What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Cost Analyst / Controller Remote position at TEKsystems?
TEKsystems is seeking a Cost Analyst / Controller for our Alaska Based client.
This will be a 100% remote engagement working typical Alaska Business Hours Monday through Friday
Description:
Position Purpose:
- The Cost Controller is responsible for controlling the project costs by planning, developing, controlling, and forecasting the project’s budget.
- The goal of the cost controller is to minimize the deviation from the budget and ensure that the project is completed within the approved budget.
Preferred Skills & Qualifications
- Knowledgeable in Total Cost Management concepts & terminologies and have direct experience applying them in a project setting
- Ability to develop a budget using Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), allocate the budget in accounting systems, establish and track a Cost Baseline
- Earned Value Management (EVM) experience: Deep knowledge of EVM practices and end to end experience establishing rules of credit and tracking core cost Ability to analyze a cost report, detect issues, and effectively communicate the project’s cost performance, issues/ concerns, & recovery plans to the project team
- Experience preparing reports for cost performance metrics for both the immediate project team and executive level summaries
- Experience controlling budget releases under each WBS element and tracking performance.
- Ability to facilitate capital project team's operating expense budgets, forecast, variance comments, accruals, and reporting.
- Ability to analyze purchase order commitments to calculate accruals.
- Experience developing unit standard costs and BOM's to provide data for the estimating team.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft O365 suite with an emphasis on Excel
- Functional understanding of scheduling tools and software: Project or P6
- Not required, but a plus: Experience in Oracle Financial Suite and ADP payroll application.
Desirable Certifications
• Association for Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE International): CCT, CCP, EVP
• Project Management Institute (PMI): CAPM or PMP
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Must work Alaska business hours
About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
