Project Cost Controls Analyst (Remote)

Position Responsibilities and Duties

• Build and maintain project-level cost forecasts by working cross-functionally with project managers, and field operations.
• Monitor changes in assumptions and proactively identify cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead the monthly reporting process, producing accurate cost performance summaries, variance analyses, and data-driven insights used in executive reviews.
• Auxiliary in the development, documentation, and maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting to ensure compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act.
• Implement analytics models to forecast future project cost based on historical data and key project parameters enabling proactive cost management strategies.
• Assist with the budget mapping process, ensuring fiscal responsibility and accuracy across the department.
• Analyze project performance trends and identify key drivers of variance across cost, schedule, and resource usage.
• Conduct root-cause analyses on cost and schedule deviations and partner with leadership to inform mitigation strategies and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain cost tracking and reporting systems to ensure accurate operational reporting.
• Collaborate with project teams and other stakeholders to gather cost data and provide insights into trends.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements through analysis.
• Synthesize complex datasets into clean, compelling storylines and build executive-ready decks that highlight trends, performance metrics, and strategic recommendations.
• Translate variance drivers into clear business narratives and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Actively engage in field improvements by going out to the field to understand struggles, work on solutions, build trust, and be seen as a resource for project teams.
• Identify risks and early warning signals using historical data, benchmarks, and trends.
• Conduct scenario planning to explore various future scenarios and assess their potential impact on project outcomes.
• Simulate different scenarios and evaluate their implications to develop robust contingency plans and adapt to changing circumstances effectively.
• Convey a data-driven story to technical and non-technical audiences around key business insights, in collaboration with key cross-functional partners.
• Define and analyze key metrics to manage project health, mitigate risks, demonstrate impact and enable continuous improvement.
• Contribute analytics to project lessons‑learned reviews and portfolio trend reports.

  Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related analytical field.
  • 1–3 years of experience in project controls, FP&A, or data-driven roles.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel; experience with Power BI, Python, and/or SQL is highly preferred.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured approach to modeling and interpretation.
  • Experience partnering with internal stakeholders to identify objectives and work cohesively together to complete identified objectives.
  • A highly effective communicator who can translate complex technical data into business terms for senior leadership.
  • Data driven and analytical mindset.
  • Strong data management skills and creativity in business problem solving.
  • Prior proven ability to build clean, professional presentation decks that influence decision-making.
  • Detail-oriented, motivated self-starter.
  • Ability to travel as needed to successfully fulfill responsibilities and duties.

  Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance.
  • Eligibility for the company’s 401(k) plan.
  • Vacation, sick and holiday pay.

  Compensation Range

  $77,866.00 - $97,333.00

  Job Number

  J13649