Project Controls Analyst

We are currently seeking a Project Controls Analyst,

The Project Controls Analyst supports Shermco’s high-risk projects and strategic programs through financial, schedule, change and performance analysis. Working with project leaders, Operations and Finance, the role maintains reliable project controls and converts project data into actionable insights that improve forecasting, protect margin and support timely decisions. The position reduces the administrative burden on project leadership while maintaining delivery accountability with the responsible Project Manager and Operations team.

Project-controls effort is planned and charged to qualifying projects and programs to support utilization and cost-recovery objectives.

Must have experience in construction, industrial services, utilities, electrical services, data centers, EPC or other complex project environments.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. Shermco does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Hybrid (Irving, Texas)

• Maintain project financial controls by reconciling the approved baseline, actual and committed costs, estimate to complete (ETC), estimate at completion (EAC), revenue, billing, forecast gross margin and associated variances.
• Analyze labor, material, subcontractor, travel and other cost trends; prepare forecasts and clearly communicate the drivers of favorable or unfavorable performance.

• Maintain change-order, potential-change and unpriced-exposure logs, including value, status, aging, ownership and forecast treatment, and ensure approved changes and known exposures are reflected in project reporting.
• Coordinate the tracking of project risks, issues and actions, and elevate items that could materially affect cost, margin, schedule, billing or customer commitments.

• Prepare dashboards, financial summaries, forecasts and high-risk project review materials that identify trends, exceptions and matters requiring leadership attention or escalation.
• Provide portfolio-level analysis that highlights recurring causes of margin erosion, forecast changes, schedule risk and change-order performance.

• Partner with project teams to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of project data across project and financial systems.
• Maintain and improve standardized PMO trackers, templates, control documents, dashboards, reporting automation and data-visualization tools.
• Reconcile final cost, revenue, margin, changes and outstanding financial items during project closeout.

• Collaborate with project leadership, Finance, Operations and other stakeholders to resolve data, cost, schedule and forecast discrepancies.
• Analyze and validate project information during handoff, baseline establishment, execution reviews and closeout.
• Accurately charge time to assigned work and partner with project leaders to estimate, plan, document and recover project-controls effort in support of utilization objectives.
• Support ad hoc analysis for PMO leadership and executive decision-making.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

• Two or more years of experience in project controls, financial analysis, cost accounting, project coordination or a comparable project-based analytical role.
• Experience supporting project budgets, actual costs, commitments, forecasts, schedules or performance reporting.
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