Project Controls Specialist I, Cost Analysis

As a Project Controls Specialist, Cost Analysis, you play a critical role in partnering with the Project Controls Managers and Field Operations Organization team to ensure our ambitious construction projects are delivered on time and on budget. In this role, you will use your organizational skills to ensure that projects are delivered systematically and problem-solving skills to identify and drive improvements in our process to make sure that projects are highly controlled. You will also use data to guide your recommendations. More specific to this role, you will also be the team expert in project control cost tooling and processes. This means you will develop the standards, oversee rollout and training of new cost tools and processes, manage our cost control support vendors, and be the cost control SME and liaison between stakeholders and business partners.  

• Support the regional and metro specific project controls, accounting, and technical operations teams as the central point of contact for cost control.
• Partner with Project Controls Managers and cross functional partners  through training and regular office hours to ensure alignment across regional team members.
• Identify process inefficiencies, assess risk, and create solutions that allow for the central implementation of budgets, controls and schedules for a centralized projects controls team.
• Provide financial support through monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting, including cost analysis and variance reporting to drive business insights and resource planning.
• Support development of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial projections and reports based on analysis of consumption and productivity data then work with cross-functional partners to ensure regular monthly reconciliations, spend governance, reviews, and approvals.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in project controls, construction coordination, cost analysis, or related roles.
• Experience working with spreadsheets, especially for data reconciliation, insight generation and process improvements.
• Experience analyzing raw data and translating it into actionable insights or summaries.

• Experience in project management, finance and accounting processes and terminology.
• Experience with scheduling software and best practices (e.g., Microsoft Project, Asana, Smartsheet).  
• Knowledge of Actual Cost of work performed.
• Knowledge of expended cost on a project, knowledge of project delivery, project close out, project reporting.
• Exposure to ISP networks and technical deployment. 
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.