Lead Project Cost Controller - Electric Utilities
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JobgetherElectric Utilities
United StatesFull-TimeLead
Salary$125,000–$160,000
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Job Details
- Experience
- 15+ years
- Required Skills
- SAPMicrosoft ExcelBudgeting
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred in a relevant discipline such as finance, accounting, engineering, construction management, or project management.
- 15+ years of experience in Project Controls, Program Controls, Cost Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Construction Management, Project Management, or a comparable field.
- Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and overseeing Project Controls, Program Management, and Management Information Systems for large-scale capital programs.
- Extensive experience supporting utility, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or similarly complex capital projects involving multiple stakeholders.
- Strong knowledge of forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, cost management, variance analysis, cash flow, and project performance reporting.
- Experience with earned value management (EVM), project governance frameworks, and portfolio-level reporting.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, reporting, financial analysis, and data interpretation.
- Experience with SAP and Procore is preferred.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Ability to interpret complex financial and project information and translate analysis into practical recommendations.
- Comfortable working with project leadership, engineering teams, finance professionals, contractors, and executive stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain detailed project budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections, and cost plans for large, multi-year transmission, substation, and distribution capital projects.
- Design, implement, and oversee Project Controls, Program Management, and Management Information Systems (MIS) supporting program-wide planning, reporting, governance, and performance management.
- Collaborate with project teams and facilitate regular status meetings to ensure timely, accurate collection and validation of cost, schedule, and performance information.
- Monitor and analyze variances between budgets, forecasts, and actual costs, providing clear explanations, identifying trends, and recommending corrective actions.
- Prepare and deliver project controls reporting, including earned value metrics, cost and schedule performance indicators, management reports, and executive-level dashboards.
- Support project managers and stakeholders in identifying cost trends, risks, opportunities, financial exposures, and appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Act as a trusted project controls advisor to leadership, aligning cost and performance management practices with broader capital investment objectives.
- Ensure adherence to financial controls, governance processes, organizational policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Serve as a project controls liaison during contract award and execution, validating that contractors implement agreed-upon controls and escalating deviations when necessary.
- Oversee and support accurate and timely cost accruals, financial reporting, forecasting updates, and related project accounting activities.
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