KBR Hiring for Programme Planning & Control – Project Finance Lead Job at Leatherhead, England Full Time

Job Title: Programme Planning & Control Manager

Reports to: Manager – Programme Planning & Control

Project: Multiple

Location: Leatherhead with Agile home work

At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. We are a global community of innovators, thinkers, creators, explorers, volunteers and dreamers. We bring together the best and brightest people to deliver technology and solutions that help our customers accomplish their most critical missions and objectives. In doing so, we strive to create a better, safer and more sustainable world.

Government Solutions EMEA is a business unit with revenues in excess of £600m. Headquartered in Leatherhead, Surrey, we have over 2,000 people delivering the most novel, large-scale and complex projects faced by our customers in both public and private sectors. Our work is diverse and spans government, defence, security, nuclear and infrastructure markets. We pride ourselves on being a trusted partner, helping take on and successfully deliver solutions to our customers most critical challenges.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

The Programme Planning & Control (PP&C) function partners with Project and Programme Managers to provide reliable, timely, and accurate planning and control for the overall management of responsible projects

PP&C personnel act as the dedicated finance director for each project, overseeing critical functions such as customer billing, subcontract and vendor management, time reporting, cost forecasting and budget management, reporting and controls

The Programme Planning & Control Manager will be responsible for leading a team of PP&C analysts and a collection of projects, ensuring timely support for both project and corporate needs

Specific:

• Training and Oversight

  • Provide routine daily training and support to a team of PP&C analysts

  • Assist in solving more complex or ad hoc project issues, liaise with project and business unit senior management as needed to resolve

  • Provide backfill and coverage during routine leave team members under supervision

• New Business Proposal Support

  • Review new contracts and work closely with bid team to review cost and revenue assumptions

• Project Setup

  • Schedule/Coordinate project kick-off meetings

  • Work with PM/HR/Pricing/GL to determine appropriate project accounting, financial and cost management system setup – Input WBS to project set up form

  • Review original estimate & change cost models to prepare control budgets against WBS structures

  • Establish program specific financial and cost reporting

  • Co-ordinate all project set up / project change activities

• Customer Billing

  • Prepare routine and timely customer invoices in accordance with contract requirements

  • Follow-up with customers to ensure timely collection of funds

  • Investigate and resolve billing issues

• Customer Reporting

  • Prepare customer reporting from contract requirements

  • Develop/deliver customer financial and cost reporting

  • Perform ETC and EAC variance analysis

  • Support earned value management reporting (where applicable)

• General Ledger

  • Review cost and revenue entries to validate accuracy and coordinate with Accounting team to resolve issues

  • Prepare monthly accruals

  • Ensure that appropriate documentation exists to support unearned revenue and other project reserves

  • Assist the Accounting team in coordinating with audit requests as needed

• Internal Reporting

  • Establish/maintain reporting structure in the integrated reporting tool

  • Develop and maintenance of project EAC

  • Perform monthly program funding analysis and support work at risk process

  • Perform unbilled analysis, monitor accounts receivable, and track past due’s

• Cost Control

  • Monitor trending and analysis of expenditures, and completion reports

  • Hold register of project change

  • Review risks with project team and adjust contingency – schedule risk reviews and complete crystal ball analysis

  • Prepare management reports

  • Perform regular SOX compliance controls

  • Monitor project labour register to ensure accurate and reasonable time charging

Qualifications:

Essential:

• Appropriate accountancy or cost control experience (typically 7+ years or equivalent level of expertise)

• Appropriate degree qualification

Desirable:

• Accountancy or Project Controls qualification

Experience and Skills:

Essential:

• Strong business acumen, including understanding of major factors driving project profitability

• Strong understanding of business reporting tools

• Ability to partner across the business to drive coordinated decisions

• Understanding of basic project accounting, including revenue recognition rules under US GAAP

• Understanding of project forecasting, including the creation of robust EACs

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Managerial skills – ability to lead and oversee small teams

Desirable:

• Strong understanding of business reporting tools, including HFM, Cobra and Cognos

This job description aims to set out the role and the kind of person we are looking for, but we understand not everyone is a perfect match to a job description, so if you think you can do the job, please apply. We welcome applications from disadvantaged communities, service veterans and military spouses.