About the Role
The company is seeking experienced Cost Controllers, Project Controls professionals, Quantity Surveyors, or commercially oriented construction professionals interested in evolving their industry expertise into a career in software and functional consulting. This is not a traditional IT or software development role.
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We specifically require individuals with a deep understanding of how construction projects operate, particularly in terms of budgets, project costs, commitments, procurement, variations, forecasting, and financial controls. As a Functional Consultant working with the company, your construction domain knowledge will be essential in understanding customer requirements, translating business processes into system needs, supporting solution configuration and implementation, and aiding construction organizations in improving project information management and controls.
Responsibilities
- Work with construction customers to comprehend their existing project costing and cost-control processes.
- Conduct business process discussions and requirement-gathering workshops with customer stakeholders.
- Understand and document requirements related to:
- Project budgets
- Cost codes and cost structures
- Committed and actual costs
- Procurement and subcontractor commitments
- Project forecasting
- Variations and change management
- Cost-to-complete and project financial controls
- Project reporting and management visibility
- Translate construction terminology and operational requirements into clear functional requirements for the company.
- Support the configuration and implementation of solutions based on agreed customer processes.
- Collaborate closely with technical consultants and product specialists to ensure business requirements are accurately understood.
- Assist customers during solution demonstrations, workshops, testing, and implementation.
- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and assist business users in validating that the solution meets agreed requirements.
- Train and guide customer users on the implemented processes.
- Act as a bridge between construction professionals and technology teams.
- Provide practical recommendations based on prior construction industry experience.
- Support presales activities where construction domain knowledge is necessary to understand prospective customer requirements or demonstrate relevant business scenarios.
Qualifications
- Practical experience within the construction, contracting, engineering, or project-based industry.
- Strong understanding of construction cost control and project commercial processes.
- Proficiency in budgets, commitments, actual costs, forecasting, and project reporting.
- Ability to grasp business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
- Capable of conveying construction processes clearly to both business and technical teams.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- Comfortable working with business applications, ERP systems, project-control platforms, and Excel or similar systems.
- Interest in developing a career in technology and functional consulting.
- Previous software consulting experience is not mandatory; however, those with strong construction domain knowledge who have the aptitude and interest to transition into consulting are encouraged to apply.
- Experience with ERP, construction management, project controls, commercial management, or cost-control software is an advantage.
What Makes You a Strong Candidate
You may be an excellent fit if you have spent several years controlling costs on construction projects and often find yourself questioning:
- There must be a better way to manage this process.
- Why are we maintaining so many spreadsheets?
- Why is it difficult to get one reliable view of project cost and commitments?
- How can management get better project visibility?
Instead of only working within the process, this role provides you with the opportunity to help customers improve the process through technology.
