Project Controller in London

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Recruiter: Murphy
Job Hours: Full-time

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Project Controller – Kentish Town

Would you like to join one of the UK's Best Big Companies as awarded by Best Companies? If so Murphy are keen to hear from you! Due to continued growth we are looking for a dynamic individual with an interest in data, you must be confident in communicating at all levels and happy creating reports and presenting back your findings. You will have a proactive, can do approach along with advanced IT and Power BI skills. 

As the Project Controller you will assist in the implementation, adoption and use of project controls tools and information within your allocated projects. You will provide insight on the performance within your project to support project management and assuring project/projects performance targets are achieved.

What you will be doing:

  • Ensure business project controls & reporting procedures and processes are implemented across their project/projects
  • Facilitate the development of local project controls & reporting procedures and processes to suit the requirements of their project/projects.
  • Ensure that the processes & procedures are operating effectively and enable the efficient, holistic and rigorous analysis of project and portfolio performance.
  • Champion and drive the adoption of project controls & reporting requirements within your portfolio.
  • Manage the collection, extraction and validation of source data for the purposes of analysis.
  • Lead the critical analysis of information and metrics to identify performance, areas of actual and potential concern.
  • Provide early identification and warning of areas of potential risk & issue so that they can be minimised in a proactive manner.
  • Provide objective, transparent, timely and evidence-based insight on performance at a portfolio and project level.
  • Collate performance information and insight in compelling, effective and intuitive communication formats to meet the requirement of stakeholders (project, portfolio, business and group levels).
  • Confirm that data used for analysis is of a suitable quality and accuracy.
  • Act as a subject matter expert providing input and opinion to peers and leaders on matters relating to performance, project controls and reporting.
  • Lead the collation of information and packs associated with the project & business reporting cycle

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    Who we are looking for:

  • Advanced user of MS Excel, and efficient in BI packages such as Power BI / Qlik / Tableau.
  • Confident in developing dashboards and performance metrics.
  • Experience of the rolling up performance information from a granular (project) to portfolio / business level.
  • Competency of working with data to analyse performance.
  • Ability to communicate “data” in effective and meaningful formats.
  • Understanding of project accounting and construction contracts.
  • Exposure in a function such as Planning, Project Controls, Commercial, Finance or Operations
  • Knowledge of JSON/HTML/SQL is beneficial but not essential.

    • About Murphy

  • Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities. 
  • Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
  • Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.


    • What you’ll get in return

  • Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
  • 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
  • Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
  • Above market rate contributory pension scheme
  • Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
  • Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
  • Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
  • Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, cycle to work scheme etc

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