Cost Controls Analyst

Your Opportunity

The Cost Analytics Lead provides advanced financial and cost analysis to support effective decision‑making across capital programs and projects. This role transforms cost, schedule, and performance data into actionable insights, enabling proactive management of budgets, forecasts, risks, and funding strategies. The position partners with program controls, project managers, finance, and executive stakeholders to ensure cost transparency, accuracy, and predictability throughout the project lifecycle.

• Analyze project and portfolio budgets, forecasts, and Estimates at Completion (EAC), identifying trends, risks, and variances.
• Perform detailed cost variance, trend, and sensitivity analyses to support proactive corrective actions.

• Configure and review financial performance reports within existing reporting environment, analytical reports, dashboards, and executive summaries focused on performance, cash flow, and funding status.
• Translate complex cost data into clear, concise insights for technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Manage and report on portfolio performance of key projects, within the overall program.

• Review and analyze program and project cash flow models to support reporting strategies and financial performance.
• Analyze budget, funding and spend performance.
• Detailed review of performance data from reporting dashboards and program management software.
• Generate monthly budget updates and cash flow projections required to model rates and revenue requirements.
• Prepare reports that outline the program/project’s financial position in the areas of funding and costs.

• Perform QA/QC on cost data, forecasts, and assumptions to ensure accuracy, completeness, and auditability.
• Establish standardized analytical methodologies, metrics, and reporting frameworks across projects.

• Analyze cost impacts associated with scope changes, risks, and claims.
• Support change management processes through scenario analysis and what‑if modeling.
• Provide analytical input to support negotiations and decision‑making related to cost allocation and funding strategies.

• Maintain Contract Activity Reports (SLBE/ELBE, MBE, WBE, etc.).
• Monitor and report on program expenditures including consultant and contractor costs.
• Provide QA/QC of monthly forecasts proposed by Project Managers to prepare monthly Estimate to Complete (ETC) updates.
• Coordinate changes to contracts with consultants and contractors.
• Support preparation of level of effort cost estimates.
• Support preparation of work order packages.
• QA/QC of consultant and contractor invoices.

• Act as a client representative with oversight responsibilities; relationship and communication skills are of the highest importance. Ability to collaborate, communicate and work in a multi‑function matrix is essential.
• Partner with project managers, schedulers, finance teams, and executives to align cost analytics with program objectives.
• Act as a trusted advisor by providing objective, data‑driven insights to guide strategic decisions.
• Support development of best practices in cost analytics and program controls across the organization.

• Advanced cost analysis, forecasting, and financial modeling.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Expertise in budgets, EAC, cash flow, and variance analysis.
• Ability to communicate insights clearly and effectively.
• High attention to data integrity, governance, and process improvement.
• Previous experience interpreting dashboard data (Power BI or similar) is preferred.
• Previous experience using Trimble Unity Construct (eBuilder) or similar is an advantage.
• Understanding project control concepts and ability to communicate ideas to others.
• Recognizes when technical problems are developing and initiates corrective actions.
• Experience in cost management services including cost control, planning, earned value analysis, forecasting, report production, cash flow maintenance & change…