Strategic CAPEX Cost Control Lead – Forecasting & Reporting

G-3 Chickadee Purchaser LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

G-3 Chickadee Purchaser LLC in Houston is seeking a CAPEX Project Cost Control Lead to standardize our enterprise-wide capital project cost control framework across Houston, Beaumont, and Akron. You will assess current practices, define requirements, and drive reporting and controls for SAP S/4Hana implementation.

The role leads cost tracking, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and closeout while guiding Project Managers to improve financial visibility and cost discipline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in project controls, project cost management, capital project finance, cost analysis, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting capital projects in chemical, petrochemical, manufacturing, refining, or similar industrial environments.
• Demonstrated experience with project budgeting, forecasting, accruals, commitments, variance analysis, and project financial closeout.

Responsibilities

• Assess current project cost and financial management practices and identify gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a standardized enterprise Project Cost Control process, including procedures, tools, reporting requirements, and controls.
• Establish consistent requirements for project budgets, commitments, actuals, accruals, forecasts, cash flow, funding changes, and project closeout.
• Continuously evaluate and improve processes to support business needs, financial controls, and effective project execution.
• Lead project cost tracking and the monthly forecasting process across the capital portfolio, including actuals, commitments, accruals, and estimates at completion.
• Analyze project financial performance, identify cost trends and variances, and provide forward-looking analysis to help Project Managers proactively address potential issues.
• Evaluate the impact of project schedule, scope, and execution changes on cost and forecast.
• Develop standardized project and portfolio reporting, KPIs, and dashboards that provide management with clear visibility into financial performance, funding, forecast accuracy, and emerging risks.
• Support capital planning, supplemental funding, budgeting, Change Orders, and other financial analysis as required.
• Serve as a key interface between Capital Projects and Finance to ensure project financial processes and reporting meet corporate requirements.
• Coordinate project accruals, funding information, financial reconciliations, and monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Maintain accurate project financial information within applicable ERP, approval, SharePoint, and project reporting systems.
• Work with Project Managers, Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, and vendors to resolve invoice, commitment, funding, and cost-allocation issues.
• Lead the financial closeout process to ensure projects are closed timely and in accordance with company requirements for capitalization and depreciation.
• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for Project Cost Control and provide functional leadership to Project Managers across all sites.
• Develop and deliver training on cost-control processes, tools, forecasting, reporting, and financial expectations.
• Review project financial performance with Project Managers, challenge assumptions and forecasts when appropriate, and support the development of corrective actions.
• Monitor adherence to established Project Cost Control requirements and promote consistent application across the enterprise.

Skills

Project cost control

SAP/ERP

Forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

G-3 Chickadee Purchaser LLC in Houston is seeking a CAPEX Project Cost Control Lead to standardize our enterprise-wide capital project cost control framework across Houston, Beaumont, and Akron. You will assess current practices, define requirements, and drive reporting and controls for SAP S/4Hana implementation.

The role leads cost tracking, forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and closeout while guiding Project Managers to improve financial visibility and cost discipline.