Lead Project Controller (m/w/d)

About the Role: 

In this role, you take lead responsibility for project-related controlling and commercial steering of complex construction projects. You set standards, provide decision-ready insights for management, and actively shape processes, tools, and ways of working. The focus is on ownership, direction, and operational proximity — with a permanent base in Berlin and regular presence on construction sites. 

• Strategic planning & forecasting coordination: End-to-end responsibility for the preparation, quality assurance, and consolidation of planning documents, budgets, and forecasts across multiple projects


• Project controlling with lead accountability: Steering of project KPIs including target/actual comparisons, risk and opportunity assessments, and active involvement throughout all project phases


• Reporting & performance management: Ownership of structure, quality, and development of management reports on performance, order backlog, and financial results, including ad-hoc analyses


• Interface & steering function: Close collaboration with project management, department leadership, executive management, and central controlling as a commercial sparring partner


• Tool-driven analyses & systems landscape: Further development of controlling and reporting systems, leading role in BI topics and process optimization initiatives


• Commercial leadership in the bidding phase: Responsibility for commercial evaluations, approval processes, cost reviews, and financial decision-making documents


• Knowledge development & functional guidance: Delivery of trainings, structured knowledge transfer on group-wide standards, and potential functional leadership of a small team


• Location & project proximity: Berlin-based position with regular travel to construction sites and project locations 

About You: 

• Degree in business administration, civil engineering, industrial engineering, or a comparable qualification


• Several years of solid experience in project controlling, ideally within construction or project-based environments


• Strong proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint


• High system and process competence with strong IT affinity (ERP systems, Excel, BI tools)


• Experience with costing and controlling software (e.g. iTWO, SAP, BI tools)


• Very good written and spoken German and English skills


• Strong analytical mindset, commercial thinking, and a structured, independent way of working


• People leadership is a plus, along with strong communication skills, resilience, and confidence managing multiple parallel projects