Cost Analyst

Job Cost Analyst

Located in Scarborough (in office role)

Salary between $70k - $85k plus discretionary bonus and benefits

Our client, within the construction industry, is looking for a Job Cost Analyst to join their innovative team. This role primarily focuses on job cost performance and monitoring and ideal candidates would be coming with prior accounting/project accounting experience from construction/engineering firms.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and maintain project budgets, analyze budget variances and prepare estimates of costs to complete
• Set up job, add cost codes, log, enter, and review change orders, record booked sales and review/update job forecast
• Prepare salary recovery worksheets and other cost transfer forms
• Run and review productivity report
• Prepare detail variance analysis and identify trends
• Flag any potential risks and concerns
• Provide job cost information for month end, quarter end and year end close
• Run profit recognition report
• Participate in month-end WIP reviews
• Ensure the project set up/structure supports the billing requirements, billing line set up as required
• Generate accurate and timely draft billing for customer approval, post approved invoices, and collect overdue invoices
• Reconcile monthly billed/unbilled vs. revenue activity, and investigate/resolve unexplained reconciling items
• Send invoices to client
• Monitor job for holdback release timelines and required documents for release
• Provide ad-hoc financial analysis and reports for management as requested

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education in accounting/finance or equivalent experience
• 2-5 years proven experience with budgetary preparation within the construction industry
• Excellent communication skills

If you are interested in applying for this opportunity, please email your resume to laikyn@winchesters.ca. Unfortunately, due to the high volume of applicants, only those individuals chosen for interview will be contacted.