Cost Controller - Construction

Overview

Manage project cost reporting, forecasting, and budget control for renewable energy infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

• cost analysis
• budget variance
• cost transfers
• forecast assessment
• financial reporting
• stakeholder collaboration

Tasks

-Review and analyze project costs, forecasts, and Risks and Opportunities (R&O). -Provide budget variance explanations and drive actions to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities, ensuring alignment with our renewable energy goals. -Prepare internal cost transfers and monthly accruals. -Assess forecast assumptions, contingency allowances, and identify emerging trends and issues. -Support the Finance department and the wider project team in meeting reporting deadlines. -Present monthly project cost performance to internal management. -Foster collaborative behaviors with budget owners to challenge budgets and forecasts, driving improvements in financial outcomes.

Requirements

• infrastructure
• excel
• qualifications
• cost control
• 5-7 years
• communication

What You Bring

-Preferred experience in Infrastructure Projects. -Strong MS Excel skills. -Relevant qualifications in a related discipline, combined with fundamental subject matter knowledge. -Ability to work with limited supervision and multitask effectively to meet deadlines. -5-7 years of prior project cost control experience. -Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with demonstrated experience collaborating across multiple stakeholder groups.

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About Acciona

-Born from early 20th‑century engineering firms, it reinvented itself in 1997 as a champion of green infrastructure and renewable energy. -Headquartered near Madrid, it went public on Spain’s IBEX‑35 and now spans over 40 countries. -In infrastructure, it engineers and builds major transport corridors, bridges, tunnels, desalination plants, and urban light‑rail systems. -Its water division tackles everything from drinking‑water treatment to large‑scale desalination and wastewater reuse projects. -It also designs sustainable urban real‑estate and provides financial, mobility, and social‑infrastructure services. -Flagship projects range from the Eurus wind farm in Mexico and Sydney light‑rail to Australia’s pioneering waste‑to‑energy plants. -Unusually, it spun off its turbine unit into Nordex yet remains a top shareholder—spanning full clean‑energy value chains. -It even crafted the world’s first prefabricated lighthouse, blending innovation and practical construction expertise.

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