Cost Controller

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Wood is currently recruiting for a Cost Controller to join our growing team in Alabang, Philippines. This is a permanent position with a hybrid work arrangement, offering the opportunity to support global projects across the energy, minerals & metals, chemicals, and industrial sectors while collaborating with international project teams and stakeholders.

Designing the future. Transforming the World.

At Wood, our business strategy is built on three key pillars: Inspired Culture, Performance Excellence, and Profitable Growth. The Project Controls function plays a critical role in supporting the successful delivery of projects by providing robust cost management, forecasting, performance monitoring, and reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

As a Cost Controller, you will contribute to project success by ensuring accurate cost tracking, forecasting, analysis, and reporting while helping project teams make informed decisions that support project objectives and commercial performance.

• Permanent employment with a leading global consulting and engineering company.
• Hybrid working arrangements that balance business, team, and individual needs.
• Career development opportunities within a global organization operating across energy and materials markets.
• Exposure to international projects and stakeholders, working with industry-leading professionals worldwide.
• Inclusive and collaborative culture that values diversity, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing support, including access to employee assistance programs and development resources.
• Access to global project controls networks and communities of practice that support professional growth and knowledge sharing.
• Opportunity to contribute to complex projects supporting sustainability, infrastructure development, and the global energy transition.

Reporting to the Project Controls Manager, your primary focus will be supporting project teams through the effective management and control of project costs throughout the project lifecycle. You will contribute to Wood's three strategic pillars of Inspired Culture, Performance Excellence, and Profitable Growth by providing accurate cost information, supporting project decision-making, and helping ensure project financial objectives are achieved.

As part of a multidisciplinary project delivery team, you will work closely with project managers, planners, engineering teams, finance, commercial teams, and clients to deliver consistent and reliable project performance reporting.

In addition, you will:

• Develop and maintain project cost reports, forecasts, budgets, and performance metrics.
• Monitor project expenditures and commitments against approved budgets and identify variances.
• Perform cost analysis and trend assessments to support project decision-making and risk management activities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly cost reports, dashboards, and management summaries.
• Support project forecasting activities, including Estimate at Completion (EAC) and Estimate to Complete (ETC) assessments.
• Track project progress, earned value, and cost performance indicators where applicable.
• Review purchase orders, subcontract commitments, invoices, and accruals to ensure accurate cost reporting.
• Collaborate with project managers and discipline leads to identify cost risks and opportunities.
• Assist with project budgeting, change management, and contingency tracking activities.
• Support project close-out activities, lessons learned programs, and final cost reporting.
• Ensure project controls processes comply with Wood governance requirements and client expectations.
• Maintain project controls databases, reporting systems, and cost management tools.
• Participate in project reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the Project Controls function.
• Promote the highest standards of integrity, commercial awareness, and professional conduct in all project activities.

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply.

Expected:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Finance, Accounting, Quantity Surveying, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience in Cost Control, Project Controls, Project Accounting, Commercial, or Project Services environments.
• Experience supporting engineering, EPC, EPCM, construction, oil & gas, mining, energy, infrastructure, or industrial projects.
• Strong understanding of project cost management principles and project lifecycle processes.
• Experience preparing cost reports, forecasts, budgets, and variance analysis.
• Knowledge of project controls systems and reporting methodologies.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel including complex formulas, pivot tables, and reporting tools.
• Experience using project management and ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Power BI, EcoSys, PRISM, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret project financial data and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet reporting deadlines.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary project teams and global delivery environments is advantageous.

Desirable:

What will set you apart will be your experience supporting large-scale engineering or EPC/EPCM projects, combined with a strong understanding of project controls, earned value management (EVM), forecasting methodologies, and project performance reporting.

It takes a diverse and inclusive community of inquisitive minds to unlock tomorrow's solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

If you are a Project Controls professional looking for your next opportunity with Wood Philippines, apply today.

Shortlisting will commence immediately.