Business Controller

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Talent Acquisition Specialist at Serco | Careers in Space

Serco, a prominent player in the Space industry with over 40 years of experience, has a robust partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), particularly through their work at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Spain. Serco's collaboration with ESAC involves supporting a range of scientific missions, including data processing for missions like Gaia, Solar Orbiter, and Euclid. They also provide critical support for planetary missions such as BepiColombo and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. This partnership underscores Serco's commitment to advancing Space science and technology, making it an ideal environment for professionals seeking to contribute to groundbreaking Space projects.

The role sits on client premises within the Business Unit Financial Planning & Management Service which provides management support and oversight for activities and resources of the Science directorate.

We are looking for a Business Controller to support the Science Directorate with business and workforce controlling tasks, while collaborating with corporate entities in finance, workforce management and contract office.

This role requires strong financial controlling and procurement experience as well as excellent coordination, flexibility and communication to ensure seamless integration across all controlling functions.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the management of long-term resource planning for projects, covering costs, workforce and procurement.
• Maintain the contractual datasets such as CaC resource plans, Contractual status, Cost recharge plans, Contractor Database, Geo return enrichment, Commitment forecast.
• Support procurement processes, coordinate with stakeholders and ensure compliance with ESA systems and documentation.
• Maintain and update data in ESA-P and proprietary planning tools.
• Support the Contractual Change Process such as Change Requests and Change Proposals, Maintain the Change Requests in corporate tool, Minutes of Meeting, up to date, Maintain "Change Process Overview", including Change Request status, special events status, CCN status, Contract numbers and TR status, CCB Action management, Preparation of CCNs : Collect PSSAs, prepare MPP, communicate with Contracts Officer and review draft CCN for financial elements.
• Implement commitments and changes to Work Orders in SAP(ESA-P) as corporate tool.
• Review the financial elements of the Periodic Progress report and highlight points for attention to the Technical Officer prior to the progress meeting.
• Assist with year-end closures and support process automation for efficiency improvements.

Successful Candidate

On offer :

Relocation :

Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

IT Services and IT Consulting

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