ABB Ltd

Project Business Controller

ABB Ltd$90K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required, professional certifications preferred (CFA, ACCA, CA, CPA, CMA)
  • 3+ years of relevant professional experience in finance, accounting, or project controls
  • Proficient in SAP and Advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI proficiency preferred
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Self-motivated with stakeholder management experience

Responsibilities

  • Provide input to negotiations on commercial and financial aspects of projects
  • Prepare project invoices, financial accounting, and reporting including site accounting
  • Drive optimization of project cash flow, revenues, and gross margin
  • Manage currency risk and related financial instruments
  • Ensure accuracy of financial statements and participate in risk management

Benefits

  • Choice between two medical plan options and dental plans
  • Company paid life insurance and disability insurance
  • Parental leave of up to 6 weeks
  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan
  • 11 paid holidays and permissive vacation policy
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
Project Finance Manager

In this role, you'll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

You will have the opportunity to drive all financial activities within multiple small-scale projects or a single large project. Each day, you will act as a business partner to the Project Management team, supporting all financial and commercial matters. You will also showcase your expertise by actively driving the project's performance.

The work model for the role is: hybrid (#Li-Hybrid) in Houston, TX.

Your role and responsibilities:

  • Providing input to negotiations on commercial issues, during local risk review process, and on the financial aspects of the project execution plan.
  • Preparing project invoices and financial accounting and reporting (including project site accounting).
  • Driving and seeking for the optimization of project cash flow, revenues, and gross margin contribution and effectively managing currency risk, and bonds, guarantees, and tax issues.
  • Ensuring the accuracy of project balance sheet, income and cash flow statements, and monthly/quarterly forecast and participating in opportunity/risk identification, monitoring risk mitigation measures, and ensuring they are timely implemented.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role:
  • Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting required and p rofessional certifications preferred: CFA, ACCA, CA, CPA, or CMA
  • 3+ years of relevant professional experience in finance, accounting, or project controls
  • Proficient in SAP and Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required , as well as Power BI proficiency preferred
  • Proactive problem-solver with strong analytical, brainstorming, and communication skills, able to clearly articulate financial concepts and drive process improvement and standardization.
  • Self-motivated relationship builder with proven networking and stakeholder management experience, consistently driving continuous improvement and innovation.
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

What's in it for you

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability
  • Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
  • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  • Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
  • Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
  • Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
  • Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  • Parental Leave - up to 6 weeks
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  • Employee discount program

Retirement
  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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