Cost Control Manager

Cost Control Manager - Region 2

**Req Id**:16995**Job Family**:Cost Control**Location**:Porto, PT, 4100-136

**Description**:Imagine your career taking you to the depths of innovation and the heights of impact. Our people enable continuous progress. Their commitment, collective expertise, and unique capabilities are the engine room behind SBM Offshore’s True. Blue. Transition. - shaping the future of energy, and beyond.

**About Us**:
SBM Offshore is the world’s deepwater ocean-infrastructure expert. Our work is already resulting in cleaner, more efficient energy production. True. Blue. Transition. is our promise to enable that into the future while at the same time using our expertise to support new and existing markets in the blue economy. It starts with Advancing our Core: continuing to advance the decarbonization of traditional energy production. While Pioneering More: helping to enable the energy transition and using our unique capabilities in ocean infrastructure to support more industries to grow sustainably. Sharing our experience for a better blue tomorrow.

**I) Role purpose**

As a cost control manager, you are responsible for enabling SBM to meet its operational objectives for your expertise area. You set standards and provide expert advice to contribute to SBM’s competitive advantage. While doing so, you embody the SBM Values.
The manager is responsible for a true and fair representation of the company’s financial indicators.
You are responsible for the overall quality of work and being compliant with the standards, requirements, and regulations.
You will provide advice, offer ideas, insights and recommendations, and participate in specific projects as an expert in your respective expertise area. You advise & challenge the business on risks that may arise because of intended decisions. You advise of alternatives/ solutions and therefore ensure balanced decisions are being made.
You are a leader that promotes positive behaviour and culture within your remit. You ensure finance deliverables are implemented effectively and successfully. You coordinate and supervise the activities and performance of the team.

**II) Job description**

In order to effectively manage the cost and promote cost savings and increased profits in every aspect, you are to:

- Participate or manage planning activities in order to provide a clear budgetary and forecasting plan;
- Accountable for the timetable deadlines and qualities of all deliverables, coordinating with local Finance Manager in order to merge Accounting & Cost control timetable;
- Provide, evaluate, and establish cost control measures and cost reduction opportunities;
- Identify areas in which there are costs of non-quality and implement a plan to reduce;
- Monitor and evaluate the cost effectiveness and provide alternative methods in obtaining monitoring information;
- Manage a team of lead and cost controllers to ensure their technical & leadership growth (training & coaching program);
- Provide ad-hoc support to solve any Finance analysis (manhours rate, taxes calculation, elaboration of new business plan ).

**Main tasks**

**General**:

- Responsible over budgeting and forecasting within attributed Region 2;
- Manage Cost Control team and provide guidance on Cost Management practices and tools and support cost control career plan;
- Develop current IT tools (in coordination with HQ) to correspond to client & internal needs;
- Provide technical support to lead / cost controllers on issues and topics within the attributed zone;
- Implement and/or revise Cost control procedure for Region and coordinate leads / Cost Controllers to harmonize templates & working best practices within attributed area;
- Support to the Finance Director & Operations Directors on finance activities as required;
- Business partnerships through support to the Shore base F&A Mgr and Shore base General Mgr for any finance matters;
- Travel to shorebases WW to support local lead / cost Control team & Finance department when required;
- Monitor and manage the cash flows and predict future trends;
- Analyze, monitor and/or report on factors influencing business performance for decision making or planning for future events.

**Budget**:

- Roll out budget timeline to the Cost Controllers & relevant stakeholders in the Area, aligned with SBMO schedule and also Partners/Clients requirements;
- Planning allowing timely review with adequate level of management at all the levels within the Area/Region (Ops Manager, Area/Country Manager);
- Review consistency of the budget vs. inputs provided by the stakeholders and aligned with planned activities;
- Strive for proposing/gathering recommendations for optimizations.

**Forecast**:

- Validate forecasts and consolidate for the Area;
- Consolidate and review upside / downsides, verify completeness;
- Ensure that Cost control prepare Management Unit Review (MUR) that allows to review key financial aspects, exposures & upsides;
- Prepare for Area