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Senior Project Cost Controller

• Our client is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Project Cost Controller to join their project team. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and controlling project expenditure, ensuring financial accuracy, compliance with governance standards, and effective cost management across multidiscipline projects.
• This role plays a key part in supporting project decision-making through accurate reporting, forecasting, and financial controls.

Minimum Requirements

• Relevant tertiary qualification (Degree or Certified Cost Professional).
• 8–10 years’ experience in a Cost Controller or Cost Engineer role within a multidiscipline project environment.
• Strong knowledge of cost control principles, financial governance, and compliance standards.
• Proven experience working with Project Cost Management Systems and SAP.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies and controls.
• Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to think strategically and analytically.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated capability to support and lead organisational change initiatives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide effective cost control support to project teams in line with organisational policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop, implement, and manage project financial controls, including the Cost Management Plan.
• Prepare cost estimates, manage project budgets, monitor expenditure, and produce accurate cost forecasts.
• Supply project management with up-to-date cost information to enable informed decision-making.
• Establish control budgets by finalising coding for detailed estimate line items against the approved baseline budget.
• Track project progress in line with the schedule and generate cost curves and performance data.
• Support tender and procurement processes by allocating budgets, reconciling scope and pricing, and preparing financial recommendations.
• Review contractor payment applications in accordance with contract terms and prepare payment certificates or invoices for approval.
• Maintain accurate records of procurement commitments, including contracts, variations, change notices, and purchase order updates.
• Conduct regular cost reviews and update forecasts based on project progress, expenditure trends, and approved changes.
• Manage and forecast contingency, escalation, foreign exchange, and currency impacts.
• Capture actual costs and commitments in cost systems and generate detailed cost reports by package.
• Participate in change management and trending processes, incorporating approved changes into the Estimate at Completion (EAC).
• Update project budgets to reflect approved Project Change Notices (PCNs).
• Produce periodic cost reports, analyse variances, and report findings to key stakeholders.
• Collect and consolidate EPCM cost and progress data and maintain accurate status reporting.

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Regional Sales Manager

• We are recruiting for a Regional Sales Manager on behalf of our client, a leading international metering and utilities company providing technology-driven solutions to the property, utilities and infrastructure sectors.
• As part of their South African growth strategy, they are expanding regional sales operations and require a hands-on leader to establish, grow and lead the Cape Town sales branch.
• This is a player-coach role requiring a commercially driven sales leader who can sell personally, build a high-performing team, and scale regional revenue.

Minimum Requirements

• Strong background in B2B, technical, infrastructure, utilities, property or enterprise sales.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Sales or a related field.
• Proven experience building or expanding a sales region or branch.
• Advantageous: experience within a technical industry.
• 8 - 12 years sales experience.
• Minimum 4 - 6 years in a Sales Leadership Role.
• Willing to travel between regions as required.

 Roles and Responsibilities

• Negotiate pricing and commercial terms in line with company strategy.
• Monitor competitor activity, market trends, and pricing dynamics.
• Recruit, train, mentor, and performance-manage sales staff.
• Maintain accurate forecasting, pipeline management, and CRM reporting.
• Build a performance-driven sales culture focused on execution and results.
• Personally drive new business development in the Western Cape.
• Establish clear KPIs, accountability, and sales discipline.
• Provide periodic oversight and performance input for the Johannesburg sales team.
• Identify and develop priority sales verticals and channels.
• Prepare regular sales performance reports for senior management.
• Develop and execute regional sales plans aligned with national objectives.
• Lead from the front with a strong player-coach mentality.
• Open, manage, and close key B2B accounts within utilities, metering, property, and infrastructure sectors.
• Own regional sales targets, pipeline, and gross-profit delivery.