Senior Cost Analyst - Columbus

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and evaluate Cost Department staff and train in project cost control and forecasting.
• Supervise the preparation of all cost reports, forecasts and other special studies as required.
• Provide an independent judgment of the indicated outcome in the Budget Analysis Report (BAR) of individual projects and make recommendations.
• Prepare financial information, forecasts and recommendations for Annual Plan.
• Train other departments and jobsite staff in cost control function.
• Evaluate data reported by Cost Analyst to ensure integrity of the data.
• Identify risks on projects that will impact earnings and develop action plans to rectify risk issues.
• Facilitate the monthly forecasting as it relates to profit center projections of revenue and earnings (Business Planning and Consolidation – BPC).
• Discuss project issues on a continual basis with the General Manager (GM) and the Financial Manager (FM).
• Attend all Operations Review Management (ORM) and project set-up meetings.
• Ensure preparation of the final Cost Audited BAR (CAB) to reconcile to the final contract value and cost.
• Track publication of BARs, CABs and IORs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance, Engineering, Construction Management or related field and at least six years' accounting experience highly desirable.
• Cost Analyst experience required.
• Extensive knowledge of accounting principles and cost control procedures, including Turner's accounting policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Strong computer skills and a familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite of programs.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills required.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell.
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to airborne particles or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• May perform other duties as assigned.