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BioNexUS Senior Project Controller
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Controller to join the BioNexUS Project Team, supporting one of UCB's most significant strategic capital investment programs.
As part of the BioNexUS Project Team, you will play a key role in the delivery of a state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing facility in the United States.
This position is based at UCB's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and forms part of a highly collaborative international project team. Regular international travel and close collaboration with project stakeholders across Europe and the United States will be required throughout the project lifecycle.
As Senior Project Controller, you will lead the financial stewardship of a large, complex, multi-year capital program. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, cost control, reporting, risk management, and business case governance, ensuring robust financial visibility and decision support throughout the project lifecycle.
What You'll Do
Lead project budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning across all project phases.
Monitor costs, commitments, accruals, and cash flow to ensure accurate financial visibility.
Provide variance analysis, scenario modelling, and decision support to project leadership.
Identify financial risks and opportunities and drive mitigation actions.
Maintain and challenge the project business case as assumptions evolve.
Deliver consolidated financial reporting aligned with governance requirements.
Strengthen project control processes, tools, and reporting frameworks.
Coordinate financial governance across Finance, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and other corporate functions.
Support major investment decisions with clear, data-driven financial insights.
Who You'll Work With
You will collaborate closely with project leadership, workstream owners, corporate functions, and external partners across Europe and the United States, ensuring strong alignment across all aspects of project financial governance.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
Significant experience in project controlling, project finance, cost management, or CAPEX governance within large capital investment programs.
Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, cost control, cash flow management, risk management, and business case development.
Proven ability to support complex, multi-stakeholder projects with robust governance requirements.
Experience supporting large-scale capital investment projects is strongly preferred.
Experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, manufacturing, engineering, or construction environments is preferred.
Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with U.S.-based stakeholders is an advantage.
Willingness to travel internationally.
BioNexUS Senior Project Controller
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Controller to join the BioNexUS Project Team, supporting one of UCB's most significant strategic capital investment programs.
As part of the BioNexUS Project Team, you will play a key role in the delivery of a state-of-the-art biologics manufacturing facility in the United States.
This position is based at UCB's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and forms part of a highly collaborative international project team. Regular international travel and close collaboration with project stakeholders across Europe and the United States will be required throughout the project lifecycle.
As Senior Project Controller, you will lead the financial stewardship of a large, complex, multi-year capital program. You will drive budgeting, forecasting, cost control, reporting, risk management, and business case governance, ensuring robust financial visibility and decision support throughout the project lifecycle.
What You'll Do
Lead project budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning across all project phases.
Monitor costs, commitments, accruals, and cash flow to ensure accurate financial visibility.
Provide variance analysis, scenario modelling, and decision support to project leadership.
Identify financial risks and opportunities and drive mitigation actions.
Maintain and challenge the project business case as assumptions evolve.
Deliver consolidated financial reporting aligned with governance requirements.
Strengthen project control processes, tools, and reporting frameworks.
Coordinate financial governance across Finance, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and other corporate functions.
Support major investment decisions with clear, data-driven financial insights.
Who You'll Work With
You will collaborate closely with project leadership, workstream owners, corporate functions, and external partners across Europe and the United States, ensuring strong alignment across all aspects of project financial governance.
Qualifications & Experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
Significant experience in project controlling, project finance, cost management, or CAPEX governance within large capital investment programs.
Strong expertise in budgeting, forecasting, cost control, cash flow management, risk management, and business case development.
Proven ability to support complex, multi-stakeholder projects with robust governance requirements.
Experience supporting large-scale capital investment projects is strongly preferred.
Experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, manufacturing, engineering, or construction environments is preferred.
Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with U.S.-based stakeholders is an advantage.
Willingness to travel internationally.
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