Senior Cost Controller

• Department:
  Energy and natural resources

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world

Who are you?

• You are an expert
  Senior Cost Controller
  with a minimum of 10+years post-graduate experience
  looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment.

• The Senior Cost Controller is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing project cost control processes to ensure projects are delivered within approved budgets and financial objectives. This role provides leadership in budgeting, forecasting, cost monitoring, change management, reporting, and financial analysis while supporting project teams and senior management with accurate and timely financial information.
• The position plays a critical role in the Project Controls function by developing and maintaining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS), cost control systems, performance reporting, and change management processes. The Senior Cost Controller ensures alignment between scope, schedule, cost, risk, and contractual requirements throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and manage project budgets, cost plans, and control frameworks.
• Establish project cost baselines and monitor performance against approved budgets.
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of the Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in accordance with project scope, execution strategy, and contractual requirements.
• Develop and maintain the Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) to support accurate budgeting, cost collection, tracking, forecasting, and reporting.
• Lead and coordinate the project Change Management and Change Control processes from identification through approval and implementation.
• Assess the cost and financial impact of proposed changes, trends, and potential change orders.
• Monitor project expenditures, commitments, accruals, and actual costs against approved budgets and control accounts.
• Monitor project performance using Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics, including Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI).
• Analyze cost variances, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc cost reports and project performance dashboards.
• Develop and maintain Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), and cash flow forecasts.
• Present project financial status and forecasts during project review meetings
• Work closely with Project Managers, Planning Engineers, Estimators, Procurement, Finance, Engineering, Construction, and Operations teams.
• Mentor and support junior cost control and project controls personnel.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Construction Management, or a related…