We are looking for a Cost Controller Drilling for one of our clients with the following details:  

Location: Basra, Iraq

Work Scheme: Rotation (4/4)

Start: November 2024

Duration: 12 months, renewable

Qualifications:

• Degree holder in an accounting or business administration related field, broad project experience across all aspects in major project developments.


• Minimum 5 years of experience in Oil & Gas Industry with similar large-scale projects & environment. International project


• experience related to cost control.


• Previous experience as drilling cost control if preferable. Leadership, reliability, and work confidentiality.


• Ability to work under pressure and stressing conditions. Team spirit and adaptability to an international work context. Ability to plan / organize / coordinate and control.


• Ability to work in a multi-cultural business environment. Good interpersonal and communication skills.


• English as mother tongue or Fluent in English (speaking and writing)

Activities:

• To maintain a strong relationship with project team members and Finance department to promote Cost Control good practices ensuring efficient and effective Cost Control Management of the Project.


• To manage all Cost Control activities related to drilling department, supporting project and department team members in any cost control related activities, giving advice and proposing improvements whenever required.


• To ensure right implementation of drilling requirements, means and tools to ensure the efficient organization and operation of the Project Cost Control activities.


• To ensure timely preparation of the cost reports and review the budgets with inputs from the members of the Project Team to guarantee accuracy and completeness of the data prior to reporting to Management Team.


• To participate in the preparation of Project Monthly Report synthesizing and summarizing cost data


• To prepare and issue additional reporting with cost information and data whenever required to Management Team, partners, and authorities.


• To participate and carefully review the cost assessment of any contract variations.


• To identify any other Project cost trends, drifts, variances data update to ensure continuous monitoring of the Project Final Cost Estimate.


• To liaise actively with Finance Department for all matters related to cost and accounting (commitments, invoice processing and payment, accruals, payment claims and disputes...).


• To observe and impose strict confidentiality of all budgets and cost documentation all along the course of the Project.


• To timely report to the Project Controls Manager, highlighting cost trends and any area of concern or problem encountered.


• To coordinates responses to audit queries related to Cost Control issues, and resolution of audit exceptions (all stakeholders).


• To comply with provisions of contracts and Delegation of Authority.


• Build, implement and maintain the reporting and methodology to measure cost performance and delivery of dashboards to provide cost analysis to the Management and Budget holders.


• Ensures compliance with Group Standards.


• Participates in and promotes the implementation of financial tools recommended by Headquarters (SAP/UNISOL, STAR Cristal etc.)


• Actively participate in Cost Control Métier meetings to ensure knowledge, best practices and communication is maintained across the project ensuring practices are according to Company standards / procedures.


• To participate to meetings with partners, authorities and other stakeholders as required.


• To adopt and demonstrate exemplary behaviour with regard H3SE and H3SE rules implementation


• To adopt and demonstrate exemplary behaviour with regard to ethics and project “code of conduct” policy


• To carry out any other duties or tasks that may be required by the position.

If interested, kindly apply!