Job Description
Senior Manager – Project Budgeting & Cost Control
nLocation: Kinshasa (Africa)
nDepartment: Finance / Project Controls
nReporting To: Group CFO / Project Director
nEmployment Type: Full-time
nRole Purpose
nWe are looking for an experienced Senior Manager – Project Budgeting & Cost Control with robust exposure to construction / EPC project finance and project-level cost management.
nThe role will be responsible for establishing project budgets and cost baselines, monitoring actual expenditure against approved budgets, analysing cost variances, forecasting project costs and providing timely financial insights to management.
nThe ideal candidate must have hands-on experience in construction-related cost control and should understand how project costs are planned, coded, tracked, committed, forecast and reported throughout the project lifecycle.
nKey Responsibilities
n1. Project Budgeting & Cost Planning
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- Develop and maintain project budgets and approved cost baselines.n
- Prepare detailed budgets covering civil works, materials, labour, equipment,



subcontractors, procurement, overheads and other project costs.n
- Establish appropriate cost codes, WBS and cost-control structures.n
- Work with Project, Engineering, Procurement and Construction teams to develop realistic project cost estimates.n
- Review budget assumptions and ensure alignment with project scope, contracts and execution plans.n

n2. Project Cost Control & Tracking
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- Monitor actual, committed and forecast costs against approved project budgets.n
- Track project expenditure by cost code, WBS, work package, contractor and project activity.n
- Identify cost overruns, under-runs and emerging cost risks.n
- Monitor commitments, purchase orders, subcontractor costs and accruals.n
- Ensure project costs are correctly allocated and recorded.n

n3. Variance Analysis & Reporting
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- Prepare regular Budget vs. Actual vs. Forecast reports.n
- Analyse the re

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