Sr. Analyst, Project Controls Cost & Scheduling
Invenergy · Chicago, IL · 3 wk ago
OTHR$82k–$98k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Support Project Managers in the full lifecycle of project cost management, ensuring all actuals, commitments, and forecasts are accurately captured, validated, and recorded in alignment with corporate standards.
- Provide cost input to project planning activities such as construction execution plans, estimate updates, procurement strategies, and risk-adjusted forecasting.
- Conduct commercial evaluations of vendor and contractor proposals to support change management, contract negotiations, and service agreement development.
- Review and validate supplier and contractor invoices, change orders, and claims; ensure alignment with contract terms and project budgets.
- Develop, maintain, and analyze project cost forecasts—including cash flow, contingency usage, committed cost tracking, and variance analysis—and clearly articulate drivers behind deviations.
- Maintain the project cost control framework, including the cost breakdown structure (CBS), budget allocations, work package tracking, and integration with schedule and procurement updates.
- Prepare recurring cost performance deliverables, including monthly cost reports, progress summaries, dashboards, and KPI updates for management review.
- Monitor project risks, trends, and potential deviations; collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to recommend mitigation actions and communicate cost impacts proactively.
- Manage financial controls processes—purchase requisitions, purchase orders, budget transfers, and commitment management—and ensure alignment across cost systems, accounting, and procurement.
- Provide ad-hoc cost studies, scenario analyses, and decision-support reporting as needed.
- Drive consistency and continuous improvement of cost control practices, tools, and reporting standards across projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, finance, accounting, or a related analytical discipline.
- 2+ years of experience in project cost control, project accounting, financial analysis, or related project controls functions.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to develop forecasts, analyze variances, assess trends, and interpret cost, schedule, and commercial data.
- Experience reviewing invoices, change orders, commercial proposals, or contract terms for accuracy and compliance.
- Advanced attention to detail, problem-solving capability, and ability to complete tasks with minimal guidance.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to synthesize cost information for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to travel up to 5% of the time and work occasionally on active construction sites.
Preferred Qualifications
- Construction or EPC project experience (internship or professional role highly desirable).
- Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM), cost breakdown structures (CBS), and integrated cost-schedule analysis.
- Proficiency in project coordination across engineering, procurement, finance, and construction stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Primavera P6 or Oracle Primavera Cloud.
- Experience with cost management or ERP systems such as EcoSys and Oracle Fusion.
- Experience developing dashboards or data visualizations in Power BI or similar tools.
- Relevant industry certifications such as AACE (CCP/CEP/EVP), PMI (PMP), or comparable project controls credentials.
Pay
Base Pay: $82,000.00 - 98,000.00 USD
Annual Bonus: 15%
Schedule
Your recruiter can share more about bonus eligibility for this position during the hiring process.
Benefits
Invenergy offers a variety of other benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, etc.