Capital Projects Cost Analyst (III-Sr)

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking a Project Controls Cost Analyst to support multi-million dollar mega projects from development through execution. You will maintain baselines, forecast costs, analyze variances, and provide cost insights to project teams and stakeholders in a highly matrix environment.

The role requires strong analytical skills, proficiency in Cognos, Power BI, Maximo, and Power Plan, plus experience with cost management and change control processes critical for meeting EPC contractual

Qualifications

• BS in Finance, Accounting, Project Management or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4-6 years of renewables/utility project cost experience for Analyst III; 6+ years for Sr.
• Capital project cost analysis with understanding of commercial contracts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cost baselines, cash and accrual forecasting models.
• Analyze accrual vs. spend and cost variance; publish monthly KPI reports.
• Review EPC contractor costs, invoices, and change notices; ensure contractual alignment.
• Track CPI, ETC, EAC, contingency and QRA; provide cost impact insights.

Skills

Cost forecasting

Budget analysis

KPI tracking

EAC/ETC

Cognos

Power BI

Maximo

Power Plan

Change management

Financial reporting

Stakeholder communication

Education

BS in Finance/Accounting/PM

Equivalent work experience

Tools

Cognos

Power BI

Maximo

Power Plan

Job description

Job Summary/Purpose: Project Controls Cost Analyst is capable of supporting multi-million dollar ($500M and above) mega projects for New Generation Capital Projects from Development through Execution. This position supports project teams as a crucial partner in areas of project budget maintenance, maintaining change management, milestone payments KPI’s, progress measurement and forecast analysis on a monthly reporting cadence. This position works with internal and external stakeholders within a highly matrix environment to provide analytical expertise to support project and portfolio management.

Job Duties/Responsibilities: Support projects through multiple stage gates from Development through Delivery. Includes establishing and maintaining cost baselines, cash and accrual forecasting models, accrual vs. spend analysis, maintaining cost breakdown structures and ensuring alignment with EPC contractual requirements. Experience in reviewing EPC contractor costs including invoices, tax application/ tariffs, potential change notices (PCN’s) and change orders (CO’ s). Maintains, monitors and publishes monthly KPI’s related to CPI metrics, baseline variance analysis, ETC, EAC, remaining contingency analysis, and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA). Reports findings and provides comments to the project team. Identifies cost risks and opportunities through the project life cycle, and manages these risks with the project team. Provides clear insight into contingency allocation and trends to provide cost impact assessments for technical and execution decisions. Tracks and trends contractors and owners actual costs and forecasts versus budget, identifies variances and trends and recommends mitigation actions. Utilizes COGNOS, POWER BI, Maximo, and Power Plan to perform monthly forensic cost analyses, interpret the output and develop presentations from the data set (where applicable). Demonstrates very good documentation, technical writing, and organization skills to effectively control documents availability and readiness for ROD requirements, prudency review, deposition hearings, filing for PSC, Change Order Process and or other legal requirements. Displays a solid understanding of document management. Demonstrate commitment to safety through active participation in safety meetings, safety inspections and field observations where applicable.

Minimum Requirements: Minimum education required of the position: B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Construction Management or applicable course of study or equivalent work experience. Minimum experience required of the position: Analyst III: 4-6 years of renewables project experience or 3+years utility project experience. Analyst, Sr.: At least 6 years of renewables project or utility project experience Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities required of the position: Capital Project development and execution cost analysis experience with an owner or contractor. Understanding of commercial agreements and contracting strategies Analytical skill set with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Proficiency in Cognos, Power BI, Maximo and Power Plan or similiar Understanding of project schedule impact on cost forecasting and integration of schedule in cost