Senior Cost & Project Controls Manager - Capital Projects

Kelly; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kelly is seeking an experienced Cost/Project Control Manager in the Houston, TX area to lead project cost management for capital projects. You will forecast, accrue, report, and analyze variances, providing financial visibility to project leadership.

Strong SAP skills and independent work style required for ongoing project lifecycle oversight. This role focuses on establishing cost baselines, integrating estimates with schedules, and delivering timely cost forecasting to support cost-effective

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus cost management or project controls experience.
• Several years of experience in project cost management or project controls.
• Strong forecasting and budgeting experience.
• Experience preparing accruals and analyzing project financial performance.
• Ability to work independently with minimal training.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present findings to project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Integrates the project cost estimate, workhour estimate, and project schedule into the Cost Management baseline.
• Establishes cost baseline from which deviations will be managed during project execution.
• Establishes work breakdown structure based upon work process norms and execution strategy.
• Develops and maintains cost reports, cash flow cancellation curves, and contingency analyses. Ensures accurate representation of cost data and cost forecast in monthly reporting.
• Provides estimate of cancellation costs.
• Estimates costs of deviations and assesses impact on total project cost.
• Ensures accurate reflection of committed spent funds, project deviation notices, field change orders, and project execution changes in all cost documents.
• Leads the project team in deriving an accurate and realistic forecast of all funds required to complete the project within the defined budget and schedule while incorporating own trending and analyses.
• Alerts the project team to critical Cost Management issues.
• Provides supporting data for project execution metrics, external benchmarking and project closure.
• Gather and analyze project cost data from multiple sources.
• Develop and maintain project cost forecasts.
• Prepare monthly accruals and cost reports.
• Monitor project spending, commitments, and cash flow.
• Analyze actual costs against forecasts and explain variances.
• Track change orders and budget impacts.
• Present financial updates and cost performance reports to project teams and leadership.
• Support project controls activities throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

SAP

Forecasting

Accruals

Cost reporting

Variance analysis

Financial oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Kelly is seeking an experienced Cost/Project Control Manager in the Houston, TX area to lead project cost management for capital projects. You will forecast, accrue, report, and analyze variances, providing financial visibility to project leadership.

Strong SAP skills and independent work style required for ongoing project lifecycle oversight. This role focuses on establishing cost baselines, integrating estimates with schedules, and delivering timely cost forecasting to support cost-effective