About the Role
As our new Project Controller, you will be responsible for supporting our project managers in overall financial control and scheduling related to a project or portfolio of projects. You will manage the financial health of the project, including invoicing, cost controls, change management, scheduling, and forecasting. Success in this role will require strong familiarity with project management and documentation tools and processes, strong communication and organization skills, and the ability to effectively manage and coordinate activities for multiple projects and project managers.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project control reports (Cost, Planning and Scheduling (WBS), Change Management, Risk, Project Cost Status, KPIs).
- Work with accounting/billing teams to ensure correct project setup in Vantagepoint.
- Liaise between project managers, senior management, accounting, and clients on cost control and progress reporting.
- Develop and implement project controls standards, procedures, and work processes for scopes, documents, budget, and schedule.
- Prepare, monitor, and review reports related to cost, schedule, progress, budget, and forecast.
- Track and manage Contracts (Agreements, Change Orders, Purchase Orders).
- Manage Client specific databases.
- Support Project Managers in the creation and evaluation of project/proposal cost estimates.
- Support Project Managers with project initiation and set up in Business Support Systems.
- Reconcile costs with Project Managers and the Accounting department.
- Assist with the preparation of monthly spending, variance, and forecast summary reports.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in a similar project coordination or controller role.
- Proficiency with MS Office programs including Excel, Word and MS Project.
- Experience with project cost controls and invoicing.
- Experience with Siteview, Equis, Deltek, and Adobe is an asset.
- Experience working in the environmental services industry is an asset.
- Excellent inter-personal and time management skills.
- Post-secondary education or demonstrated relevant experience.
Skills
- Project management
- Documentation tools and processes
- Communication skills
- Organization skills
- Financial control
- Scheduling
- Invoicing
- Cost controls
- Change management
- Forecasting
- MS Office
- Excel
- Word
- MS Project
Location
- Any of our Canadian offices
Work Type
- Full-time
- Permanent
- Flexible scheduling available
Experience Level
- 3+ years of experience
Education Level
- Post-secondary education or demonstrated relevant experience
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000-80,000
Benefits
- Competitive total compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits
- Vacation
- Suite of wellness initiatives
- Opportunities for professional growth and advancement
About the Company
- SLR Consulting (Canada) is an 800+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across 20+ office locations in Canada.
- We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability.
- We are Making Sustainability Happen.
- SLR is a consultancy with 4,500+ employees, working on projects in over 125 countries around the world.
- When you join SLR, you’ll work alongside some of the world’s leading advisors and technicians on projects of global importance in the environmental space.
- We know sustainability starts from within.
- We continually work on our internal ethics to set the standard for organisations and reflect the advice we give to clients.
Equal Opportunity
- SLR strives to build diverse teams that reflect the communities we work in, and encourages applications from traditionally underrepresented groups including women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2+, veterans, and people with disabilities.
- If we can make the recruitment process easier through accommodation, please contact a member of the People team at canadacareers@slrconsulting.com.
