Senior Cost Controller

We invite you to bring your financial toolbox and your experience as a trusted finance partner into an ambitious and dynamic environment. To succeed in this role, you must be analytically strong, service minded as well as have the ability to navigate and perform in a matrix organization with a lot of stakeholders. The role is a high impact role with a high level of visibility and interaction with Senior Management, so you must be comfortable bringing your partnering mindset to the most senior people in the organization. You will be part of a high performing team that act as valued finance partners across the global organization, and you will have the opportunity to shape your role as we are constantly working to developing our services to our stakeholders. Are you our new Controller?

Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading engineering, architecture, and consultancy company. Working at one of our offices in 35 countries you will join more than 16,000 fellow bright minds in creating innovative and sustainable solutions within Buildings, Transport, Energy, Environment and Health, Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism, Water and Management Consulting. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we help shape the society of tomorrow.

Inviting bright minds

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture? We work to create a sustainable future and our inspiring projects and innovative solutions aim to set the standard among our peers. You will join a global company that has been growing successfully since its founding in 1945. Together, we lead and leave a positive impact on societies, companies, and people around the world.

About the role

As Cost Controller, you will be part of a skilled, dedicated, and ambitious team which is dedicated to managing the performance of Global Support Functions. As a Global company, Finance team is overall responsible for the controlling of more than 35 countries. You will join cost management team, a part of Ramboll’s global finance organization and your work location will be at our offices in Gurgaon / Noida, India.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning and Budgeting:

• Develop and manage the annual budgeting process.
• P&L Ownership for Segments/ Functions.
• Lead the development of long-range financial plans and forecasts.
• Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to assess potential risks and opportunities.

Forecasting and Analysis:

• Develop and maintain accurate financial forecasts, providing insights into future performance. Analyze financial data to identify trends, variances, and areas for improvement.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support forecasting and analysis.
• Focus on detailed analysis of cost, allocations & postings, and cost trends.

Reporting and Communication:

• Prepare and present regular financial reports to senior management, highlighting key performance indicators (KPIs) and trends.
• Ensure timely preparation of Management review decks and follow through on the decisions taken.
• Work closely with the Global head of Finance, functional Director, and local country leadership team
• Coordinating with local Finance & accounting controllers. Sparring with them

Process Improvement:

• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function.
• Act as a key financial advisor to senior management, providing guidance on cost control.
• Standardize reporting across all segments to move towards self-service reporting.
• Provide end-to-end Business partnership to help segments drive strategic initiatives.

Your starting point: From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company:

• MBA (Finance) or equivalent degree in Finance.
• We are looking for people with a strong analytical mindset that can handle multiple tasks and challenges at hand, while maintaining a good sense of urgency.
• You have 7+ years of work experience within financial planning & analysis, and/or experience as a controller or Finance business partner.
• You thrive of challenging the status que and can put together and execute a plan for change.
• You have a positive attitude and have outspoken collaboration skills and work well with stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent skills in Excel and PowerPoint are a requirement as you will be leading financial modelling. Experience from working with business intelligence systems is an advantage. Today we use systems like Power BI and Jedox.
• You have a solid understanding of financial statement analysis and accounting principles.
• You are a self-starter, striving for continuous process improvements and hold high attention to the detail.
• Excellent communication skills and mastering the discipline of presenting data in a clear and concise manner is a must.

Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include:

• You are hands-on with excellent attention to details, and you care passionately about being precise and accurate.
• You can work independently as well as in the team.
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible. Please note that interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Welcome to our Support Organization

In Ramboll’s Support Organization we take pride in keeping Ramboll running smoothly, enabling bright minds throughout the organization to focus on their areas of expertise as we tie together all parts of the business. We provide support within areas like Finance, HR, IT, Legal, Communication, Facility Management and more, coordinating efforts and securing common ground for the development and servicing of clients and markets.