Corporate Support Lead - MODEC Ghana

Duties and Responsibilities

• Interface with planning, contracts, supply chain, technical HR and Accounting & Finance departments in MPSG and other inter/intra companies for commercial and technical input
• Identify problems and coordinate with other departments in MPSG and other MODEC entitities to correct and ensure work is being coordinated between departments
• Ensure the accurate cost / revenue capturing with correct WBS codes in the company’s cost control systems. Daily work entails the verification of purchase requisitions (amounts and WBS codes against budget and the WBS code structure) in MAXIMO before approval, checking vendor invoices against purchase orders and contracts, performing monthly WBS coding adjustment in accounts, determining & requesting to psot accrual and setup of PO and sales contract in SAP for inter-company billing procedure
• Maintain and update the monthly cost reports with budgets, committed costs, actual, VOWD and forecasts
• Monitor cost, prepare and validate CTR & Call off, validating the invoices to clients & internal inter/intra companies according to the contractual terms and follow up the ensuring payments on the basis of a good level of understanding on the contracts (CO#002, CO#003 and O&M contract with clients and work orders with intro/inter-companies)

• Perform various types of revenue & cost analysis
• Estimate the budget cost breakdown per line items activity in each WBS code by gathering the input from planning, contracts, supply chain, Technical, HR and Accounting & Finance departments and ensuring budget philosophy (owner of budget and cost category such as routine, non-routine and exceptional cost items) and budget schedule among the the departments. Preparing the budget summary template for reporting to operation support and operation manager, management and clients by analysing and explaining the detailed reason of cost variation between previous year and next year budget.
• Producing ad hoc reporting and presentation materials (commonly requested by clients or operation support manager and management)
• Coordinate any other activities / initiatives / leadership, upon request, related to the intr/intra companies, CO#002, CO#003 and OWL/Warranty projects
• Train cost controller in relation to various cost control activities,
• Ensure nationalization plan for the role is maintained and training is progressing as required

Qualification Required & Experience

• University Degree or equivalent in areas such as management, accounting & finance, psychology and technical area such as engineering
• Qualified candidates should possess 7+ years of cost control experience in an international environment preferably with a mixture of reimbursable and lump sum projects
• Experience in the offshore industry such as FPSO operator, Oil and Gas sector, drilling companies etc is an advantage
• Strong accounting and financial knowledge
• Planning (scheduling) knowledge
• Procurement knowledge
• Budgeting /forecasting