Turnaround Cost Controller at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Duties will include the following:

• Generate Turnaround budgets for next 2 cycles (10-year horizon)
• Business Plan development and tracking, actuals vs plan and updating the forecast (TA Opex, R&M Opex and Statutory Inspection Capex).
• Support development of AFE’s for TA’s
• Lead cost estimating for TA & Regen events.
• Proactively seek opportunities to improve cost control in R&M TA function.

Focal point to ensure efficiency targets are achieved through the application of post award contract administrative and cost control support by means of:

• KPI target tracking and reporting
• Compensation event, variation and change management input.
• Assembles/coordinates and leads team required to do quantity surveying / cost control.
• Validates monthly Pay Certs from TRACK for contractors involved on Turnaround and Regen
• Provides input to TA Execution Strategy, i.e., providing budget/forecast values for contract spend categories when planning new contracts, ensuring best value is created.
• Performs invoice validation and verification from a rates perspective, resolves invoice queries with suppliers.
• Ensures proper cost control is exercised in TA execution.
• Generates monthly cost reports for TA Team and Management
• Provide monthly cash flow forecasts.
• Facilitates monthly cost meetings with TA Team Lead and contractors as required.
• Aligns and ensures understanding of appropriate accounting treatment of TA costs in Astron Energy and ensures adherence to accounting policy - Capital vs Operating expenditure.
• Performs monthly account reconciliations in accordance with agreed procedures. Review and ensures accurate accounting for Capitalised shutdown and Onstream Inspection costs.  Align with Finance Team at agreed intervals.
• Ensures that the work-list projects have been correctly budgeted for by the Work Type and
• that budgets align with agreed Business Plan budgets.
• Aligns with the Centralised Planning and Scheduling Team on budget interfaces and shortfalls.
• Closing out of TA cost after the event, supplier invoicing, open orders, TA Project in SAP.
• Compiles Solomon reporting for TA’s.

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Higher Diploma/3-year Degree with Financial, Science or Mathematics foundation for example BSc or Higher Diploma with Eng /Math/Chem; BCom / B. Bus Science; BSc Quantity Surveying; Certified Cost Engineer. 
• OR 8 years’ experience in Refinery, Project, or similar industry Cost Management

Work Experience:

• Minimum 5 years Cost Management/Analysis and Reporting Experience, preferably within the Refinery

Knowledge and skills:

• High level computer literacy including Excel, Ariba and SAP is essential.
• Knowledge of MS Access, MS PowerPoint and PowerBI would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of Contracts for Procurement and Construction essential
• Good interpersonal and communications skills essential.
• Organisation & Prioritization Skills – balancing of issues requiring quick, high-level analysis with those requiring greater depth.  Effectively managing multiple stakeholders essential.
• Knowledge of Solomon or other similar cost metric