PSO - Cost Model
Reward: 500 €
Type of contract: Freelance
Sector: Other
Region: Brussel/Bruxelles
Date: from 28 November 2017 to 28 February 2018
Client :
International corporate company in utilities sector.Description :
Our client is currently completely reviewing its financial management approach related to assets. A program has been started with, as a goal, the delivery of a new budgeting approach, a new budget and cost follow up governance for asset related OPEX costs, a new cost structure within SAP and new reporting developments.The program has been structured into 5 streams. Stream 2 focuses on the budget governance. The main goals of stream 2 are the following:
- Budget ownership will move from field to asset manager as they are responsible for their fleet overall performance
- Need to ensure transformations programs savings are realized
- Budgets could be built with a more bottom up approach based on activities and asset base instead of history. Better usage of SAP with stage gate and validation process
- The scope of this stream concerns the OPEX and CAPEX budget elaboration process, including the evaluation of needed resources (work program), R&R and involved decision boards. It also concerns the R&R within the best estimate process
- Methodology for stream 2 will include following elements: as is description, benchmarking with other companies, fip gap analysis (needs will be captured in another stream), new process proposal (some workshops necessary), validation of new process in decision boards.
Role
- Consolidate benchmarking data into a self-sustaining report, bring own experience to enrich benchmarking data, ...
- Finalize a documentation of the as is process
- Perform a fit gap analysis with the desired end result
- Develop a proposal for a new process based on gap analysis, benchmarking,...
- Allow challenge of this proposal by all relevant stakeholders (asset managers, Controlling,...)
- Support the validation process in the decision boards
Profile
- Master in financial management or civil engineer
- Ideally, technical background with good knowledge of financial management
- Some relevant experience in similar projects: minimum 5 years of experience
- Good communication skills
- FR/NL/EN
3-month part-time (60%) freelance contract (extendable)