The Manager: Projects Control provides leadership to the controls team and oversees all aspects of projects controls including reporting, cost control, progress measurement, risk management, schedule development, and schedule control. The incumbent partners with the Project Managers and the Programme Manager to optimise and execute projects while deploying resources based on the Programme and/or Projects Strategic Plans.
ResponsibilitiesFinancial Management: Provide technical input to appropriate quantitative analyses conducted to evaluate financial viability of new projects and initiatives. Financial planning, systematically and efficiently monitoring and budgeting for resources needed for project management. Assists Project Manager (PM) to fulfil requirements of budget and Change Request processes.Business Performance and Development: Support development of strategy whilst ensuring applicable systems exist to achieve strategy implementation. In consultation with Manager, Projects provides inputs for development of project management capability to enable competitive advantage and cost management, in line with the Group's strategy.Compliance, Governance and Assurance: Implement controls to ensure legal compliance within each designated area and project. Implement effective Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) management systems and compliance to regulations. Recognise, understand, and take action to manage risks that can impact project outputs. Provide and participate in developing governance systems for best practices. Adhere to requirements of quality management systems. Consolidate monthly reports and participate in management and other meetings as required.Customer & Client Relationship Management and Functional Excellence: Ensure that clients are highly aware and satisfied with the capability of support service and their requirements are met. Effective communication of project results. Adhere to functional policies, standards, guidelines, procedures, end-to-end processes, tools, templates etc. Assist in standardising, simplifying and speeding-up functional processes, eliminating duplication/bureaucracy. Apply functional best practices, promote sharing of best practices/knowledge.People Management: Actively manage talent (including insourced) through regular assessment of employees' strengths, development needs, and development progress. Provide ongoing mentoring, coaching, and development feedback to employees. Provide direction, guidance, and support to people adapting to change, keeping them committed throughout. Actively support, advocate for, and embrace functional/organisational change and reinforce/role model the change. Address resistance, beliefs, mind-sets, behaviours, and emotions to help people adapt to change. Encourage open expression of ideas/opinions and foster dialogue. Seek out different opinions. Inform people of decisions, changes, and other relevant information. Proactively address conflicts, initiate difficult conversations.Safe and Healthy Work Environment: Maintain and ensure a healthy environment, safe operations and practices, ensuring compliance with all applicable SHE policies and procedures in line with set standards. Encourage a culture that focuses on safety in all operations.Minimum RequirementsBachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting or Finance (Essential/Minimum)
• 6 years relevant experience in managing and overseeing projects controls functions in multi-billion-rand construction, mining, and ERP Projects.
• Certificate of Fitness (Essential/Minimum)
• Competence: MS Office Relevant Packages (Essential/Minimum)
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