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Project Controller

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Robert Half

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United States , Lemont

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Job Description:

The Project Controller plays a key role in improving business performance by analyzing project-related financial data, identifying risks, variances, and deviations, and driving corrective actions to support profitability and forecasting accuracy.

Job Responsibility:

  • Prepare, evaluate, and maintain accurate project forecasts, including cash flow projections
  • Analyze accruals, actual costs incurred, and work-in-progress calculations
  • Continuously monitor project performance and financial health
  • Deliver financial and operational analyses, proactively highlighting potential risks, variances, or deviations to stakeholders including Project Management and the Finance Director
  • Partner with Project Management to develop, monitor, and validate project budgets while investigating discrepancies between actual and forecasted expenses
  • Track and manage financial KPIs for each project and recommend corrective actions when necessary
  • Support and oversee month-end closing activities, ensuring data accuracy and consistency
  • Manage monthly cost and revenue provisions, ensuring completeness and accuracy
  • Ensure effective cost control and alignment between project profitability and company financial objectives
  • Collaborate with Finance and Project Management teams to ensure invoices are prepared accurately, submitted on time, and collected efficiently
  • Support invoicing activities, financial terms and conditions, and credit management processes
  • Review project activities for compliance with company policies, financial procedures, and revenue recognition standards
  • Proactively identify issues, recommend solutions, and implement corrective actions as project conditions evolve
  • Develop and enhance KPIs, reporting standards, tools, and financial procedures
  • Monitor potential tax implications related to project activities
  • Translate complex financial data into meaningful operational insights
  • Recommend and support continuous improvements in business operations and financial processes
  • Act as a key user in the implementation of the company's new IT landscape
  • Serve as a strategic liaison between Finance and Project Management
  • Provide timely and accurate financial reporting and support to internal stakeholders
  • Prepare and provide information required for internal and external audits
  • Deliver regular project reporting, including budget status, WIP, cash flow, cost analysis, and revenue tracking

Requirements:

  • Project accounting experience
  • Percent of completion experience
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Finance or Accounting degree is a plus
  • International experience would be a plus

Nice to have:

  • Finance or Accounting degree is a plus
  • International experience would be a plus
What we offer:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • 401K

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 16, 2026

Work Type:
On-site work
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