Project Assistant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today's mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world's growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

• Support the Project Manager and Project Finance in ensuring the accuracy of project performance and escalate and risk or issues that can impact the project performance.
• Provide guidance to other junior team members and may begin to supervise and train others in your team.
• Take a proactive role in monitoring and evaluating existing processes to identify opportunities and provide advice for the improvement of processes and systems.
• Proficiency & understanding of project management tools and the procedures to be followed that make process efficient.
• Attend project reviews for projects you directly support. Dependent on the review regime (fit to size) and take note of actions they are responsible for completing post review
• Review project forecast changes, escalating to the Project Manager and Project Finance to support where material financial impact is expected.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 5-10 years related experience in any project accounting and project co-ordination background
• Relevant work experience in project management and finance activities
• PMP/ APM / PRINCE2 certifications will be an add on advantage to the requirement.
• Experience operating in a global offshoring model.
• Ability to liaise with peers and key stakeholders in the countries you are supporting.
• Develop high level competency within Oracle ERP financial and project management.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. At Arcadis, you will have the opportunity to build the career that is right for you. Because each Arcadian has their own motivations, their own career goals. And, as a 'people first' business, it is why we will take the time to listen, to understand what you want from your time here, and provide the support you need to achieve your ambitions.