Johannesburg: Project Controller

The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening project governance, financial control, performance tracking, risk management, and value realisation , ensuring full alignment with the Groups Digital and Data Strategy. Key Responsibilities: Project Governance & Control: Establish and maintain project control frameworks, standards, and templates across data and digital initiatives Monitor compliance with governance processes, including scope, budget, schedule, and quality baselines Facilitate project reviews, stage gates, and portfolio reporting to sponsors and stakeholders Implement professional secondment and outsourcing models to optimise resourcing across the group Financial & Performance Management: Support the budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking of all digital and data projects Track expenditure against approved budgets and flag variances or potential overruns Prepare consolidated financial and performance dashboards for executive review Portfolio Management & Reporting: Maintain an integrated portfolio register across all group digital and data initiatives Provide insights on project health, interdependencies, and resource allocation Consolidate monthly and quarterly portfolio reports to support executive decision-making Risk & Issue Management: Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, and interdependencies Support mitigation and contingency planning and escalate critical risks where required Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a key liaison between project managers, finance, IT, and business stakeholders Support alignment between group and subsidiary project control processes Prepare presentations and briefing materials for executive and Board-level forums Continuous Improvement: Drive improvements in project control practices, reporting automation, and portfolio visibility Promote best practices in project governance and portfolio management Minimum Requirements: Bachelors degree in Engineering, Economics, Information Systems, Finance , or a related field 58 years experience in project control, portfolio management, or PMO within a technology, digital, or data environment Project / programme management certification (e.g. PMP, PgMP, PfMP, PRINCE2, and PMO Practitioner ) preferred Key Skills & Competencies: Strong understanding of digital project management and DevSecOps delivery principles Experience implementing project governance structures Sound financial management, project accounting, and programme management knowledge Stakeholder engagement and expectation management Proficiency in project management tools, cost control, scheduling, and resourcing Risk management, change management, and benefits realisation monitoring For more exciting Finance vacancies, please visit: