Cost Analyst, Dredging & Project Controls

Curtin Marine Transportation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Curtin Maritime in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Cost Analyst to own day-to-day cost tracking and reporting for dredging projects. This role will consolidate data from multiple systems, build recurring cost packages, and provide leadership with clean, decision-ready numbers.

You will design automated reporting in collaboration with IT, leveraging Procurify, Power BI, Dayforce, and available production tools. A detail-oriented candidate with strong Excel skills will excel here.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in cost analysis, project controls, FP&A, or similar.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with Power BI.
• Ability to consolidate data from multiple systems into a single report.
• Experience with Procurify and payroll/labor systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Aggregate and validate project costs daily across labor, charters, rentals, lodging, travel, consumables, services, stores, and fuel.
• Confirm dredges and projects are coding activity to the correct cost code so spend lands where it belongs.
• Produce a recurring cost package per project comparing actuals to budget — flagging variances before they compound, not after.
• Build and maintain the weekly rollup that ties site-level spend back to the project budget and reconciles cleanly with monthly FP&A actuals.
• Track bid-to-actuals on rentals and charters; monitor commitments against budget in real time.
• Review and approve (or route) expenses, credit card spend, and POs against project budgets.
• Partner with Payroll on weekly labor audits, flagging discrepancies between budgeted and actual hours.

Skills

Cost analysis

FP&A

Excel skills

Power BI

Data reconciliation

Procurement tools

Payroll systems

Cross-functional collab

Field coordination

Tools

Procurify

Dayforce

Egencia

Power BI

Job description

Curtin Maritime in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Cost Analyst to own day-to-day cost tracking and reporting for dredging projects. This role will consolidate data from multiple systems, build recurring cost packages, and provide leadership with clean, decision-ready numbers.

You will design automated reporting in collaboration with IT, leveraging Procurify, Power BI, Dayforce, and available production tools. A detail-oriented candidate with strong Excel skills will excel here.