Project Controller

ABB•Beachwood, OH

13d•$90,000 - $144,000•Hybrid

About The Position

At ABB, the Project Controller leads planning, scheduling, and control efforts across all phases of delivery for large individual projects in the Automation division in the US. The role maintains and analyzes actual and forecasted schedules, costs, revenues, cash inflows and outflows, risks, and opportunities. It supports Project Managers in supervising project execution and performance, helps improve planning competence, and suggests improvements to planning and control tools and processes. The position operates in a hybrid work model and reports to the Local Division Controller.

Requirements

At least 3 years of financial or project management-related experience.
Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

5 years of financial experience in a project business.
Exposure to large project management in an industrial manufacturing business or similar.
Experience or exposure to risk management policies and procedures.
SAP Project Systems experience or similar.
Experience or exposure to cost forecasting and scheduling.
Self-driven personality with high motivation to work in an international company.

Responsibilities

Support the Project Manager by supervising project execution and performance through well-maintained schedule, cost, cash, and risk planning for individual projects.
Analyze project requirements with the project team and verify that essential work activities are identified in sufficient detail to develop realistic project schedules.
Monitor project progress and regularly analyze project critical paths to ensure activities and milestones progress according to plan.
Notify Project Managers of deviations and provide input for optimizing resources.
Ensure individual projects are closed in accordance with customer contracts, in alignment with the Project Manager and Project Controller.
Maintain and analyze actual and forecasted schedules, costs, revenues, cash inflows and outflows, risks, and opportunities.
Support improvements to planning competence, tools, and processes used in planning and control.

Benefits

Choice of two medical plan options: a PPO Copay Plan or a High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account.
Choice of two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
Vision benefit.
Company-paid life insurance equal to 2x base pay.
Company-paid AD&D equal to 1x base pay.
Voluntary life and AD&D coverage, employee-paid, subject to maximums.
Company-paid short-term disability for up to 26 weeks.
Company-paid long-term disability at 60% of pay, with the option to increase coverage to 66 2/3% of pay.
Supplemental employee-paid benefits, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
Parental leave for up to 6 weeks.
Employee Assistance Program.
Health Advocate support resources for mental and behavioral health, general health navigation, virtual health, and infertility and adoption.
Employee discount program.
401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
11 paid holidays.
Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions.