Project Controller

General Summary

Works directly with the project manager to create and maintain a project’s budget and schedule work, analyze progress reported against the work schedules, and recommend actions to improve progress.

• Build and maintain an integrated project schedule using industry software to include resource loading, creating calendars, and coding structures.
• Develop and maintain manpower curves.
• Track and monitor actual vs planned project budgets, expenditures, and forecasts to ensure financial control.
• Maintain accurate project files and produce reports as needed or requested.
• Track POs, invoice status and subcontracts to reconcile commitments vs budget.
• Effectively communicate project(s) status to project managers.
• Interact with clients and customers as needed.
• Coordinate with the finance and accounting teams during billing cycles, audits, and month-end close.
• Analyze performance data, including project costs, revenue, margins, budgets, and variances.
• Develop risk mitigations and contingency planning.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports as needed or requested by the operations team.
• Continuously looks for ways to improve results or outcomes to increase customer satisfaction and decrease the bottom line.

• Communication
  - Actively listens and provides regular, consistent, and meaningful information and expresses the message effectively by organizing and delivering information appropriately.
• Customer Service
  - Commitment to delivering high‑quality produce and service by adjusting priorities, anticipating and meeting the needs of the customer, and continuously striving to ensure their satisfaction.
• Planning and organizing
  - Determines priorities, schedules activities, allocates and uses resources effectively and efficiently.
• Initiative
  - Recognizes, plans and acts appropriately on one’s own to upcoming problems or opportunities and/or does more than is expected or required within his/her scope of work.
• Analytical – Using a logical reasoning process to break down and work through a situation, data, or problem to arrive at an outcome.

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Project Management or similar, combined with experience to manage a set of varying quantities and sizes of projects. Minimum of 5 years controlling projects. Expert in computer usage, including Microsoft Office, scheduling software, and the Internet.