Title:  Cost Controller

About John Holland

We’re all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, property, rail, building and water projects in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

From the epic, to the intimate, everything we do improves life for someone, somewhere. It gives our business momentum and means we approach things a little differently.

While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

Are you up for the challenge?

About the Project

John Holland has been named as the preferred contractor to deliver the North-East Link, Hoddle St to Bourke Road package of works. The Eastern Hoddle Bourke Alliance (EHBA) is made up of John Holland, Seymour Whyte and design partners Mott MacDonald and Jacobs Group, in partnership with MRPV.

The scope of works includes upgrading six kilometres of the Freeway with new traffic lanes, bridge upgrades and urban noise walls, a dedicated busway (fully segregated from mainline traffic), and a new bridge over the Yarra River.

The NEL Project involves the design and construction of the upgrade of the Eastern Freeway from Hoddle Street in the west to Burke Road in the east, including:

6km of brownfield freeway widening to accommodate additional traffic lanes in each direction
3km dedicated busway separated from mainline traffic
Significant structures including 600m of bridges, including a 180m architectural steel shared use path bridge of the Yarra River
Freeway-wide scope including ITS, retaining walls, stormwater drainage, noise walls, lighting and signage

Site location to be around Chandler Highway / Eastern Freeway interchange.

About the Role

Control the finance and accounting methods, practices and procedures of projects and/or the organisation. Prepare appropriate financial assessment, accounting records, reports and other information, allowing senior management to make informed business decisions and thereby improve the organisation’ profitability.

What you will do;

• Direct and review the analysis and interpretation of statistical and accounting information for use in management and decision making
• ­Compile and review monthly project reports and KPI’s
• ­Review and analyse operating results in relation to cost, budgets and operating policies. Consolidate capital asset, maintenance and operating budgets.
• ­Participate in the development of short and longer-term financial policies, objectives and plans and oversee the implementation of agreed financial plans.
• ­Prepare schedules for financial reporting in accordance with management and statutory requirements.
• Ensure major capital expenditure requests comply with budgets and approval systems. Maintain a regular review of income and expenditure to ensure cash flow is adequate to meet future business needs.
• ­Monitor outstanding debtors and assist project managers to resolve.
• Audit the procurement process and ensure that all requisitions and related invoices are authorised by the nominated person ­
• Audit project wage employee remuneration including timesheets. ­ 
• Interpret operating results as they affect the financial position of the project/corporation and make recommendations for cost reduction and profit improvement. ­ 
• Compile, review and analysis forecast information to evaluate the final financial position of the project.
• Liaise with the projects/companies external auditors as required. ­ 
• Contribute to the selection and/or training of finance staff. ­ 
• Build strong internal and external stakeholder management through positive, proactive and professional communication to keep key personnel informed. ­ 

What we are looking for;

Qualification:

CPA or equivalent tertiary accounting qualification.

Tertiary qualifications in a Business, Commerce/Statistics or relevant discipline

Experience:

­Demonstrated project based cost controlling experience. 

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with staff at all levels. ­ 

Highly developed computer skills with advanced knowledge of MS excel.

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What's in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We Offer;

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.