Cost controller

Cost controller
 
Contract period: 05.05.2025 - 31.12.2026
Location: Stavanger

Main Tasks:

• Coordinate and actively collaborate with Alliance partners to establish consistent cost estimates and MLCs and ensure correct level of contingency is promoted.
• Timely establish MLC, support the Commercial Lead, Supply Chain, lead engineers and the Alliance partners to set up the MLC Agreement and submit it for approval to the Alliance management team.
• Update cost estimates and MLCs according to change of scope in close collaboration with lead engineers and Alliance partners.
• Determine final actual costs, MLC-comparable costs and individual incentives.
• Ensure a close collaboration with finance and cost controllers at any time of the process, with a particular attention to the consistency of cost reporting, development of procedures or systems allowing for integrated cost management.
• Promote use of cost data for concrete improvements.
• Commercial stakeholder management
• Analyse actual costs evolution in time to assess Alliance value and competitiveness.
• Prepare necessary reporting and analysis including MLC reporting, portfolio reporting, inputs for Alliance steering committee meetings, etc. 
• Drive improvements within the estimating area and support ongoing digitalisation and flow efficiency initiatives for cost estimates and MLCs, among others through digitalisation.
• Collaborate to the development of visualisation tools for data analysis and Alliance incentive tracking.
• Active contribute to a planned pilot within Drilling & Wells in order to test a potential integration between MLC and cost management approach

Qualifications:

• Relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree. 
• Minimum 5 years with relevant experience within cost controls or similar, preferably within drilling and well.
• Good knowledge to MS Excel and SAP.
• Language; English and Norwegian.
• Analytic and commercial mind-set.
• Self-going and have the drive to deliver. 
• Structured, proactive, and able to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good communication and presentation skills. 
• Multi-task efficiently and manage priorities. 
• Enjoy working in a dynamic environment.
• Interested in cross functional collaboration.

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