Senior Associate, Global Cost Management

Ada Infrastructure; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

401(k) plan with match

HSA contributions

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Commuter benefits

Education sponsorship

Job summary

Ada Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Associate, Cost Management (Global) to own the cost dimension of project controls for NA projects and global coordination. You will manage cost inputs, underwriting models, budgeting, forecasting, and contingency governance, with external cost consultants oversight.

You will support Ada’s global cost management frameworks, standards, and reporting, ensuring accurate cost data across regions that feed into the stage-gate process and portfolio cadence.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years in cost management or related field, preferably in mission-critical infrastructure.
• Experience in estimating, budgeting, forecasting, and cost controls across multiple projects.
• Strong CAPEX cost planning and change control experience.
• Expert Procore cost modules proficiency; exposure to ERP systems such as Yardi.
• Experience partnering with investment/underwriting and maintaining cost inputs in business cases.
• Proven ability to manage cost consultants and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Advanced Excel-based financial modeling and CAPEX cash-flow skills.
• Strong communication translating cost data into executive insights.

Responsibilities

• Develop, publish, and maintain top-down cost targets and benchmarks by market.
• Provide estimating support to optimize global design standards and parts.
• Drive cost management practices across projects: budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• Maintain cost evolution discipline from underwriting to delivery; create budget bridges.
• Partner with BI to ensure data quality, definitions, and cadence.
• Develop cost-focused KPI views and executive-ready summaries.
• Support NA Delivery with budget governance and cash-flow inputs.
• Validate inflation assumptions affecting CAPEX and communicate impacts.
• Support cost inputs and sensitivities in development phases with teams.
• Review scope change costs, track contingency drawdown, ensure auditability.
• Coordinate variance analysis and budget bridge data presentations with regions.
• Oversee third-party cost consultants and ensure compliance with standards.
• Contribute to standard templates, playbooks, and training for cost mgmt.

Skills

Cost management

Budgeting

Forecasting

CAPEX

Excel modeling

Vendor management

Communication

Cost analytics

Underwriting inputs

Procore

Yardi

Tools

Procore cost module

Yardi Construction Manager

Job description

Ada Infrastructure is seeking a Senior Associate, Cost Management (Global) to own the cost dimension of project controls for NA projects and global coordination. You will manage cost inputs, underwriting models, budgeting, forecasting, and contingency governance, with external cost consultants oversight.

You will support Ada’s global cost management frameworks, standards, and reporting, ensuring accurate cost data across regions that feed into the stage-gate process and portfolio cadence.