// Role Summary
Join Leonardo's Finance BU Automation team in Genova as a Financial Project Controller. This permanent, hybrid role offers a dynamic opportunity to manage the economic and financial aspects of projects and contracts within a leading global industrial group.
// Key Responsibilities
- Manage economic and financial aspects of projects and contracts.
- Monitor project progress against financial targets and support replanning.
- Oversee purchase requests, track financial risks, and manage contingency budgets.
- Coordinate with Legal on contractual disputes and claims.
- Analyze financial performance, revenue, and working capital.
- Support Business Unit budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
// Role Specification
Financial Project Controller
Leonardo, a global industrial group focused on technological capabilities for global security, is seeking a Financial Project Controller to join the Finance BU Automation unit at its Genova site. This role is integral to the economic and financial management of projects and contracts.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management control of business activities, with a focus on project/contract control and related KPIs.
- Monitoring financial progress against contracts (revenue recognition, cost to completion) and supporting project replanning (program controlling).
- Monitoring, verifying capacity, and approving purchase requests for projects/contracts.
- Tracking and periodically reporting on financial risks, contingency budgeting, stress scenarios (currency exchange, milestone delays, scope variations), and their mitigation.
- Coordinating with the Legal department on exposure from disputes, arbitration, claims, and contractual penalties; supporting the quantification of reserves.
- Monitoring, reporting, and analyzing revenue, receivables/payables, and cash flows for programs/contracts.
- Liaising with Treasury on project working capital timing; coordinating with Treasury on advances and financing, currency hedging, guarantees, bonds, etc.
- Supporting the Business Unit's periodic Budgeting, Forecast, and Reporting processes.
- Periodically analyzing industrial and operational KPIs, defining improvement plans, and monitoring their progress.
- Supporting the bid process.
- Utilizing SAP 4Hana, BI, and other planning tools.
Qualifications:
- Degree in Economics/Management or Engineering.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Controller/Project Controller, preferably in project-based or international environments.
- Knowledge of IFRS/IAS and US GAAP accounting principles, production cost control for contracts, and international Transfer Pricing.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency in English (at least B2); knowledge of French, Spanish, or German is a plus.
- Excellent knowledge of Excel and major ERP systems, preferably SAP, and project control management software.
What We Offer:
- Employment governed by the CCNL for Private Mechanical Engineering and Plant Installation.
- Hybrid working model.
- Permanent employment contract.
- 13th-month salary.
- Performance-related bonuses.
- Annual welfare benefits of 250 euros.
- Continuous training and professional development opportunities.
- Focus on employee well-being (economic, physical, social, and psychological).
Leonardo reserves the right to assess the final grade and economic proposal based on objective criteria identified during the selection process, seniority, and role requirements, ensuring fairness and equal opportunities.