Senior Project Financial Controller

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A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.

Reporting to Head B&P Financial Control in the company, Candidate will be responsible of performing the following role and responsibilities for some of the portfolio Metro projects in Egypt.

• Responsible for financial Project Controlling in conformity with company’s policies on projects assigned
• Work as business partner with the Global Project Manager (GPM) and doing continuous link with Operational teams in Egypt and Prime countries
• Coordinate with GPM the implementation and follow up of the costs for Work Packages
• Validate on monthly basis Sales, GM, Cost Variance, AGM and Billing & Cash-in on projects assigned
• Ensure analysis of the project progress to detect and alert in anticipation about deviations to Budget and Forecast to secure the target KPIs on the projects
• Prepare new estimations of Work Packages with GPM and validate with internal governing authority
• Coordinate and produce monthly consolidated project reports (Dashboard) and forecasts data package with major risks and opportunities identified
• Ensure coherence and alignment in the information shared with Prime countries’ financial controllers
• Collaborate in the design and implementation of the tools (if any) with Prime Countries in order to be able to ensure the consolidation of the information
• Participate and interface with Customer regularly/ weekly on billings and ensure the availability of required documents to ensure targeted Cash In.
• Provide assistance on commercial negotiation on contract changes, claims, reimbursements with Customer and Suppliers
• Support Head of Financial Control and CFO in the monthly closings preparing accurate booking entries related to projects assigned, elaboration of Multi Year Budget, Forecasts, audits, tax inspections and ad-hoc reports for the company
• Support in the monthly Tax declaration for VAT, Withholding Tax, E-Invoice Issuance,

• Years of Experience 7-10 in Finance, out of which 3-5 years specific in Finance control in construction contracts (audit/ is a plus).
• Proven knowledge on Egyptian Tax’s application
• Proven knowledge on E-invoice process and VAT declaration
• Advanced with SAP and applying IFRS rules

• Graduated from Faculty of Commerce
• Language: Arabic (native), English (proficiency)
• Advance user on MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• IFRS Diploma (this is a plus)

• Leadership and Communication skills
• Customer and business oriented
• Work under deadlines and accountable of deliverables
• Team building under diverse and multicultural environment

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