Role summary
The Senior Manager leads project controls and financial governance across assigned projects or portfolios, ensuring robust oversight of contracts, budgets, schedules, risks, and reporting. The role provides strategic financial insight, strengthens control frameworks, and supports senior leadership in informed decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Manage contract variations, change orders, and extension of time/cost claims, ensuring proper evaluation, documentation, approvals, and reporting
- Oversee utilization of project contingencies and provisional sums, ensuring disciplined budget control and alignment with approved business cases
- Direct cost monitoring, forecasting, and variance analysis, providing clear insights and mitigation strategies to senior management
- Ensure integrity and reconciliation of data across SAP, Primavera P6, Unifier, BIM, and related systems
- Oversee monthly accrual reviews and financial close activities to ensure accuracy and compliance
- Provide high-level oversight of schedule changes and integrated cost/schedule impacts
- Lead risk and opportunity reviews, ensuring timely identification, assessment, and escalation of key exposures
- Act as a senior liaison between Finance, Commercial, and Project Delivery teams to ensure transparency and alignment
- Mentor and guide project controls teams, promoting governance, accountability, and continuous improvement
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- Working knowledge or certification on project tools such as Primavera, P6, Unifier, or SAP project module (required)
- Professional certifications such as CPA or MBA (preferred)
- Certificate in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution – RICS or similar (preferred)
- Project Management Professional (PMP) (preferred)
Education
Bachelor's degree
Experience
8+ years of experience in Project Controls or Development Finance as part of large construction company, large developer, or PMC
Skills
- Primavera P6
- Unifier
- SAP project module
- BIM
- variance analysis
- risk management
- data analysis
- contract management
Education · Experience · Type
Bachelor'sRequires 8+ yearsSalary not stated