Director: Construction Project Cost Accounting

Responsibilities

• Set and operationalize program/project controls standards across cost, schedule, change management, forecasting, and reporting cadence to drive consistency and accountability.
• Own reporting deliverables, including dashboards, executive summaries, cost reports, cash flow, earned value/performance metrics (as applicable), reconciliations, and monthly/quarterly client reporting deliverables ensuring clear, decision-ready insights.
• Manage budget, commitment, and forecast management by establishing control structures, track commitments/expenditures, develop estimates at completion, articulate variances and corrective actions.
• Support schedule performance reporting by coordinating with project managers and schedulers to track milestones, critical path impacts, and recovery actions.
• Manage change control analytics: log and track change requests, assess cost/schedule impacts, support client approvals, and reflect approved changes in baseline and forecast.
• Ensure data integrity in the PMIS (e.g., e-Builder/other) through governance, reconciliation, and routine, accurate, and timely reviews.
• Partner with project managers to identify trends/risks early and recommend mitigation actions based on cost and schedule indicators.
• Cook up coordination with client finance/procurement and external vendors to validate pay applications, invoices, contracts, and supporting documentation align with contractual requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/accounting (or other applicable field) is required.
• 7+ years of experience in accounting, project controls and/or serving as a project owner for a substantial capital improvement program.
• 5+ years of experience managing a financial or accounting team.
• Demonstrated ability to manage teams, strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Demonstrated an understanding on how to develop budgets, forecasts, and cost reports; explain variances; and present findings to non-technical audiences.
• Proficiency in Excel and reporting/analytics; comfort building repeatable templates and improving reporting processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including client-facing facilitation and presentation.