Finance Specialist Project Control
Job Summary
Randstad Professional is looking for a Finance Specialist - Project Control for a multinational company in the Oil & Gas sector in Florence. The role involves ensuring financial integrity, project profitability, and risk management throughout the project lifecycle. We offer an initial 12-month contract with the possibility of direct hire.
Responsibilities
- Partner with Project Managers for financial governance and cost control
- Lead Project Margin Reviews and assess project risks
- Perform variance analysis and support forecasting
- Drive continuous process improvement and compliance
Required Skills
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related
- Experience with financial systems like Oracle
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
Job Details
As an E&P Project Controller, you will work closely with Project Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure financial integrity, project profitability and effective risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
You will be responsible for:
- Partnering with Project Managers to provide financial governance and control over project costs and performance;
- Leading Project Margin Reviews to determine project profitability and support revenue recognition activities;
- Assessing project exposures, risks, opportunities, and cost estimates, including defining requirements for reserves where necessary;
- Performing detailed variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and benchmarks to identify productivity and margin improvement opportunities;
- Supporting project forecasting, financial reporting, and cash flow management activities;
- Driving continuous process improvement initiatives and contributing to strategic digitization and simplification projects, including systems implementations, cross-functional process enhancements, and automation initiatives (RPA);
- Ensuring compliance with company policies, financial controls, and accounting standards;
- Performing additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field from an accredited university;
- Relevant professional experience, preferably within the finance organization of a multinational company;
- Experience working with financial systems and reporting tools such as Oracle;
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data;
- Fluent English, both written and spoken.