Senior Cost Analyst

Dallas, Texas

2 days ago

Job Description

Senior Cost Analyst
Full-Time Contract, In Office
The Senior Cost Analyst is focused on supporting the successful development and execution of pipeline and facility projects through strong project coordination, financial accuracy, and operational efficiency. With a collaborative approach, the team works across project management, accounting, scheduling, and cost control to keep projects organized and moving forward. They will support financial management and project controls for a portfolio of capital projects, partner closely with Project Managers, Accounting, Finance, Procurement and Operations, serve as a trusted financial partner to project teams and leadership. Must be capable of translating complex cost data into clear business insight that supports disciplined capital project execution.

Requirements:

Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, with 5+ years of experience in cost analysis, project controls, project accounting, financial analysis, or a related discipline.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for cost tracking, forecasting, analysis, and financial reporting.
Strong knowledge of accruals, capital expenditures, budgeting, forecasting, commitments, change management, variance analysis, and financial reporting.
Experience with financial, accounting, project controls, or project management systems; Power BI or similar reporting tools preferred.
Experience supporting capital or construction projects and project-based financial reporting; experience with large project portfolios preferred.
Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to interpret complex cost data, identify trends, explain variances, and provide practical recommendations.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while proactively improving processes, reporting, forecasting, and controls.

Responsibilities:

Own cost tracking and project controls activities across a portfolio of capital projects, including budgets, forecasts, commitments, accruals, cash flow projections and final cost reporting.
Analyze actual costs, budget performance, contingency use, cost trends and variances; identify financial risks and recommend corrective actions.
Lead monthly project cost and forecast reviews with Project Managers, including actuals, commitments, forecast updates, risks, scope changes and expected outcomes.
Prepare and validate monthly accruals and capital cost true-up to ensure costs are accurately classified and recorded in the appropriate accounting period.
Assess scope, schedule, budget and forecast changes to determine financial impact and maintain alignment with approved funding and project expectations.
Support and strengthen change management processes, including change orders, change logs, contingency tracking, risk registers and related financial impacts.
Review invoices, purchase orders, contractor proposals, commitments, supporting documentation and change requests for coding accuracy, completeness and contractual alignment.
Research and resolve cost coding issues, discrepancies, unusual transactions and contractor cost concerns, escalating items as needed.
Maintain weekly and monthly reporting that summarizes project costs, KPIs, progress, risks, variances, contractor performance and portfolio-level financial trends.
Partner with project teams and business stakeholders to provide actionable cost insight, improve forecasting accuracy and support informed decision-making.
Support procurement, contract administration, month-end, year-end and project closeout activities related to capital project costs.
Identify opportunities to improve cost tracking, reporting, forecasting, governance and project controls processes.

Numbers & Facts

Location

Dallas, Texas

Skills

Accountingunmatched
Accrual Validationunmatched
Actualsunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Billingunmatched
Budgetingunmatched
Capital Budgetingunmatched
Capital Expenditure (CAPEX)unmatched
Capital Projectunmatched
Cash Flow Projectionunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Construction Projectsunmatched
Construction Supportunmatched
Contract Managementunmatched
Corrective Actionunmatched
Cost Analysisunmatched
Cost Controlunmatched
Cost Forecastingunmatched
Cost Reportingunmatched
Decision Supportunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Financeunmatched
Financial Analysisunmatched
Financial Managementunmatched
Financial Operationsunmatched
Financial Reportingunmatched
Financial Riskunmatched
Financial Trend Analysisunmatched
Forecastingunmatched
Fundingunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Microsoft Excelunmatched
Multitaskingunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Performance Metricsunmatched
Power BIunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Project Close-Outunmatched
Project Controlunmatched
Project Executionunmatched
Project Trackingunmatched
Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Purchase Ordersunmatched
Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
Record Keepingunmatched
Riskunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
Trend Analysisunmatched
Variance Analysisunmatched

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