Junior project controller english speaker M/F

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Controlling - Controlling Assistant

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Junior project controller english speaker M/F

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CDI

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ABOUT THE COMPANY:

ALTEN is a multinational group created more than 30 years ago, specialized in consulting services, information technology and engineering services to the main companies in the market. We achieved a turnover of more than 4.14 billion euros in 2024 and now have 57 700 employees, 88% of whom are consulting engineers.

ABOUT PORTO & POSITION:

To support our European intensive growth, the Group has decided to build a Center based in Porto with the aim to provide administrative and financial support to the European subsidiaries. In this context, we are seeking for a Junior project controller english speaker.

The Project Controller plays a key role in tracking, analysing, and supporting the delivery of strong project margins across a range of customer projects within our technology and engineering consultancy.

Working closely with Technical Project Managers, this role ensures margin performance is accurately monitored and clearly reported to enable informed decision-making and alignment with strategic targets.

The Project Controller contributes to the wider transformation of internal Project Control processes, with a particular focus on reporting automation and improved operational insight.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor and report on project margin performance against defined half-yearly targets, identifying risks and opportunities,
• Partner with Technical Project Managers to ensure margin-impacting factors (revenue, costs, financial progress) are tracked and understood.
• Analyse movements in project margins and provide narrative and recommendations to improve financial outcomes,
• Lead or support the automation of project margin reporting using tools such as Power BI, Excel, and Power Query,
• Develop clear and insightful dashboards and reporting outputs to support operational and leadership-level decision-making,
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of project control processes, with a focus on simplification, consistency, and transparency,
• Become a key user of the internal project management tool used to calculate and present margin performance,
• Provide ad-hoc support to project teams and leadership in relation to margin analysis, performance tracking, and reporting.

Minimum/Essential Skills/Qualifications

PROFILE:

• Experience in project financials, ideally within a technology, engineering, or consultancy environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience supporting or driving process improvement and standardisation initiatives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of Power BI and Power Query is highly desirable (not mandatory)
• Comfortable working with financial data related to project revenues, costs, and margins,
• Ability to build effective working relationships with technical teams and collaborate across functions.

PERKS:

• Meal allowance,
• Health insurance,
• Transportation allowance,
• Extra holiday days,
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
   

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At Alten group a strong culture of respect, ethics and compliance exists since the company was founded. Here you will find principles of diversity and professional equality at the heart of the Group's HR policy. Alten group is also recognized, certified and labelled for its responsible practices to control environmental impact, as well as the safety and well-being of our employees.

 
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Position location

Job location

Europe, Portugal, Porto

Candidate criteria

Minimum level of experience required

Junior (1-3 years)