Senior Project Controls Leader — Remote/Hybrid, Deltek Expert

Buro Happold; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Annual discretionary bonus

Hybrid working and flexible options

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Buro Happold in the United States is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to join our US Project Operations team. The role offers remote work with hybrid flexibility, ideally near EST office locations.

You will partner with leaders to improve project financial performance, forecasting accuracy, and commercial governance across a range of projects. You will bring deep Deltek Vantagepoint expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex project data into practical

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in project controls, project finance, commercial management, project accounting, project operations, or project delivery support.
• Experience within architecture, engineering, consulting, design, planning, construction, or another project-based professional services environment.
• Deep working knowledge of Deltek Vantagepoint, including project setup, project financial management, forecasting, planning, billing, reporting, and invoicing.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Project Directors, Project Principals, Job Leaders, and Discipline Leaders to review project financial performance, identify risks and opportunities, and support informed commercial decisions.
• Lead and support project and portfolio reviews focused on profitability, forecasting, fee performance, project health, contingency, invoicing, debt management, resourcing, and commercial risk.
• Analyze project financial variances, identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, and elevate material concerns where appropriate.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Deltek Vantagepoint, including project setup, planning, billing, reporting, forecasting, invoicing, and project finance workflows.
• Improve project data quality, reporting consistency, system utilization, and cross-functional collaboration between Project Operations, Finance, Legal, and project teams.
• Develop and enhance dashboards, reports, templates, trackers, and management review materials using Deltek Vantagepoint, Excel, Power BI, and related tools.
• Support the evolution of project reviews from retrospective reporting to proactive decision support focused on profit, risk, contingency, debt, invoicing, and resource planning.
• Build trusted relationships with project leaders and provide clear, practical guidance on financial performance and project controls.
• Coach and train project teams and Project Operations colleagues on forecasting, financial planning, invoicing, risk management, project controls, and effective use of project systems.
• Lead process improvement initiatives including workflow analysis, documentation, stakeholder engagement, implementation, and adoption.
• Identify opportunities to leverage automation, Power Platform solutions, and responsible AI tools to improve reporting, workflow efficiency, communication, and operational effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, quality assurance, and development support across the Project Operations team.

Skills

Project controls

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering, Project Management

Tools

Deltek Vantagepoint

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Buro Happold in the United States is seeking a Senior Project Controls Manager to join our US Project Operations team. The role offers remote work with hybrid flexibility, ideally near EST office locations.

You will partner with leaders to improve project financial performance, forecasting accuracy, and commercial governance across a range of projects. You will bring deep Deltek Vantagepoint expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to translate complex project data into practical