Project Controller

Ready to take your project career to the next level?

🚀 What will you be doing?

• Project Planning & Scheduling: Develop, maintain and monitor project plans, schedules, milestones and dependencies to support effective delivery.
• Performance Monitoring & Reporting: Track project progress against agreed plans, KPIs and objectives, producing clear and accurate reports for project teams and stakeholders.
• Cost Control & Budget Management: Support budget tracking, cost forecasting, expenditure monitoring and variance analysis to help maintain financial control.
• Risk & Issue Management: Identify, assess and monitor project risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring actions are tracked and escalated where necessary.
• Change Control: Support the management of project changes, assessing their potential impact on scope, schedule, cost and resources.
• Data Analysis & Insights: Analyse project data, identify trends and variances, and translate information into meaningful insights that support informed decision-making.
• Stakeholder Management: Build effective relationships with project managers, delivery teams, clients and wider stakeholders, communicating project status and emerging challenges.
• Resource & Milestone Tracking: Monitor resource allocation, deliverables and key milestones, helping teams understand progress and upcoming priorities.
• Governance & Assurance: Maintain project documentation, reporting packs, RAID logs and governance processes to ensure projects operate in a controlled and consistent manner.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve project controls processes, reporting standards, tools and ways of working.
• Team Collaboration: Work as part of a wider project management community, sharing knowledge, supporting colleagues and contributing to a culture of continuous learning.

• Project Controls & Management: Understanding of project management principles, including planning, scheduling, progress monitoring, risk management and project reporting.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret project data, identify trends and variances, and produce accurate, meaningful reports.
• IT & Digital Tools: Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint. Experience with tools such as Power BI, Microsoft Project or Primavera P6 is desirable.
• Risk, Cost & Schedule Management: Knowledge of project risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, forecasting and schedule performance.
• Communication & Stakeholder Management: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and present information clearly to stakeholders.
• Organisation & Problem-Solving: Strong attention to detail, effective prioritisation and a proactive approach to resolving issues and improving processes.
• Professional Development: A willingness to learn and develop project management expertise, with an interest in pursuing APM qualifications and progressing along a structured career path.