Project Controller (f/m/d)

Do you thrive on delivering strong and insightful analyses and ensuring the project team always has a clear view of the current financial status? Are you looking for a dynamic environment where you are given responsibility, influence and the opportunity to develop your skills in collaboration with skilled colleagues? Then you might be our new Project Controller (f/m/d) at Semco Maritime.

Your position
In your new position as Project Controller (f/m/d), you will be a valuable member of our dedicated Controlling Team, responsible for both project and financial controlling. Together, we foster collaboration, share knowledge, challenge each other professionally and support each other in a culture where there is room for both professionalism, ambition and humour. In this role, you will be a central sparring partner for both project managers and management. You will also be a key player in improving and standardizing controlling tools for both internal and external reporting of cost.

Your place of work will be in Hamburg or Emden. The position is full-time and you can expect to travel about 10 days per year in connection with project collaboration. 

“As a project Controller, you will join a Team where professionalism, collaboration and curiosity go hand in hand. In this role, you will help set the direction for financial follow-up across exciting and diverse projects, ensuring that we deliver on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. We offer a work environment with a high degree of flexibility, learning and responsibility. And you will become a part of something bigger, an organization in motion.”
- Marija Janssen, Head of Controlling.

Your tasks & responsibilities
In the role of Project Controller (f/m/d), you tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Reviewing contracts and PO from Clients and understanding conditions that affect the project's economics
• Bridging the hours booked to projects with the project calculation to ensure we are on plan for the projects
• Preparing and quality assuring financial reporting for both project managers and clients - from details to overall overviews and invoicing both internally and externally, including follow-up on overdue invoices
• Controlling project transactions and discrepancies including ensuring correct transactions
• Controlling of actuals, budgets, forecasts and variations
• Contributing to the improvement and standardization of controlling processes, so that we continuously optimize and create a better framework for financial management.
• Supporting project managers in financial issues and being the go-to person for finances in the projects

Your profile & qualifications
To succeed in this position, we imagine that you have:

• An economic education like a university degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or similar (University, FH, dual study program)
• 5+ years of experience with project controlling or controlling – preferably in a project-oriented company
• Strong Excel skills and curiosity towards new ways of working
• Systematic and analytical approach to work with an eye for both details and wholeness
• An independent style of working while being able to handle responsibility, several parallel tasks and sharp deadlines
• Strong communication skills, that foster collaboration, paired with a service-oriented approach
• Solid communication skills in both German and English at a high level, that you are looking to use in your day-to-day life

Welcome to Semco Maritime
At Semco Maritime, we create change. For people. For projects. And for the global energy sector. With us, you will join a community of over 2,300 of the most dedicated thinkers and doers in the energy industry who are driving real change and making their own personal mark on the global energy landscape.

While everyone knows why the energy transition is vital, we are concerned with the journey. How to get there. By providing the answers needed to make change real. Because we believe that global energy ambitions can only be realized through hard work and clever pragmatic solutions. This is what we do. This is what we invite you to participate in.

Safety is at the core of everything we do, and we are committed to protecting our people, partners, and the planet as we work towards a sustainable energy future.

So yes, working for us will change the energy sector – and may well change you too. 

Care to join the movement?

Change. With us.