Construction Project Controls Manager

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions is a veteran-owned business that provides construction, program management, real estate & site development, and architecture & engineering services for restaurant, grocery, fuel and convenience store, retail, and government sectors nationwide. We work with leading brands like McDonald’s, Sprouts, Walmart, and Amazon, to name a few. At Sevan, we provide the talent, technology, and trusted expertise needed to consistently deliver excellence in multi-site construction.

Sevan is nationally recognized for workplace culture, industry leadership, and safety. Recent honors include 12 consecutive years as a Great Place to Work®, placement on ENR's national Program and Construction Management rankings, recognition as one of America's Safest Companies for 2025, and the 2025 Platinum HIRE Vets Medallion Award.

Summary:

The Construction Project Controls Manager provides financial oversight across a portfolio of construction projects, partnering with project managers, operations leaders, and accounting to strengthen forecasting, identify financial risk, and improve project performance. This role takes a hands‑on approach to project financials, challenging assumptions, analyzing cost and margin trends, and helping teams make informed financial decisions.

This is an individual contributor role based in Sevan’s Tacoma, WA office and is well suited for an experienced construction professional with strong project financial controls, job cost, forecasting, and analytical experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead monthly financial reviews across assigned projects, including budgets, commitments, actual costs, cost to complete, revenue, gross margin, billing, and cash flow.
• Evaluate project forecasts against field progress, schedules, commitments, productivity, and remaining scope, identifying variances and financial risks.
• Maintain project financial baselines, cost codes, reporting standards, and controls throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor changes, contingencies, claims, and other financial exposures and evaluate their impact on project forecasts.
• Review subcontract costs, purchase orders, invoices, pay applications, and other project costs for budget and contract compliance.
• Partner with accounting on WIP reporting, revenue forecasting, billing, collections, and reconciliations.
• Provide project and portfolio reporting that highlights trends, margin changes, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions.
• Support recovery planning for challenged projects and strengthen financial data, reporting, forecasting, and accountability across project teams.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of progressive experience in project financial controls, construction finance, project controls, or project management with financial accountability.
• Strong understanding of construction budgeting, job costing, cost-to-complete forecasting, commitments, change management, billing, cash flow, and contract administration.
• Experience analyzing margin changes and communicating project financial performance to project and operations leaders.
• Experience managing financial performance across large or multiple concurrent construction projects.
• Advanced Excel and financial reporting skills with experience using project management and accounting systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with a commercial general contractor or construction services organization preferred.
• Experience with Procore, construction ERP systems, and Power BI or similar reporting tools preferred.
• Familiarity with public-sector or federal construction contracts and billing requirements is a plus.
• AACE, PMP, or comparable professional…