About the role
Role description:
The Project Controls Associate will be supporting global teams within the Centre of Excellence (COE) environment. The role is responsible for ensuring compliance, quality assurance, and governance across capital projects and expense management, requiring flexibility to work global hours and engage with international stakeholders.
Role accountabilities:
* Business Case Governance & Compliance: Lead the technical review of Business Cases to ensure strict compliance with approval workflows, maintaining and updating governance policies and authority matrices for all Business Units.
* Strategic Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the primary link between the COE and Regional Capital Management teams to communicate audit results, mitigate potential risks, and ensure adherence to global policies and procedures.
* Capital Approval Management: Facilitate and manage Peer and CS Signing Meetings, including agenda creation and status tracking, to ensure the timely progression of projects through the approval pipeline.
* Financial & Contractual Verification: Collaborate with Real Estate Transactions and Finance teams to verify that all O&E contracts and leases have completed the mandatory Business Case approval process prior to legal execution.
* Quality Assurance & Auditing: Execute bi-annual Quality Assurance reviews on capital projects and implement COE quality processes to maintain the integrity and accuracy of all global deliverables.
* Global Process Standardization: Support COE Leadership in driving global standardization initiatives that improve governance, commercial efficiencies, and data-driven optimization across the real estate organization.
* Team Leadership & Talent Development: Manage a diverse team by providing regular performance updates to leadership, driving talent development and succession planning, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Qualifications & Experience:
* Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architechture, Business Administration, Economics, Real Estate or a related field.
* 7 to 10 years of experience in expense management, compliance auditing, financial controls or quality assurance and working within an investment bank or financial services industry strongly preferred.
* Strong understanding of Corporate expense policies and financial governance.
* Experience in internal audits, financial controls or risk management within a multinational organization.
* Knowledge of global construction practices, trends and cost indices.
* Prior experience working in a shared service or centre of excellence (COE) environment preferred.
* Strong ability to manage cross-functionalcollaboration and senior stakeholder engagement.