PMO Project Cost Control Manager

Gainwell Technologies LLC; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous, flexible vacation policy

401(k) employer match

comprehensive health benefits

educational assistance

comprehensive leadership and technical

development academies

Job summary

Gainwell Technologies LLC is seeking a PMO Project Cost Control Manager to join the project PMO team and manage the preparation and maintenance of project financial forecasts, including labor, hardware, software, real estate, travel, and contingency reserves.

The ideal candidate will have solid experience in large-scale/complex initiatives, fluency with financial project administration and resource management, and the ability to communicate complex topics to stakeholders and leaders, forming

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of PMO, project coordination, project management, or project financial management experience.
• Experience managing financial data for large-scale project implementations or organizational departments.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle and PMO governance processes.
• Experience presenting complex topics to diverse audiences and scaling detail appropriately.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and CoPilot.

Responsibilities

• Review sales solutioning documentation to extract budgetary information and compile initial labor demand.
• Develop budget tracking workbook for each project using standardized templates.
• Monitor project expenses to ensure adherence to budget and data-driven variance analysis.
• Present variances between actual and forecasted expenditures and align with governance.
• Facilitate financial meetings with project leadership; report performance against targets.
• Identify financial risks and participate in mitigation strategy development.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of financial reporting artifacts for the project.
• Align financial planning with project phases and integrate budgeting into planning decisions.
• Audit incoming labor expenses within timekeeping systems and act as time administrator.

Skills

PMO coordination

Project financial management

Budget tracking

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

CAPM or PMP Certification

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Teams

CoPilot

Job description

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You'll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You'll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

The PMO Project Cost Control Manager works as part of the project PMO team and is responsible for preparation and maintenance of project financial forecasts inclusive of team labor, hardware, software, real estate, travel, and contingency reserves approved within the initiative's budget. This is a highly collaborative effort, requiring coordination with stakeholders from multiple internal workgroups. The ideal candidate will have a solid background project management within large scale/complex initiatives, fluency with financial project administration and resource management, ability to effectively communicate complex topics to a variety of stakeholders and leaders, and a passion for forming successful partnerships.

Your role in our mission

• Review the sales solutioning documentation and extract relevant budgetary information to compile initial labor demand in collaboration with project leadership and workforce management.
• Develop budget tracking workbook for each project utilizing standardized template.
• Monitor project expenses to ensure adherence to the budget, extracting relevant details from multiple sources of data.
• Investigate and present variances between actual and forecasted expenditures. Remain aligned with the project's change management and resource management plans, referring decision items for governance where appropriate.
• Facilitate financial meetings with project leadership and stakeholders. Report project performance to targets. Provide insight and recommendations gleaned from data analysis to project leaders.
• Identify and analyze financial risks as they arise, and participate in development of mitigation strategies.
• Maintain comprehensive and organized documentation of financial reporting artifacts throughout the project. Serve as the subject matter expert for budget questions both from within the project team and from workgroups providing support to the project.
• Align financial planning with project phases. Ensure financial considerations are integrated into planning and decision-making processes.
• Audit incoming labor expenses within the time keeping system and serve as time administrator for the project team.

What we're looking for

Required Qualifications

• 3-5 years of PMO, project coordination, project management, or project financial management experience.
• Experience managing financial data for large-scale project implementations or organizational departments.
• Strong understanding of project lifecycle and PMO governance processes.
• Experience presenting complex topics to a variety of audiences and scaling detail as appropriate to convey intended meaning.
• Exceptional attention to detail and documentation management skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams and CoPilot.

Preferred Qualifications

• CAPM or PMP Certification
• Familiarity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

What you should expect in this role

• Remote-based opportunity within the United States
• Opportunities to travel through your work (0-10%)
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
• The deadline to submit applications for this posting is 11/30/2026

The pay range for this position is $69,400.00 - $99,200.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors.

Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development.

All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits , and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

• generous, flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) employer match
• comprehensive health benefits
• educational assistance
• comprehensive leadership and technical development academies

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Gainwell Technologies defines "wages" and "wage rates" to include "all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits.