Project Cost Control Specialist — Budgets & EV Analytics

Parsons; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 21,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Project Cost Control Specialist in an international setting to support budget development, forecasting, and cost-performance analysis. You will apply EVM principles, prepare management reports, and coordinate with project teams and finance to ensure accurate cost tracking.

Ideal candidates will have a CAF/ACCA or finance degree and 10+ years of project finance experience, with strong Excel and Power BI skills and excellent English communication.

Qualifications

• CAF/ACCA qualification or a bachelor's degree in Finance or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in project finance, cost control, or a related project-support role.
• Strong knowledge of cost control, budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, financial reporting, change management, commitments, actual costs, labor costs, and cost reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, PivotTables, and charts.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite.
• Basic working knowledge of Power BI.
• Strong analytical, data-reconciliation, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.
• Effective stakeholder-management and cross-functional coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor project budgets, allowances, commitments, expenditures, actual costs, change orders, and forecasts.
• Establish baseline budgets for resources, revenue, and costs using a WBS in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Analyze project performance against baselines, identify cost variances, and coordinate corrective actions with the Project Controls Manager.
• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) principles and calculate EV, EAC, and ETC.
• Prepare and update weekly and monthly cost reports, dashboards, and management presentations.
• Maintain program-level cash-flow forecasts using historical data and trends.
• Track labor, subconsultant, consultant, and other project-related costs with forecasts.
• Review subcontractor and consultant payment applications and coordinate monthly invoicing activities.
• Support billing and collection activities, including invoice preparation and stakeholder coordination.
• Maintain purchase-order, contract, change-order, issue, and cost-control trackers.
• Participate in monthly/quarterly project reviews and explain cost variances with justifications.
• Coordinate with departments to ensure project costs are charged and reflected in cost-control.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI basics

English communication

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Education

CAF/ACCA qualification or Finance degree

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Job description

Parsons is seeking a Project Cost Control Specialist in an international setting to support budget development, forecasting, and cost-performance analysis. You will apply EVM principles, prepare management reports, and coordinate with project teams and finance to ensure accurate cost tracking.

Ideal candidates will have a CAF/ACCA or finance degree and 10+ years of project finance experience, with strong Excel and Power BI skills and excellent English communication.