Project Controller in North East

As a Project Controller within our clients’ Renewable Energy business, you play a key role in supporting the financial and administrative execution of service projects across the UK and Ireland. You will be responsible for maintaining project financial data, supporting forecasting and reporting activities, managing billing processes, and ensuring compliance with company standards and procedures.

This role requires strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, SAP knowledge, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment. Working closely with operational teams and finance colleagues, you will help maintain financial transparency and support effective business decision-making.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Maintenance of project lifecycle in SAP from order booking to order closure
• Forecasting, budgeting, monthly variance analysis of cost centres, feedback and advice to ops on cost and recovery topics
• Invoice preparation, customer billing, and active cash-in follow-up
• Monitoring accounts receivable, resolving billing or payment issues with stakeholders
• Supporting Commercial Project Managers with commercial reporting and analysis
• Handling commercial topics such as internal charging, or personnel hiring-out
• Supporting audits and internal controls with accurate documentation

This is a hands-on execution role: accuracy, timing, reliability and ability to prioritise are essential.

What You Bring

• Finance experience is essential. Candidates should have proven experience in project controlling, finance, accounting, financial analysis, or a similar role, with responsibility for forecasting, reporting, budgeting, cost control, or billing activities.
• Excellent presentation, and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders across multiple organizational levels
• Working knowledge of IFRS basics, project/order accounting, and revenue recognition
• Strategic and results-driven mindset, capable of challenging the status quo, driving change, and delivering continuous performance improvements
• Self‑motivated, proactive, collaborative, and eager to learn, with a passion for digitalization
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications (especially Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) and SAP, with the ability to leverage digital tools effectively
• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills, and willing to travel as required

About the Team

The team supports the entire UK and Ireland Onshore Wind Service business, providing comprehensive financial and project controlling oversight across the portfolio. The team works closely with operational, commercial, and management functions to ensure accurate project forecasting, cost control, revenue recognition, budget management, and financial performance reporting. By delivering financial transparency, identifying risks and opportunities, and driving process improvements, Project Controlling enables informed decision‑making and supports the successful execution and profitability of service operations across all UK and Ireland onshore wind farms.

This role is hybrid or can be office based. Location is Newcastle. Candidate should have sufficient work from home set up to be able to use a second screen.