Project Finance Controller with German
McKinsey & Company
Accounting & Finance
Lisbon, Portugal
Posted on Feb 10, 2025
Project Finance Controller with German
Job ID: 94896
Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.
Who You'll Work With
You will be based in our McKinsey Lisbon office as part of our global Client Finance team.
You will act as a finance point of contact for various stakeholders - partners and senior partners, finance managers and directors - and collaborate with colleagues from the local Lisbon and other European and non-European offices.
Working in a team supporting different geographies will allow you to learn from colleagues’ expertise and understand the financial context of our clients' work across multiple regions. This collaboration will oftentimes help you identify opportunities for alignment and therefore make you the driver of change on a global scale.
Your impact within our firm
You will have an immediate impact on the firm's engagement economics, finance processes as well as tools we use on a daily basis.
In this role, you will manage clients’ budgets and ensure the accurate cost allocations in our financial system. You will monitor the time spent on the projects as well as other project-related costs (travel, accommodation, etc.). You will verify whether those expenses stay in line with the clients' agreements and firm guidelines. If needed, you will address inconsistencies to the partners and senior partners and propose solutions.
You will build long-term relationships with many stakeholders and act as an expert helping consultants think strategically through their budget plans
and partner with them on long-term client programs.
Your qualifications and skills
- University degree preferably in finance/accounting or business administration
- Experience in a similar role and environment
- Strong verbal and written command of English (C1) is required
- German proficiency (minimum B2) is required
- Solid working knowledge of MS Office programs (Excel)
- Affinity for problem-solving; holistic analytical thinking
- Process-oriented mindset and good time management skills
- Ability to build strong and trustworthy relationships
- Excellent communications skills
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Job Skill Group - CSSA
Job Skill Code - ACC - Accountant
Function - Firm Administration
Industry - Financial Services
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LinkedIn Job Title - Project Finance Controller with German
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Job Skill Code - ACC - Accountant
Function - Firm Administration
Industry - Financial Services
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Fri Feb 07 00:00:00 GMT 2025
LinkedIn Posting City - Lisbon
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Portugal
LinkedIn Job Title - Project Finance Controller with German
LinkedIn Function - Accounting / Auditing;Consulting;Finance
LinkedIn Industry - Accounting;Financial Services
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Mid-Senior level