Project Cost Controller

About the role

Endeavour Energy, which supplies power to more than 2.7 million people across New South Wales, is hiring a Project Cost Controller. The role maintains the financial integrity of the capital portfolio and provides accurate financial information to the EPMO and leaders. No energy experience is required; the focus is on collaboration, teamwork and flexibility.

Key responsibilities

• Consolidate financial data across projects and programs into a monthly portfolio view of actuals, budgets and forecasts.
• Provide financial assurance at governance gates, validating cost estimates and investment cases before funding is released.
• Ensure compliance with capitalisation policies and accurate classification of CAPEX and OPEX.
• Review and challenge project forecasts, investigate material variances and support corrective action.
• Control the release of approved project funding and track expenditure against approved cost codes.
• Work with benefit realisation leads to validate financial benefits in business cases.
• Manage portfolio-level contingency funds and assess drawdown requests.
• Reconcile financial information across project management and corporate finance systems.
• Prepare portfolio financial information and investment evidence for regulatory submissions and external audits.
• Support colleagues across the EPMO and step in when priorities shift.

Required profile

• Ideally more than 4 years' experience in financial control, accounting or FP&A within a large, capital-intensive organisation.
• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• CPA, CA, ACCA or an equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred.
• Strong financial and analytical capability, able to challenge assumptions constructively while keeping positive relationships with project managers, engineers and finance colleagues.

Required skills

• Knowledge of project accounting, including Earned Value Management (EVM) and Work in Progress (WIP).
• Understanding of capitalisation principles and relevant financial or regulatory requirements.
• Experience with financial and portfolio management systems such as SAP and Copperleaf, or comparable platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP, including WBS and CBS.
• Experience with financial reporting and portfolio management tools such as OneStream and PPM (TPG).
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling.