MAN PrimeServ is seeking an experienced Project Controller to support its growing retrofit project business. The candidate will control and monitor large conversion projects, prepare financial forecasts, and ensure financial transparency. Key responsibilities include business case preparation, project set-up, cost and revenue monitoring, and compliance with financial processes. The ideal candidate has 5-10 years of project controlling experience, preferably in machinery, marine, or energy industries. Strong accounting, controlling, and IT skills are required, as well as the ability to identify improvements.

1. 2019
JOB DESCRIPTION
Project Controller
MAN PrimeServ

2. Do you have strong financial skills combined with an analytical and business-oriented mindset?
Do you have experience in controlling of large projects? Then you might be our new Project
Controller to support our growing Retrofit project business.
The Company
Volkswagen AG
The MAN Group’s primary shareholder is, with approx. 75% of the shares, the Volkswagen Group with its
headquarters in Wolfsburg, being one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest
carmaker in Europe.
The share of the world passenger car market amounts to 12.3 percent.
In Western Europe, nearly one in four new cars (24.4 percent) is made by the Volkswagen Group. Group
sales revenue in 2015 totaled €213 billion (2014: €202 billion).
The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi,
SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and
MAN.
MAN Energy Solutions
MAN Energy Solutions SE, which is based in Augsburg, Germany, is the world's leading supplier of large
diesel engines and turbomachinery for maritime and stationary applications.
The Maritime Energy Transition
MAN Energy Solutions believes that it is time for what it calls a ‘Maritime Energy Transition’ to find clean,
decarbonized solutions for seaborne trade and transportation. Essentially, it is the company’s call to action
to reduce emissions and establish natural gases as the fuels of choice in global shipping. It strongly
promotes a global ‘turn to gas’, driven by the IMO, and a common approach by the shipping industry and
politics to invest in infrastructure development and retrofits.
To date, MAN Energy Solutions’ entire portfolio of dual-fuel engines has won almost 400 projects in total,
all running on clean fuels such as LNG and LPG, testament to its leadership within this critical market
segment.
MAN PrimeServ
The MAN PrimeServ brand provides customers across the world with after sales services. The company
operates more than 100 international locations, notably in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the
Czech Republic, Italy, India and China.
The continuous expansion of after sales is a high priority for all of the MAN Group’s divisions as this enables
the ability to support customers in having better product experiences. Firstly, they can use this to achieve a
significant increase in customer satisfaction. Secondly, they want to leverage previously unexploited
potential, which contributes considerably to earnings.

3. MAN PrimeServ Services at a glance
MAN PrimeServ delivers customized service solutions for increasing service life, improving availability,
reducing emissions, or simply for delivering the right spare parts and manpower. The benchmark is the
operational availability of the equipment and the competitiveness of the customer’s products.
The MAN PrimeServ scope is divided into the following categories:
Spare Parts - Genuine quality and the assurance of high availability
Technical service & repair – A full spectrum of services including inspections, overhauls and repairs for all
kinds of machinery
MAN PrimeServ Academy - Both customer personnel and own staff receive up to date training. A know-
how-transfer only the OEM (Original equipment manufacturer) can provide
Service Solutions - Full maintenance support for the equipment. Services range from the development of
tailor-made maintenance concepts, including inspections and overhauls, to complex repairs in the case of
unforeseeable events
Areas of business:
Marine
Power
Offshore
The position
MAN PrimeServ is seeking an analytical and driven Project Controller with strong financial skills and a
business-oriented mindset to support our growing Retrofit project business.
MAN PrimeServ’s value proposition is to support ship owners and operators to convert their existing fleet’s
2-stroke engines to operate more efficiently and on new environmental fuels like LNG, Ethane, LPG or
Methanol. The new PVU fuel system will enable our customer’s fleets to deliver on new environmental
regulations and societies demand for more environmentally friendly supply chains.
You will be part of a team of 6 employees in the department of Finance & Strategy and will play a vital role
in providing the financial transparency required for obtaining our ambitious strategic business and financial
targets within our growing Retrofit project business. The projects typically concern conversion of large 2-
stroke MAN diesel engines for the marine industry to operate on gas fuel. The position will operate in close
collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders involved in our large project business – from preparation of
business cases in the sales process to the project monitoring and controlling throughout the project
execution phase. It acts as a sparring partner for the business and project stakeholders, supporting and
challenging them in creating a transparent understanding of cost and revenue flows in order to anticipate
and mitigate risks and opportunities in our large projects.

4. Key responsibilities:
• Preparation and review of new large project business cases in collaboration with project sales
management
• Ensure alignment in the handover of new projects from project sales to project execution
management
• Ensure proper project set-up in SAP-PS
• Control and monitor large projects throughout the project execution phase
• Prepare and present financial forecasts of large projects to project execution management
• Provide financial input of large projects to the business planning, annual budgeting and monthly
forecasting processes
• Ensure that project approvals, invoicing and financial processes are followed in compliance with
group norms and contractual obligations
• Develop and optimize financial tools and reports for building of new business cases and project
monitoring
• Ad hoc tasks and analyses
The position is an expansion of the already existing team and located at HQ in Copenhagen, and is to be
filled as soon as possible.
The candidate
We are looking for an experienced Project Controller, and the preferred candidate has experience from an
international project organization, preferably within areas such as Machinery, Marine, Offshore, the Energy
sectors etc. The candidate has proven high performance in complex project controlling.
MAN PrimeServ is part of a large organization, so it is an advantage if you in general have experience from
an international environment and feel at home in an organization with different interests and stakeholders.
At the same time you have strong people as well as IT skills and you understand that it takes commitment
and drive to create results.
Qualifications:
• A minimum of 5-10 years of experience from a project controlling function
• Strong management accounting and controlling skills
• Business-oriented mindset with a focus on the significant drivers, yet the guarantor of the accuracy
in the details
• Strong IT skills, preferably in SAP
• Experience in handling other relevant tools will be an advantage (e.g. Case tools etc.)
• Advanced skills in Excel are a prerequisite
• Ability to identify and frame improvements in data and processes
Personality:
• Highly evolved analytical skills
• Self-driven with a proactive initiative-taking approach
• Entrepreneurial and innovative attitude to problem solving
• Open-minded and ability to work independently as well as in a team
• A hands-on type

5. Formal education and criteria:
• A relevant master’s degree in finance / economics, e.g. Cand. Merc., Cand. Polit. or Cand. Oecon.
• Fluent in English both oral and in writing and able to communicate in Scandinavian languages
MAN Energy Solutions offers
You will have a very central and strategically important position in the MAN PrimeServ business area –
which you are given the room to shape. As Project Controller you will become a part of a global and
multicultural market leading company, setting the trend. MAN Energy Solutions offers a competitive salary
package based on qualifications, including bonus, pension scheme, health insurance and flexible working
hours.
Contact,
Stephan Kofoed-Hansen
Partner, Director
Strandvejen 171, 2900 Hellerup
Tlf.: +45 3514 6414
Mob.: +45 5357 5713
E-mail: skh@nordicheadhunting.dk
Website: www.nordicheadhunting.dk
Volkswagen AG
The MAN Group’s primary shareholder is, with approx. 75% of the shares, the Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in
Wolfsburg, being one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe.