Cost Controls Manager — Government Projects & Rebates

CUMMING GROUP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

401(k) Matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Short and long-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Cumming Group is seeking a Cost Controls Manager to lead project cost accounting and help design, implement, and administer a rebate program supporting LA County's rebuild efforts from the 2025 fires. The role emphasizes developing project controls and ensuring accounting guidelines across multiple projects.

The ideal candidate has extensive construction cost accounting experience, especially in governmental or public sector contexts, and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Construction, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, or related field.
• 10+ years of construction cost accounting or public program financial management experience.
• 5+ years of governmental or public sector cost accounting, grant or program financial management, and financial reporting.
• Experience administering a rebate, reimbursement, grant, or incentive program.
• Ability to prepare clear financial reports, dashboards, and briefing materials for management and oversight bodies.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with governmental financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Participates in the development and improvement of the project controls systems.
• Develops and implements a rebate program, including eligibility criteria, application and verification workflows, and payment tracking.
• Recommends improvements in systems, tools, and methods of project controls.
• Establishes a project work breakdown structure in line with industry best practices.
• Tracks and reconciles project costs, budgets, encumbrances, and expenditures across multiple projects and funding sources.
• Interacts with other project groups to provide cost codes, purchase order commitments, and change orders to ensure accounting guidelines are implemented.
• Conduct ongoing reviews and analysis of all project resource management activities and provide exception reports as necessary.
• Assists in creating detailed project budgets and cash flow projections from estimates.
• Works with senior project management staff to manage the overall project cost control efforts.

Skills

Excel

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Cost accounting

Public sector

Communication

Education

Bachelor degree in Construction, Business Administration, Finance, Public Administration, or related field

Tools

government financial systems

Job description

Cumming Group is seeking a Cost Controls Manager to lead project cost accounting and help design, implement, and administer a rebate program supporting LA County's rebuild efforts from the 2025 fires. The role emphasizes developing project controls and ensuring accounting guidelines across multiple projects.

The ideal candidate has extensive construction cost accounting experience, especially in governmental or public sector contexts, and strong Excel skills.