This role is responsible for developing forecasts, monitoring project risks, maintaining cost controls, and preparing cashflow reports, while ensuring full compliance across an assigned portfolio of projects
Job Summary
This role is responsible for developing forecasts, monitoring project risks, maintaining cost controls, and preparing cashflow reports, while ensuring full compliance across an assigned portfolio of projects.
The Lead Project Control Specialist will also oversee the execution of functional objectives by providing leadership, guidance, and direction to team members, and will contribute to the development of broader functional strategies.
The position supports project-level accounting, financial management reporting, customer-related deliverables, and the administration of the change control process.
Matching Summary
This role is responsible for developing forecasts, monitoring project risks, maintaining cost controls, and preparing cashflow reports, while ensuring full compliance across an assigned portfolio of projects.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Develops and controls baselines and budgets
Monitor schedule/milestones
Prepare and deliver customer report deliverables
Analyze/modify cost estimates
Prepare forecasts using program resource estimates
Develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Nice-to-have
Leadership, guidance, and direction
Contribute to broader functional strategies
Independent problem resolution
Strong work ethics
Mathematical/analytical skills
Excellent communication skills
Key Requirements
10+ years relevant work experience with CA/CWA/ACCA or CIMA
15 years relevant work experience with Semi-qualified professionals / undergraduate / Post graduate degree
Mastery of complex program management concepts
Knowledge of financial accounting principles (U.S. GAAP)
Strong understanding of government contracting fundamentals