Project Cost Controller

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Perth – Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people

Roster: Monday to Friday

The Project Cost Controller plays a critical role in ensuring robust financial governance across a portfolio of long-term studies projects, typically spanning 10+ years. The role is responsible for end-to-end cost control, annual funding submissions, monthly cost tracking, and performance reporting, enabling informed decision-making and financial transparency.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage cost control activities across a portfolio of studies projects with long-duration lifecycles.
• Prepare and coordinate annual funding and budget submissions on a financial year (FY) basis.
• Support tracking, monitoring, and forecasting project costs, ensuring alignment with approved budgets.
• Perform monthly cost reporting, including variance analysis and insights for management and project stakeholders.
• Prepare and post monthly accruals to ensure accurate period-end financials.
• Review and validate SAP actuals, investigating discrepancies and correcting errors in a timely manner.
• Conduct detailed cost analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for cost optimisation.
• Ensure data integrity and compliance with internal financial controls and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate effectively with project controls, project managers, finance teams, and other key stakeholders to resolve issues and support informed decision-making.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in cost management processes, reporting, and systems.

Qualifications and Experience

• Proven experience in project cost control or financial management within a project-based environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP for cost tracking, actuals review, and accruals.
• Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience with Power BI or other data visualisation tools is highly regarded.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to identify issues, investigate root causes, and recommend practical solutions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful insights.
• High attention to detail, strong time management skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Proactive, outcomes-focused, and comfortable working in a complex, long-term project portfolio.
• Collaborative and resilient, with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Confident working with ambiguity and able to add value through insight, not just reporting.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.