Finance Project Manager

Liaise with the Finance Tender Manager to understand and implement the global financial strategy set for the project at tender stage (forex and firming strategy, tax guidance, cash profile, etc.), ensuring a smooth transition from Tender to Project and implementation at FPR0. Alert in case of deviations between tender and FPR0

Contribute effectively with the project initial set up

Communicate effectively with Project Stakeholders and provide reliable financial analysis to assist in the decision-making (Explain, justify and keep record in detail)

Prepare jointly with the project team, the management project reviews content and reassess each semester the profitability (MPRs / FPRs)

Explain, justify and keep record in detail of the estimates

The Finance Project Manager is permanently focused on adding value through:

• Participating to negotiations (Price review, financial T&C, VO´s, Claims, etc.)

• Permanently looking for liquidity flows and working capital optimization and promote cash culture in the project

• Challenging financial information throughout project process (consistent “Early Warning” for financial impacts of projects operational performance and risk mitigation)

• Monitoring compliance with all governance and reporting rules & regulations in project

• Corroborating the permanent compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

• Gather information on FX exposures (amounts, currencies, payment dates…) on the whole project and coordinate with the FPMs PU / SSCs / WPCs to make sure all project exposures are identified and hedges are in place in each Unit and followed-up

• Ensuring, managing and monitoring foreign exchange exposures and Contract Price Adjustment (CPA) indexes evolution (help to define indexes to be used)

• Understanding the Project Organization (PxO) focused on Financial Flows

• Warning on any deviation that may affect the tax structure (Tax guidance) implemented

• Understanding the contractual terms and conditions and advising about all financial matters in contract, focusing on guiding on competitiveness improvement

• Supporting Claim Management (jointly with Project Manager and Contract Manager), focus on finance topics, risks profile (support amendments wording)

• Managing and analyzing costs, revenue and profitability

• Preparing timely forecasts for sales, costs, margin and cash

• Transforming data analysis into real insights focusing on profit improvement

• Ensuring billing process (external or internal) is made on a timely manner

• Supporting the finance teams in the monthly closing process and reporting Project financials in a suitable manner

• Supporting requests made by Group Performance Management

• Challenge eligibility and relevance of Capex & R&D analyzing impacts, optimizing implementation and informing Operations Finance about the amounts considered at tender stage

• Ensuring project contractual bonds and guarantees are issued in due time and request release "as soon as possible", avoiding unnecessary expenses

Follow the project in the different stages: Execution, Warranty and closing