Freelance Finance Project Controller (International IT projects) (ZZP)

Are you a seasoned Project Controller with a knack for guiding complex IT initiatives to success? We're seeking a highly skilled and proactive freelance professional to step into a pivotal role as the lead project controller for four significant, cross-border IT projects. In essence, you'll be operating as a Program Controller, overseeing the financial health and operational integrity of these crucial initiatives.

This isn't just about managing budgets; you'll have a direct operational influence on our project control framework across both our Dutch and German operations. A core part of this assignment involves establishing and safeguarding robust financial governance for these international endeavors, both now and into the future. You'll be instrumental in designing and implementing structures, processes, and reporting standards that ensure transparency, consistency, and compliance across borders, providing a solid foundation for sound decision-making and effective risk management at the program level.

You'll act as a trusted financial sparring partner to our program and project leads, empowering them to make the best possible decisions.

Your expertise will be key in managing financial operations, ensuring timely, reliable, and accurate project planning, forecasting, reporting, and risk control at the corporate level.

• Financial Coordination: Responsible for all planning and control activities, including budgeting, forecasting, financial, and management reporting according to agreed quality and timeliness.

• Performance Analysis: Analyse project progress in terms of budget, time, quality, and scope to identify opportunities and threats, ensuring mitigating actions are initiated.

• Risk Management: Ensure insight into project complexity and risks, challenge mitigating measures, and assess their financial implications in forecasts.

• Information Assurance: Provide timely, reliable, transparent, and steering-relevant financial information to optimize business processes and results.

• Strategic Support: Act as a sparring partner for program leads and project leads, offering solicited and unsolicited advice to achieve objectives.

• Governance Documentation: Support in preparing and reviewing project governance documents for Portfolio Boards and steering committees.

• Business Case Development: Contribute to the setup and tracking of developments in Business Case Calculations, particularly financial forecasts and financial paragraphs.

Dedicated Program Controller:

• Oversee the financials of the program and direct how and when information should be reported, enriched, or specified.

• Ensure all financial information complies with IFRS (leading ledger).

• Prepare program consolidated overviews, corporate business cases, forecasts, and budgets based on input from within the program (e.g., Program Manager and others).

• Align with country project controllers and country business controllers to ensure timely and complete compliance.

Departmental Contribution

• Participate in project overarching topics within the Business Guidance department, including portfolio reporting, control, process optimization, and integration with other company investment portfolios and processes.

• Proven academic working/thinking level with a relevant degree in Business Economics, Business Administration, or similar.

• At least 8 years of relevant (multi-cultural) work experience in Project Control, with significant experience in managing large, international IT projects.

• Strong analytical abilities, independent judgment, results- and solution-oriented mindset, and proficiency in ERP systems and Excel.