Senior Project Controller

Hitachi • Pittsburgh, PA

222d • Onsite

About The Position

Hitachi Rail STS USA, Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, seeks a Senior Project Controller to ensure the application of integrated planning processes for complex (in term of number of involved technologies and project revenues) assigned projects/bids and programs, through the development and monitoring of project schedule. This position is for a roving employee who will work in unanticipated locations throughout the United States. The employee will have to relocate, but travel is not required from any particular location.

Requirements

• Handling minimum $50M projects in or for the rail industry.
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software - SAP finance & controlling module for cost management.
• Project Control Support (PCS) software for project estimating, forecasting and cost management including reporting.
• Preparing Monthly Project Report (MPR) and Quarterly Project Report (QPR) for management review and decision making using Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Oracle Primavera and Microsoft Project for overall planning process and best practice on deployment of rail signaling and train control system technologies.
• Hyperion for statutory reporting.
• Project Management principles to set up Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) by various technologies and activities.
• Process cost control to identify, eliminate or reduce unnecessary project expenses in order to increase profits.
• Practical ability to utilize critical project management concept, including EVM, project planning, risk analysis, and configuration management.
• Company finance & controlling mode to incorporate labor rate structure, overheads, external and internal cost, workload management, and contract administration to estimate value, profitability and Economic Value Added (EVA) of change orders.
• Must have knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Responsibilities

• Initiating, planning, monitoring and controlling, communicating, and closing out project costs and schedule.
• Granting the project (Actual / Forecast / Budget) or LE figures in accordance with Hitachi Rail STS Controlling Model.
• Collecting and sharing the information (workload, schedule with contract milestones, budget, etc.) with the project team (Work Package leaders).
• Keeping the Company tools such as Project Control Support (PCS), SAP finance and controlling suite updated and verifying the coherence of planning tools such as Oracle Primavera and Microsoft Project.
• Identifying potential risks and opportunities in terms of cost and time and alerting project team.
• Evaluating and tracking potential savings on delivery predefined by the efficiency projects.
• Analyzing Earned Value (EV) with Project Manager and Project Planner for each work package grant that the Work Package leaders were involved with respect to the STS guidelines.
• Calculating Economic Value Added (EVA) at the global level in accordance with group Controlling Model.
• Presenting and reporting a global project through the consolidation of all intra sub-projects with the company standard tools and reports such as PCS, Monthly Project Report (MPR) and Quarterly Project Report (QPR).
• Developing the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and budgets for the project in conjunction with the project team.
• Providing expertise for the preparation, processing and tracking of contract change orders.
• Tracking internal and external invoicing, reconciling cash receipts and reporting cash flow position of the project.
• Reviewing and approving purchase order requisitions in line with budget and tracking in PCS.
• Monitoring financial health of the project and raising alarm when negative impact or condition arises.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree