Benefit

• National Statutory Insurance Program
• Group Insurance for Employee and Dependents
• Annual merit review
• Leave (Additional annual leave, paid sick/ medical leave (provide regular pay for first 15 days of sick leave), additional maternity leave (120 days), additional pregnancy checkups accompaniment leave and paternity leave to statutory (10 days), menstruation leave)
• New employee medical examination/Annual medical examination
• Company laptop and mobile phone
• Flexible working schedule and remote work
• Variety of employee activities
• Unlimited coffee and snacks in variety
• Diverse and open work environment
• Highly value career development of employees, support internal transfer and promotion

Additional Information

We do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to the advertised closing date. Please be advised to apply on or before the 1st of May. 2024.

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About Vestas
Vestas is the energy industry’s global partner on sustainable energy solutions. We are specialised in designing, manufacturing, installing, and servicing wind turbines, both onshore and offshore. 
Across the globe, we have installed more wind power than anyone else. We consider ourselves pioneers within the industry, as we continuously aim to design new solutions and technologies to create a more sustainable future for all of us. With more than 173 GW of wind power installed worldwide and 40+ years of experience in wind energy, we have an unmatched track record demonstrating our expertise within the field. 
With 29,000 employees globally, we are a diverse team united by a common goal: to power the solution – today, tomorrow, and far into the future. 
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