Global Project Controls Lead – Cost & Forecasting

Oracle; Tennessee; On-site; USD 90,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle is seeking a Project Controls Program Lead in Nashville, TN to own cost controls across large-scale data center programs. You will shape strategy, standards, templates, and tools to scale cost controls globally, coordinating with Finance, Procurement, Scheduling, Engineering, and Legal teams.

The successful candidate has 8+ years in senior Project Controls with strong Excel-based modeling and executive reporting, and can operate in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a senior Project Controls role focused on cost controls and reporting.
• Experience with large capital construction projects and cost-to-complete analysis.
• Ability to write processes, refine templates, and scale standards across regions.
• Executive-level cost reports, variance narratives, and funding presentations.

Responsibilities

• Develop global cost controls strategy, standards, processes, procedures, templates, and reporting cadences across projects and regions.
• Create standardized templates for budgets, forecasts, commitment tracking, contingency management, change control, funding requests, bid comparisons, and executive summaries.
• Establish governance for WBS/CBS structures, cost codes, control accounts, budgets, forecasts, commitments, contingency logs, change logs, and monthly cost reporting.
• Lead or support project budgets, cost plans, cash flows, forecasts, funding views, cost-to-complete assessments, and executive cost reports.
• Drive disciplined monthly cost reporting, ensuring variances, risks, opportunities, commitments, contingency usage, and forecast changes are clearly documented.
• Build and refine advanced Excel-based and AI based tools models, trackers, templates, and reporting workbooks to improve consistency, accuracy, auditability, and scalability.
• Support robust change control processes, including review of scope changes, cost impacts, entitlement, pricing, supporting documentation, and negotiation strategy.
• Review contractor and subcontractor pricing, reconcile estimate changes, validate cost submissions, and provide written commercial recommendations.
• Manage or support contingency and allowance tracking, including drawdowns, releases, risk alignment, documentation, and leadership visibility.
• Partner with Design & Construction, Procurement, Finance, Scheduling, Project Controls, Delivery, Engineering, Legal, and regional teams to align cost controls with project execution and commercial strategy.
• Have experience working with P6/OPC Scheduling and use milestones to inform cost activities for to stay ahead of critical activities and accelerate delivery.
• Translate complex cost and commercial information into clear narratives, risks, decisions, and recommendations for senior leaders and non-cost audiences.
• Support onboarding, training, and knowledge-sharing for teams using global cost controls processes, procedures, and templates.

Skills

Cost controls

Forecasting

Change management

Contingency management

Executive reporting

Advanced Excel modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management / Engineering / Finance or related field

Tools

Oracle Unifier

EcoSys

Primavera P6

MS Project

SAP

Oracle ERP

Job description

Oracle is seeking a Project Controls Program Lead in Nashville, TN to own cost controls across large-scale data center programs. You will shape strategy, standards, templates, and tools to scale cost controls globally, coordinating with Finance, Procurement, Scheduling, Engineering, and Legal teams.

The successful candidate has 8+ years in senior Project Controls with strong Excel-based modeling and executive reporting, and can operate in a fast-paced environment with limited supervision.