Senior Cost Controller Offshore Projects

**Excited to work for a key Belgian player in the energy landscape?**:
The Belgian and European energy landscape is in full swing. Did you know that Elia Belgium plays a crucial role in this? As part of Elia Group, a European transmission system operator, Elia Belgium ensures the reliability and sustainability of the electricity supply in our country.

Side-by-side with your talented colleagues, you will play a part in building a sustainable, green and reliable energy infrastructure that stimulates economic growth and reduces our ecological footprint.

Only together can we make the biggest impact possible We believe in the power of diversity: we are convinced that an inclusive and diverse work environment leads to more innovation, creativity and better results.
- Senior Cost Controller Offshore Projects
- Requisition ID: 9512
- Posting Start Date: 05/03/2025

**Function**:
Controlling ETB (Elia Transmission Belgium) plays a key role in the Corporate Finance Department as an important partner that helps the company and its departments achieve their strategic objectives. We consistently steer ETB towards better business and financial performance, to facilitate an acceleration of the energy transition to affordable prices. We encourage, measure, monitor and communicate relevant and insightful information about company performance to management, the regulator and external stakeholders.

As Senior Cost Controller Offshore Projects, you will support the Infrastructure business unit, which is responsible for developing and building offshore and onshore grids. This includes upgrading and building high-voltage substations, overhead lines and underground cables. You will work closely with key departments like Procurement and Risk.

As Senior Cost Controller Offshore Projects, you will have the following responsibilities:

- You will work closely with the project team to prepare initial budget estimates and forecasts and also update your estimates on a regular basis. As part of this process, you will critically consider assumptions, identify opportunities for cost savings and shed light on deviations from the forecasted budget.
- You will work with and help the project team provide up-to-date project reporting. By doing this, you will guarantee the transparency and consistency of key metrics for all stakeholders.
- You will develop and implement your own cost control methodology and vouch for compliance with these best practices as required by the Finance Department. Because of this, reporting will always be accurate and consistent.
- In line with the reporting cycle at Elia, you will work with the project team, when periodic milestones are reached, to ensure the necessary follow-up on deviations from the original business plan and summarise the explanation of the deviations in question.
- You will assess adjustments to project schedules and risks, contribute to the assessment of their impact on budgets and forecasts and propose risk-mitigation measures and alternative scenarios.
- You will work with the finance team to monitor cash flows and aggregate them across the entire portfolio to communicate project needs to the Finance Department and external bodies. You will work closely with various internal stakeholders.
- In your daily interactions, you will actively encourage a culture of budget ownership.You will continually monitor project cost-evolution and budgets, aggregating the costs across different projects within the broader programme.

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**Your Profile**:

- You hold a Master’s degree in Management, Civil, or Industrial Engineering.
- You have at least 5 years of professional experience in project controlling, preferably in a capital-intensive industry.
- You have a strong understanding of technical concepts related to project management in large infrastructure industries and you have the ability to proactively identify cost deviations and propose alternatives.
- You have a proven ability to challenge assumptions in a project environment while maintaining a culture of budget discipline.
- You have assertively, diplomatically and analytical approach and you adapt well to an evolving company culture.
- You are proficient in MS Office and project management tools; familiarity with SAP is a plus.
- Being trilingual (French, Dutch and English) is a plus.

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**Offer**:
**Salary**:a competitive salary package, allowance for representation expenses, year-end bonus, double vacation pay, meal vouchers (€8 per working day), eco-vouchers, sport & culture vouchers, bonuses based on individual and group results.
**Insurance**:group insurance, hospitalisation insurance, ambulant care insurance for the whole family and also personal accident insurance.
**Vacation**:You will be entitled to 20 vacation days and 5 additional vacation days, 6 local days, 4 exempt days (after 1 year of employment) and