Senior Project Controller

Hitachi Energy Ltd.; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Financial Tender & Project Controlling Specialist to manage financial aspects of projects. Responsibilities include financial analyses, project invoicing, and cost management. Applicants should possess a financial degree and relevant industry experience. This position involves remote work with travel in the UK expected and is ideally suited for candidates local to Birmingham or Glasgow.

Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience in financial project controlling.
• Proficient in preparing financial analyses and project invoicing.
• Ability to collaborate with various functions for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Support Project Manager with financial compliance and governance.
• Manage project costs, forecasts, and financial reporting.
• Identify risks and assess opportunities along with the Project Manager.

Skills

Critical thinking

Professional ethics

Education

Financial Degree

Job description

Hitachi Energy has a exciting opportunity for a Financial Tender & Project Controlling Specialist (Senior Project Controller), you'll be responsible for business partnering to Project Management in all financial and commercial matters and actively drive the project’s performance. Can be assigned to one or multiple smaller projects. Ensure financial performance for project by preparing financial analyses, ensuring cost controls, providing recommendations for financial decisions, and serving as the main finance representative for assigned project/projects.

Work with different expertise within the financial areas to optimize the project performance with consciousness of the remaining risks. Collaborate with other functions to proactively reach effective business decisions.

Please note we are unable to provide visa sponsorship, thus have the full right to work in the UK.

Ideally you will be based or be local to one of our office sites Birmingham or Glasgow but will be a remote based role, with expectation to travel to sites in the UK.

How you will make an impact

Compliance: Supports the Project Manager in adherence too: corporate governance, integrity, assurance, internal control, group charter, business specific finance directives and instructions.

Project execution: Provides input to the Project Execution Plan on financial aspects and update as responsible of Project Cost & Finance Management Plan. Prepares project invoices, financial accounting and reporting (including project site accounting). Drive and seek for optimization of Project Cash Flow, Revenues and GM contribution together with Project Manager. Oversees currency risk, bonds and guarantees and tax issues. Additional tasks: handling of variation orders, preparing of finance input to line reporting, assess petty cash account and payments, follow-up on scope. Is responsible for the correctness of project balance sheet and income statement as well as for cash flow and monthly/quarterly forecast.

Monitoring and review: Participates in opportunity/risk identification, monitor that all required mitigation actions are timely implemented. Joint responsibility with the Project Manager for all Financial aspects of the project including Estimate at completion and related Cost-to-complete, forecasted Revenues and Cash Flow, Risks and Opportunities assessment and ensure alignment with other functions including Project Controls, planning/scheduling. Supports the Project Manager in coordinating and preparing monthly project reviews. Participates in preparing the project cost report. Verifies the substance for cost to complete. Create input for customer reports. Prepare and support in audits – external as well as internal audits.

Commercial terms: Provides support on claim management, back-charges and insurance cases and monitors the proper follow up together with the Contract Manager/Project Manager up-stream (towards customer), side-stream (towards consortia partner) as well as down-stream (towards suppliers).

Your Background:

Relevant Industry experience in the similar or equivalent industry with Project and/or Tender controlling background. Financial knowledge with financial Degree.

Skills – Critical thinking, professional and with etic.

Location Birmingham, England, United Kingdom;
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Job type Full time

Experience Experienced

Job function Finance

Contract Regular

Publication date 2026-01-13

Reference number R0102557

About Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.

With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time – balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.

Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.