Project Controller

Do you want to join our journey towards revolutionizing the maritime industry and changing the CO2 footprint of an entire industry? And do you like to be the partner we heavily rely on? Then you should hop on the MAN vessel! Do you have a passion for challenging tasks and excel with strong financial skills combined with an analytical and business-oriented mindset? On top, do you have in-depth experience in controlling large projects? Then you are our new Project Controller to support our fast growing Retrofit business!

You will play an important role in:
As our new Project Controller you will play a vital role in providing the financial transparency required for obtaining our ambitious strategic targets within our PrimeServ Retrofit business. You will be following and contributing to the entire financial lifecycle of big projects, ranging from the initial budgeting, through execution to the handover to the customer and beyond.

Besides this, you will:

• Apply your highly evolved financial and inter-personal skills when establishing strong trustful relations and collaborations with a wide range of stakeholders
• Act as a sparring partner for the business stakeholders when supporting and challenging them in creating a transparent understanding of cost and revenue streams
• Ensure a transparent financial steering of our portfolio of contracts, foreseeing risks and opportunities and thereby enabling mitigating actions, from the preparation of new business cases in the sales and tendering phase to the monitoring and controlling throughout the execution phase

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Accommodate the growth in the area with best practices from recent project organization experience
• Review and optimize the project controlling processes in the Retrofit project organization
• Be in charge of the cost tracking set-up in the systems and in charge of the follow-up over the project lifetime
• Financially review new project calculations in collaboration with Sales and Tendering
• Facilitate regular financial reviews of the contracts in the portfolio in collaboration with project managers and be essential advisor to them
• Prepare and present financial project development updates to area executive management
• Provide financial input of large projects to the business planning, budgeting and forecasting process
• Develop and optimize financial tools and reports for building of new business cases and project monitoring

We imagine that you:
We expect that the right candidate has an educational background as e.g. Cand.Merc., Cand.Polit., Cand.Oecon or similar and several years of professional experience from a project function or similar.

Besides this, we imagine that you:

• Are self-driven with an initiative-taking approach paired with entrepreneurial and innovative mindset towards problem solving
• Have strong financial and highly evolved analytical skills
• Have a business mindset where prioritization is based on significant drivers and financial impact, yet with the ability to ensure the accuracy in the details
• Have the ability to identify and frame improvements in data and processes
• Have excellent communication and presentation skills in English

Welcome to the Financial Planning & Analysis team in PrimeServ Denmark
You are joining a truly diverse team of ten highly skilled and dedicated business controllers and analysts from five different nationalities. Our team enables a fact-based decision-making through generating financial transparency and data driven insights and support but also challenge the business, as we engage and partner-up in close collaboration with them. In our team, we are living most of all a very positive and collegial approach with a lot of idea generation and sparring, while having a humorous and can-do attitude.

Unleash your potential: Join us towards a carbon-neutral future
We offer you an opportunity to help shape the world of tomorrow – whether you are just starting out, taking your first career steps after graduation, or looking for the next big career challenge.

At MAN Energy Solutions, we focus on diversity and equality to create a creative and inclusive culture. We believe that a diverse workforce with a mix of gender, nationalities, and perspectives will drive innovation, creativity and productivity. We are committed to our employees’ well-being, and you will have the opportunity to join different social activities from yoga and fishing to creative clubs.

We prioritize work-life balance, offering flexible working hours, the possibility of working from home, and mental well-being including health insurance and focus on work atmosphere. Here you have opportunities for growth, development, and mentorship. 

At MAN Energy Solutions, you can create, drive, build, and be a part of improving innovative energy solutions while achieving your personal career goals.

In 2027, MAN Energy Solutions will move to Trekroner in Roskilde. Here we will consolidate all our current locations on Zealand into one large site.

About MAN Energy Solutions

• 250 years of experience in advanced engineering
• We deliver a unique portfolio of technologies and opportunities in the development of engines for use on ships and in power plants across the globe
• We operate under the motto "Future in The Making" as it reflects our dedication to developing sustainable solutions and actively contributing to a carbon-neutral economy
• We have over 15,000 employees worldwide. In Denmark, we are 2,200 passionate employees with more than 40 nationalities

Build your own future
Please submit your application to us no later than the 28th of February 2025. We will conduct interviews during the application period. If you have any questions, you are welcome to contact Peter Mendler, Head of Financial Planning & Analysis, via phone +45 50 20 10 94. More information about the company can be found at www.man-es.com

We encourage all qualified candidates regardless of gender, age, religion, disability and ethnic background to apply for this position.