Since its creation in 2014, Harbour has grown to become one of the world’s largest and most geographically diverse independent oil and gas companies. Today, Harbour is producing c.450,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day with significant production in Norway, the UK, Germany, Argentina and North Africa.

Harbour benefits from competitive operating costs and resilient margins, and a broad set of growth options including near-infrastructure opportunities in Norway, unconventional scalable opportunities in Argentina and conventional offshore projects in Mexico and Indonesia. With low GHG emissions intensity and a leading CO2 storage position in Europe, Harbour remains committed to producing oil and gas safely and responsibly to help meet the world’s energy needs. Harbour is headquartered in London with approximately 5,000 staff and contractors across its operations and offices.

Ours is an inclusive workplace where individuals can bring their whole selves to their job and feel recognised for the value they add. We are committed to creating a genuinely inclusive and supportive working environment to ensure everyone has a positive experience at work.

At Harbour Energy, we aim to recruit, retain and promote our people based on their unique skills, regardless of race, gender or background. We need excellent people to help shape and develop the future of our company. Could this be you?

If so, we want to hear from you.

Purpose of the role

• Overseeing financial planning, forecasting, and reporting processes, ensuring alignment with stakeholders and adherence to deadlines. This role involves monitoring and analysing KPIs, providing variance explanations, and recommending corrective actions. Additionally, the Senior Project Controller maintains cost control systems, supports project managers with financial tools and analytics, and contributes to economic evaluations for business planning and Merger & Acquisition activities.

Critical Responsibilities

• Follow up the execution of the relevant work procedures and the operating work instruction pertaining to HSEQ requirements.
• Participate with concerned department in investigation and mitigation of the relevant non-conformity cases related to HSEQ requirements.
• Follow up the implementation of corrective and preventative actions.

Areas of Accountability, Responsibility and Competence

• Coordinate and drive the business planning, forecasting, and monthly reporting processes, ensuring alignment with internal and external stakeholders and adherence to specified timelines and deliverables.
• Monitor and analyse financial and operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), prepare insightful management reports that explain variances and recommend corrective measures in comparison to budget and forecast.
• Maintain and optimize a robust cost controlling system, including project-specific Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structures (CBS), in line with project requirements and corporate standards.
• Ensure the approval and control processes for joint venture-related Approval for Expenditures (AFEs), Cash Calls, and Joint Interest Billings, with a clear audit trail back to the originally approved work program and budget.
• Assist in preparing economic evaluations for business planning and Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities, contributing to the development and enhancement of economic models to support decision-making.
• Perform financial sensitivity analyses to assess the potential impact of market changes and project variables on financial KPIs, integrating these insights into project controls and evaluations.
• Provide guidance and support to Project Managers for Exploration, Development, and Production projects. Monitor progress and performance, provide tools and analytics, and ensure efficient project reporting to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support with the Enterprise Risk Management process, ensuring that risks and opportunities are adequately evaluated and reported.
• Contribute to the preparation, review, and negotiation of commercial contracts related to operated and non-operated concessions, ensuring alignment with project controls and economic evaluations.
• Assist the Management Team with ad-hoc requests, special analyses, and economic insights as needed.

Critical Skills, Qualifications, Experience

• Bachelor university degree, Master of Business Administration with a focus on finance/controlling, economics, planning and performance management would be recommended.
• Over 10 years of experience in financial controlling within the oil and gas industry, with a strong background in project controls.
• Deep understanding of oil and gas finance, particularly in relation to economics and project evaluations. Expertise in economic modelling is considered beneficial.
• Advanced experience in SAP environments, and MS Office applications.
• Extensive experience with IT-based Planning and Controlling tools, such as Tagetik and XCEED.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively and work both independently and within a team.
• Strong analytical skills with a hands-on approach to problem-solving.
• Full command of English, both spoken and written.

Inclusive recruitment is a vital part of our diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Whatever your background, if you feel you need an adjustment during our selection process to suit your needs, please let us know, and we will be happy to help.