Analyst - Growth Projects - 2610003589

Patriot Advertising, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Patriot Advertising, Inc. seeks a Cost Controls Analyst to partner with Engineering Project Managers on budgets and forecasts in Houston. This role focuses on tracking costs, evaluating scope changes, and ensuring contract rates align with invoices and commitments.

You will generate monthly forecasts, produce project metrics, manage POs and documentation, and respond to ad-hoc requests with analytical rigor. A finance or business degree and Excel proficiency are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, construction management or business, or equivalent experience.
• Excellent MS Office experience, especially Excel.
• Comfortable with financial software packages.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to challenge assumptions professionally.
• Able to communicate with Analysts and Project Managers to resolve project issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide cost controls support on projects.
• Evaluate and communicate cost impact of scope changes, contract values, cost trends, allowances, escalation, contingency and fees.
• Assist in coding and tracking invoices, verify rates per contract, and track Actuals/Commitments.
• Work with Project Manager to produce updated monthly forecasts.
• Provide project metrics and quarterly accruals as requested.
• Assist in tracking POs, contracts, and documentation for the project.
• Handle ad-hoc requests as needed.

Skills

Cost controls

Forecasting

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

SAP

Financial software

Job description

Summary:

Works with Engineering Project Managers to provide cost controls support on projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advanced skills of a cost analyst; ability to provide cost controls support on projects
• Comfortable evaluating and communicating cost impact of scope changes, contract values, cost trend impacts, allowances for design unknowns, escalation, contingency and fee structure to the department head and management.
• Facilitates project approval in system; assists in coding and tracking of all invoices, including retainage payments; verifies rates are correct per contract and the invoice; tracks Actuals and Commitments in detail for the project;
• Works closely with the Project Manager to provide an updated forecast monthly for the project
• Provides significant project metrics as requested; provides quarterly accruals for the project;
• Assists in tracking and managing purchase orders, contracts and/or work offers; manages any necessary re-classes for the project; manages documentation to be retained for project file.
• Can adapt and work through ad-hoc requests as needed

Requirements:

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, construction management or business, or additional equivalent business experience.
• MS Office Suite experience, especially Excel.
• Comfortable in financial software packages.
• Exhibits strong communication and interpersonal skills, strong ability to apply judgment, and professionally challenge and question both basic and complicated activity and assumptions.
• Able to communicate with Analyst and Project Managers and solve project related issues

Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level:

• The Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 2-5 years of relevant job related experience
• The Senior Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience
• The Lead Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Pipeline industry experience
• Intermediate level of Excel: pivot tables and the manipulation of large amounts of data
• SAP systems experience

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