London, UK
Financial project manager
at BIG
BIG is seeking a financial project manager to join its team in London.
BIG is a group of 600+ architects, engineers, urbanists, inventors, researchers and business minds from all over the world who are based in our New York, Copenhagen, London, Barcelona and Shenzhen offices. Our built work ranges from the most diverse urban playground and Michelin-star dining – to affordable housing that feels everything but, and a school among the verdant fjords of the Faroe Islands. Our vision spans traveling at supersonic speed with Hyperloop One, to living in floating cities, and eventually Mars! While we are led by a group of expert partners, directors and associates – a flat hierarchy and collaborative spirit are essential to our BIG ecosystem. We share our collective knowledge and expansive network through study trips and educational workshops – BIG Schools offer in-house lessons, while BIG Picture brings in industry experts to inspire and invigorate. We are infectiously ambitious and unified by the shared mission to craft the world we want to live in, and to give form to our future, one project at a time. Our London office is growing at a rapid pace; hence we are currently looking for an ambitious and competent financial project manager to form part of our operations team.
As a financial project manager you will be based in our London office together with 120+ fantastic BIGsters and you will support our project teams by tracking project pricing, staffing, budgeting and timeline, in close collaboration with project leaders. You will report to the managing director and work closely with the finance and operations teams to ensure that precise and timely project performance data is available for the management group to make decisions about project execution. As a financial project manager you must continuously challenge the project cost picture to ensure that each project is delivered on time and on budget. Furthermore, you will also be responsible for ensuring that contracts, insurance policies and other important documents related to the projects are collected and filed correctly.
This role offers great personal development potential in an international, fast-paced, and highly ambitious creative environment.
Primary areas of responsibility relating to project controlling:
- assisting in establishing and maintaining project budgets, staffing and schedules, while monitoring financial performance
- accurately documenting, administering, and maintaining contract information
- compiling and analysing data periodically to provide insight into the progress, issues and financial performance of projects
- performing specialised accounting functions and establishing internal controls
- managing project invoicing in accordance with contractual agreements and handling of client interfacing for payments as required
- analysing for additional services on projects
- working with project leaders to understand and improve project profit margins
- working with project leaders in project bookings, budgets, performance, forecasting and receivables
- supporting the project leaders in the use of our project management tools and processes
- planning and executing monthly project update meetings with relevant stakeholders, taking minutes, and reporting to the managing director
- ensuring access for time registration on projects for employees
- assisting the managing director with various tasks as required
Primary areas of responsibility relating to operations:
- ensuring hours are submitted on a weekly/biweekly basis and that these are approved by the relevant project leader
- monthly analysis of the submitted work hours and appropriate reporting to relevant stakeholders
- conducting training to staff as required
- responsible for assigned LON office projects
- responsible for month end reporting to the managing director
We seek a person who:
- is a high-level critical thinker that can build upon established systems and elevate our internal project controlling processes
- has a bachelor’s degree in e.g. business management, accounting or finance
- has five plus years’ controlling experience or a similar role preferably within the design sector
- has at minimum a basic understanding of earned value management
- is highly proficient in Excel
- is fluent in English, verbal and written
- enjoys a busy and creative environment with many personalities
- is comfortable with fast-paced decisions and rapidly changing environments
- is proactive, completes tasks with a sense of urgency, and is capable of multi-tasking responsibilities
- has effective time management skills, can prioritize tasks, and follows-up in a timely manner
- is a good colleague and a team-player who wants to engage in BIG’s unique office culture
- BIG works with CMAP as their project management system and familiarity with the system is a must
This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time. There is a requirement for the post holder to recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
Application
Please submit your CV. We will contact you if your profile matches our requirements.
This is a key role for BIG London and is a full-time position based out of BIG’s London office in Broadgate. You must have permission to live and work in the UK.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted by the 10 May 2022.
Relevant applicants will be interviewed on an on-going basis.
Please apply via our website . We will contact you if your profile matches our requirements.