Cost Controller Job at Nft Consult Ltd

Nft Consult Ltd

Cost Controller Job Post

Location: Jobs in Uganda 2024 - 2025

Work Hours: Full-time, 08 hours per day

Salary: UGX

No. of vacancies: 01

Deadline: September 27 2024

Hiring Organization: Nft Consult Ltd

Job Details:

Client brief:
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project involves the construction and operation of a buried, cross-border pipeline to transport crude oil from the Lake Albert area in Uganda to the eastern coast of Tanzania for export to international markets. The pipeline will run from Kabaale in Hoima District, Uganda, to Chongoleani, Tanga Region, in Tanzania. The length of the pipeline is 1,443 kilometres (km) of which 296 km will be in Uganda. In Uganda, the pipeline will traverse ten (10) Districts, comprising Hoima, Kikuube, Kakumiro, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Gomba, Sembabule, Lwengo, Rakai, and Kyotera.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Cost Control - ensure timely, reliable, and accurate verification of costs against approved budget and contractual commitments.
• Budget - ensure thorough budget development with a clear and accurate depiction of key cost drivers and rates.
• Reporting - produce timely, reliable, and accurate periodic and ad-hoc reporting to inform key stakeholders of actual costs, forecasts, and relevant variances.
• Stakeholder Management - ensure all budget holders under direct responsibility are fully supported in a timely, accurate, and reliable manner on all cost control, budget, and reporting matters.
• Work Organization – ensure all relevant templates, procedures, guidelines, and plans directly affecting job responsibilities are kept up-to-date at least every quarter.

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:
• BSc Degree in a Finance discipline. Professional Finance Qualifications (at least partial) are a major plus.
• 1 to 3+ years of relevant professional experience (reporting, financial analysis, audit, cost control, budget).
• Strong analytical & communication skills.
• Detail and results-oriented.
• ERP Systems and Data Analysis skills are a major plus.
• Industry/Company knowledge is a major plus.
• Fluent in English.