Project Cost Controls Analyst (Remote)

Overview

The Project Cost Controls Analyst provides data-driven financial and strategic analysis to support decision-making, performance tracking, and forecasting across projects.

This role is fully remote with travel to the site required periodically (up to 25%). Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain project-level cost forecasts in partnership with project managers and field operations.
• Monitor changes in assumptions and proactively identify cost drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Lead the monthly reporting process, producing cost performance summaries, variance analyses, and data-driven insights for executive reviews.
• Assist in the development, documentation, and maintenance of internal controls over financial reporting to support compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act.
• Implement analytics models to forecast future project cost using historical data and key project parameters.
• Support the budget mapping process to ensure fiscal responsibility and accuracy.
• Analyze project performance trends and identify variance drivers across cost, schedule, and resource usage.
• Conduct root-cause analyses for cost and schedule deviations and partner with leadership on mitigation strategies and corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain cost tracking and reporting systems to ensure accurate operational reporting.
• Collaborate with project teams and stakeholders to gather cost data and provide insights into trends.
• Identify opportunities for cost savings and process improvements.
• Synthesize complex datasets into clear, executive-ready decks covering trends, performance metrics, and strategic recommendations.
• Translate variance drivers into business narratives and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Perform field engagement to understand challenges firsthand, develop solutions, build trust, and act as a resource for project teams.
• Identify risks and early warning signals using historical data, benchmarks, and trends.
• Conduct scenario planning to evaluate potential impacts on project outcomes and support contingency planning.
• Communicate data-driven insights to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Define and analyze key metrics to manage project health, mitigate risks, demonstrate impact, and enable continuous improvement.
• Lead data quality audits and resolve coding or cost discrepancies with field teams.
• Contribute analytics to project lessons-learned reviews and portfolio trend reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Economics, Data Science, or a related analytical field.
• 1–3 years of experience in project controls, FP&A, or data-driven roles.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to modeling and interpretation.
• Experience partnering with internal stakeholders to identify objectives and work cohesively to complete them.
• Highly effective communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical data into business terms for senior leadership.
• Strong data management skills and creativity in business problem solving.
• Proven ability to build clean, professional presentation decks that influence decision-making.
• Detail-oriented, motivated self-starter.
• Ability to travel as needed to successfully fulfill responsibilities and duties.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without requiring employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Power BI, Python, and/or SQL.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation Range: $77,866.00 - $97,333.00 (Salary)

Benefits: Eligible employees (and their families) may receive medical, dental, vision, basic life, and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in the organization’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick, and holiday pay.

Location

Fully remote role with periodic travel to the site required (up to 25%). Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.