Capital Projects Cost Analyst (III-Sr)

Entergy Corporation; The Woodlands (TX); Ibrido; USD 100.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Entergy Corporation seeks a Capital Projects Cost Analyst (III-Sr) to support multi-million dollar capital projects from development through execution. The role emphasizes cost baselines, forecasting, and KPI analytics in a hybrid work setting.

You will review EPC costs, track variances, and provide data-driven insights to project teams across multiple locations, including The Woodlands, TX. A strong cost-analysis background and MS Office proficiency are required.

Competenze

• Bachelor-level degree in finance, accounting, project management, construction management, or equivalent work experience.
• 4–6 years of renewables or utility project experience for Analyst III, 6+ years for Senior.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with cost forecasting, budgeting, and change management in large projects.

Mansioni

• Support mega projects from development through delivery with cost baselines, cash flow, and accruals.
• Review EPC contractor costs, invoices, tariffs, PCNs and COs.
• Publish monthly KPI metrics (CPI, baseline variance, ETC, EAC, contingency).
• Identify cost risks and opportunities; advise on contingency and cost impacts.
• Track forecast vs. budget, analyze variances, and suggest mitigations.
• Utilize Cognos, Power BI, Maximo, and Power Plan for cost analyses and presentations.

Conoscenze

Microsoft Office

Cognos

Power BI

Maximo

Power Plan

Cost analysis

Formazione

B.S. in Finance/Accounting/PM/CM

Strumenti

Cognos

Power BI

Maximo

Power Plan

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Company: Entergy

Job Title: Capital Projects Cost Analyst (III-Sr)

PS Job Title: Cost Analyst

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

**This position will be filled as an Analyst III – Senior based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.**

**This role may be based in any of the following locations: Little Rock, Arkansas; Jackson, Mississippi; New Orleans, Louisiana; or The Woodlands, Texas.**

**The position is hybrid **

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 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
• Knowledge of Entergy financial and accounting systems and processes
• Working knowledge of the regulatory agencies for which the projects will be governed. These include NERC/MISO/FERC/Public Service Commission/City Council, etc. where applicable.
• Understanding of cost, schedule and risk alignment

Any certificates, licenses, etc. required of the position:

• Desired – AACEI Certified Cost Technician, AACEI Certified Cost Professional

Primary Location: Texas- WoodlandsTexas : The Woodlands || Arkansas : Little Rock || Louisiana : New Orleans || Mississippi : Jackson
Job Function: Corporate
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 125293
PS Job Title: Cost Analyst
Travel Percentage: Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. or see statements below.

EEO Statement:The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Companies employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility:Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment. Please [e-mail] to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

EEI Testing:

One way that Entergy has found to identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs is through pre-employment testing. If this position does require an EEI test, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting. If you are invited to a test session, we strongly recommend you review and complete the practice test as well as review the testing brochure for your respective test. The test brochure will give you critical information on the test such as time allocated and Pre-employment Testing: of questions. Also, keep in mind that the actual test is timed; you should practice timing yourself while doing the practice tests. The practice test information and test brochures can be located by going to the EEI website, http://www.eei.org/practicetests , numberLogon ID: entergy, password: practice test (2 words). Travel expenses incurred in connection with EEI testing are non-reimbursable.

In addition to EEI testing there is also Fit-for-Duty testing which will identify and assess the abilities and skills needed for certain jobs. If this position does require Fit-for-Duty testing, the type of test will be located under the qualifications section of the job posting.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.