Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. Our purpose—we bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress—is a call to go beyond, to reinvent future forms of progress and create sustainable shared value for all through the power of science. In a world facing an ever-growing population and quest for resources, we aim to be the driving force triggering the next breakthroughs to enable humanity to advance while protecting the planet we all share.
We bond with customers and partners to address today and tomorrow’s megatrends. As a global leader in Materials, Chemicals and Solutions, Solvay brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges. You can count on our innovative solutions to contribute to safer, cleaner and more sustainable future.
Role Overview
We are looking for:
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- The Industrial Function is a transversal function of the SOLVAY Group. Group Engineering & Construction (GEC) is one of the Industrial Function Departments. Our mission is to support the Group Business Units (GBU) in their industrial activities.
- We contribute to design, build and operate, in the most safely and efficient manner, their plants. We help them through continuous improvement programs to reach Excellence.
- GEC is one the very few entities whose services are sold to GBUs on a pay-per-use base. All the GEC members and subcontractors’ activities, in all zones, are invoiced on a hourly base.
- The GEC Estimating, Project & Internal Cost Controls department aims at:
- Delivering optimized cost estimates and time schedules to the Business Units,
- Providing efficient project controls (cost and schedule) giving to the Project Managers the vision of where the projects go
- Controlling and invoicing internal costs
- Editing reports and dashboards relevant to GEC activities
You count on you for:
- GEC is recruiting, a controller for projects and internal costs
- Projects Costs Controller’s mission (representing about 50% of the activity)
- Track the committed costs, estimate the forecast in coordination with the engineering, procurement, and construction representatives
- Track modifications, quantities variations and quantify the impact on cost (and schedule)
- Based on the actual situation, works still to be done, equipment/material/services to buy, identify the remaining costs to be committed in order to estimate the final cost corresponding to each budget item
- Give the Project Manager the right vision of the actual situation of the project and the forecast in order to identify deviation to take the right decisions
- Issue monthly cost report to the project manager:
- A detailed cost logbook : table with all the costs corresponding to each budget item
- A summary table with the “Budgets”, the “Commitments”, the “To be committed”, the “Estimate At Completion” for the project Manager to communicate to steering committee.
- The position reports operationally to the Project Managers
- Internal Costs Controller’s mission (representing about 50% of the activity)
- Design and organize the invoicing process in collaboration other Solvay functions/ Dept. (Finance, IT, GBUs…)
- Continuously adapt the tools, the structure and the instructions to the evolution of the tools
- Apply the right hourly rates on the base of the person and the recipient of the services.
- Answer questions raised about invoices, answer questions from the internal or external audit. Explain the invoicing model, the margin, the way GEC is financed
- Design and run performance analysis reports, extract monthly data from SAP in order to set up a dashboard that allows all stakeholders to understand activities and profitability
- Analyze, with zones and Tax dept. the best invoicing schemes to avoid paying inappropriate taxes
- Controlling activities:
- Explain variances vs the budget
- Check travel costs and whether they have correctly been re-invoiced
Main interlocutors:
- GEC Management (GEC Director, heads of departments)
- GBU, Functions controllers
- SBS (Intercompany invoicing, back-offices (e.g. Lisbon…)
- Project Managers
- External companies controllers (e.g. Joint Ventures)
You will bring:
- Engineer (or cadre with some technical background), you justify 10 years of experience in cost control ideally in an engineering and construction company in connection with the chemical or O&G industry.
Behavioral competencies:
- You communicate easily with all the stakeholders
- You are pro-active to gather all the required data to perform your job
- You are able to defend your position and committed
- You are autonomous and confident because of your experience
Experience in:
- SAP transactions
- Excel (advanced)
- Google sheets (advanced)
- Finance basics
- Must know French and English (many contacts with other zones and financial controllers)
You will get:
- Competitive salary
16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations
Training platform for all employees
Free language courses (24 languages available)
Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)
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About us
This position creation is still subject to current ongoing social procedure; thus no final decision will be taken before the end of this procedure; all applications will be processed by the talent attraction team accordingly and all applicants should expect at least one personalized written feedback for their respective submitted applications, in accordance with the ongoing social procedure timeline.
Solvay’s purpose is to bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. We can only fulfill this purpose with a diverse workforce that feels respected and appreciated, and has equal opportunities to work, grow and thrive. Our differences, visible or not, are valued. As Solvay seeks to promote unity and not uniformity, we invite you - regardless of background, age, gender, race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity - to consider a future with us.
