Data Center Site Controller — Austin Construction Finance

Tract Capital Management; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-covered medical, dental,

401K program

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Tract Capital is seeking a detail-oriented Site Controller to support active data center construction sites in Austin, TX. This role provides financial oversight, cost governance, and alignment across Construction, Procurement, Operations and FP&A.

The right candidate will establish scalable financial frameworks and may grow to manage additional Site Controllers. You will own financial processes for data center costs, build budgets, run forecasts, and ensure accurate reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• 6–10+ years in project finance, cost control, construction accounting, or infrastructure development.
• Deep knowledge of Procore Financials and strong ERP proficiency (NetSuite preferred).
• Experience with large-capex projects ($1B+ ideal).
• Strong modeling, analytical reasoning, and financial operations skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the development of financial processes for Data Center construction cost/budget requests through Data Center operations.
• Build and maintain financials, including customer budgets, forecast updates, total cost of ownership, and monthly cash-flow projections.
• Establish financial guardrails and enforce compliance across relevant stakeholders, including Design, Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations, in collaboration with compliance teams including Supply Chain and Legal.
• Administer and optimize Procore financial modules, including Budgets, Commitments (POs), Change events, Invoices, and Prime contracts.
• Enable Procore/Financial ERP integration by ensuring flawless 3-way matching across Procore, NetSuite, and vendor invoices.
• Provide and monitor variance reporting across Procore, NetSuite, and other financial systems, including movement of commitments, contingencies, and retained funds.
• Conduct monthly, weekly, and ad-hoc financial deep dives for project financial reporting.
• Analyze PO/invoice deviations against budgets and create action plans to mitigate risks.
• Present financial performance to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Operations, Supply Chain, Legal, and Finance.
• Partner with vendors and Procurement on contract negotiation support and vendor financial vetting.
• Own all financial documentation and audit readiness for each project to ensure compliance with policies and customer requirements.
• Deliver highly accurate project financial reporting packages, including monthly leadership dashboards and cash-burn curves.
• Scale the Site Control function by building standards, templates, SOPs, and reporting frameworks.

Skills

Project finance

Cost control

Construction accounting

ERP proficiency

Forecasting

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

MBA

Tools

Procore Financials

NetSuite

Job description

Tract Capital is seeking a detail-oriented Site Controller to support active data center construction sites in Austin, TX. This role provides financial oversight, cost governance, and alignment across Construction, Procurement, Operations and FP&A.

The right candidate will establish scalable financial frameworks and may grow to manage additional Site Controllers. You will own financial processes for data center costs, build budgets, run forecasts, and ensure accurate reporting.