Senior EPC Cost Manager

Fermi Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fermi Inc in Dallas, TX seeks a Senior EPC Cost Manager to bridge project cost teams and corporate finance, ensuring data integrity and alignment with budgets.

You will reconcile commitments, accruals, actuals, and forecasts with the GL, drive cost governance, and lead cross-functional collaboration with project controls, accounting, procurement, and treasury.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 7+ years of cost experience spanning corporate cost/finance and project-based execution.
• Strong command of project cost controls (commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC, cash flow) and corporate financial processes (general ledger, close, FP&A/budgeting).
• Experience reconciling project-controls data with corporate financial systems (e.g., Oracle Unifier and Oracle Fusion or equivalents).
• Advanced Excel and data analysis across large cost data sets.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge execution and corporate stakeholders.
• Experience on EPC or large capital projects in power, oil & gas, or data center sectors.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary interface between project/execution cost teams and corporate cost and finance, translating project-controls data into corporate financial reporting and vice versa.
• Reconcile project cost data (commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC forecasts) with the corporate general ledger and financial statements; investigate and resolve variances.
• Align project cost forecasts and cash flow with corporate budgeting, FP&A, and capital-planning cycles.
• Establish and maintain consistent cost coding and WBS/CBS-to-chart-of-accounts mapping across execution and corporate systems (e.g., Oracle Unifier and Oracle Fusion).
• Consolidate multi-project cost data into portfolio-level reporting for executive and corporate finance stakeholders.
• Support month-end and period-end close through accurate project accruals, cost transfers, and capitalization.
• Drive governance, process, and controls improvements that increase the accuracy and timeliness of cost information across both teams.
• Partner with project controls managers, accounting, procurement, and treasury to maintain a single source of truth for cost.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to leadership on cost performance, risks, and trends at both the project and corporate levels.

Skills

Cost controls

Forecasting

Data analysis

Budgeting

Communication

Education

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

Tools

Oracle Unifier

Oracle Fusion

Excel

Job description

Description

Position Summary

The Senior EPC Cost Manager serves as the primary liaison between the Operations/Execution (project-based) cost team and the corporate cost and finance organization. The role ensures project cost data, forecasts, and reporting stay aligned with corporate financial systems, budgets, and controls — reconciling project-controls cost information (commitments, accruals, actuals, and estimate-at-completion forecasts) with the general ledger and corporate reporting, and maintaining consistent cost standards, governance, and communication across both organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary interface between project/execution cost teams and corporate cost and finance, translating project-controls data into corporate financial reporting and vice versa.
• Reconcile project cost data (commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC forecasts) with the corporate general ledger and financial statements; investigate and resolve variances.
• Align project cost forecasts and cash flow with corporate budgeting, FP&A, and capital-planning cycles.
• Establish and maintain consistent cost coding and WBS/CBS-to-chart-of-accounts mapping across execution and corporate systems (e.g., Oracle Unifier and Oracle Fusion).
• Consolidate multi-project cost data into portfolio-level reporting for executive and corporate finance stakeholders.
• Support month-end and period-end close through accurate project accruals, cost transfers, and capitalization.
• Drive governance, process, and controls improvements that increase the accuracy and timeliness of cost information across both teams.
• Partner with project controls managers, accounting, procurement, and treasury to maintain a single source of truth for cost.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to leadership on cost performance, risks, and trends at both the project and corporate levels.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field (preferred).
• 7+ years of cost experience spanning both a corporate cost/finance role and a project-based execution (field) cost role.
• Strong command of project cost controls (commitments, accruals, actuals, ETC/EAC, cash flow) and corporate financial processes (general ledger, close, FP&A/budgeting).
• Experience reconciling project-controls data with corporate financial systems (e.g., Oracle Unifier and Oracle Fusion or equivalents).
• Advanced Excel and data analysis across large cost data sets.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to bridge execution and corporate stakeholders.
• Experience on EPC or large capital projects in power, oil & gas, or data center sectors.