Project Controls Assistant
Colombia20h ago
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Key details
- Location
- Colombia
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Entry level
- Experience
- 1–3 yrs
- Function
- Administrative
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 20h ago
Skills
About the role
Project Controls Assistant
About the Role
WSP is seeking a Project Controls Assistant to support project management, financial controls, invoicing, reporting, and coordination activities across complex engineering and infrastructure projects. This position plays a key role in maintaining accurate project data, monitoring budgets and costs, supporting billing processes, and facilitating communication between project teams, clients, consortium partners, and internal stakeholders.
This is a highly collaborative position requiring strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple project administration and financial tracking activities simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the preparation and maintenance of project budgets, forecasts, commitments, actual costs, accruals, and financial reports.
- Maintain and update project control tools, billing trackers, financial monitoring systems, and project dashboards.
- Participate in the preparation of progress reports for project leadership, consortium partners, and clients.
- Monitor project budgets, including labor hours, expenses, subcontractor costs, and approved budget adjustments.
- Coordinate project setup activities, including the creation and closure of project codes, charge codes, and financial structures.
- Track, validate, and process employee timesheets, project expenses, and subcontractor costs.
- Support the invoicing process, including invoice preparation, validation, submission, and tracking with clients and consortium partners.
- Maintain project documentation, records, registers, and collaborative workspaces such as SharePoint.
- Prepare project status reports, financial summaries, meeting materials, and management presentations.
- Participate in internal coordination meetings and follow up on action items and project deliverables.
- Facilitate communication and information flow between Project Managers, Project Controls, Finance teams, and other stakeholders.
- Monitor data quality, identify discrepancies, and work with project teams to ensure project information remains accurate and up to date.
- Support project closeout activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within project controls processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- 1-3 years of experience in Project Controls, Project Coordination, Project Administration, Cost Control, Financial Administration, or similar roles supporting capital or infrastructure projects.
- Experience with project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, invoicing, and financial reporting.
- Experience maintaining project records, document control systems, and tracking deliverables, action items, and project milestones.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience using ERP, PMIS, financial, project management, or document management systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Experience with SharePoint and Power BI is considered an asset.
Language Requirements
- Advanced French (mandatory), with the ability to communicate professionally with clients, consortium partners, and project stakeholders.
- English is desirable and considered a strong asset.
Preferred Experience
- Experience with tools such as SAP, EcoSys, Primavera P6, Procore, e-Builder, Microsoft Project, or similar project controls platforms.
- Experience supporting large engineering, construction, transportation, infrastructure, or capital projects.
- Knowledge of project financial management, cost control principles, and billing processes.
Project Controls Assistant
About the Role
WSP is seeking a Project Controls Assistant to support project management, financial controls, invoicing, reporting, and coordination activities across complex engineering and infrastructure projects. This position plays a key role in maintaining accurate project data, monitoring budgets and costs, supporting billing processes, and facilitating communication between project teams, clients, consortium partners, and internal stakeholders.
This is a highly collaborative position requiring strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple project administration and financial tracking activities simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the preparation and maintenance of project budgets, forecasts, commitments, actual costs, accruals, and financial reports.
- Maintain and update project control tools, billing trackers, financial monitoring systems, and project dashboards.
- Participate in the preparation of progress reports for project leadership, consortium partners, and clients.
- Monitor project budgets, including labor hours, expenses, subcontractor costs, and approved budget adjustments.
- Coordinate project setup activities, including the creation and closure of project codes, charge codes, and financial structures.
- Track, validate, and process employee timesheets, project expenses, and subcontractor costs.
- Support the invoicing process, including invoice preparation, validation, submission, and tracking with clients and consortium partners.
- Maintain project documentation, records, registers, and collaborative workspaces such as SharePoint.
- Prepare project status reports, financial summaries, meeting materials, and management presentations.
- Participate in internal coordination meetings and follow up on action items and project deliverables.
- Facilitate communication and information flow between Project Managers, Project Controls, Finance teams, and other stakeholders.
- Monitor data quality, identify discrepancies, and work with project teams to ensure project information remains accurate and up to date.
- Support project closeout activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within project controls processes.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related field.
- 1-3 years of experience in Project Controls, Project Coordination, Project Administration, Cost Control, Financial Administration, or similar roles supporting capital or infrastructure projects.
- Experience with project budgeting, cost tracking, forecasting, invoicing, and financial reporting.
- Experience maintaining project records, document control systems, and tracking deliverables, action items, and project milestones.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience using ERP, PMIS, financial, project management, or document management systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Experience with SharePoint and Power BI is considered an asset.
Language Requirements
- Advanced French (mandatory), with the ability to communicate professionally with clients, consortium partners, and project stakeholders.
- English is desirable and considered a strong asset.
Preferred Experience
- Experience with tools such as SAP, EcoSys, Primavera P6, Procore, e-Builder, Microsoft Project, or similar project controls platforms.
- Experience supporting large engineering, construction, transportation, infrastructure, or capital projects.
- Knowledge of project financial management, cost control principles, and billing processes.
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