Senior Cost Analyst (Philadelphia)

Position Description: Manages the Cost Department. Responsible for preparing and analyzing profit center financial performance results.

Reports to: General Manager and Finance Manager (jointly)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities*:

• Manage and evaluate Cost Department staff and train in project cost control and forecasting.
• Supervise the preparation of all cost reports, forecasts and other special studies as required.
• Provide an independent judgment of the indicated outcome in the Budget Analysis Report (BAR) of individual projects and make recommendations.
• Prepare financial information, forecasts and recommendations for Annual Plan.
• Train other departments and jobsite staff in cost control function.
• Evaluate data reported by Cost Analyst to ensure integrity of the data.
• Identify risks on projects that will impact earnings and develop action plans to rectify risk issues.
• Facilitate the monthly forecasting as it relates to profit center projections of revenue and earnings (Business Planning and Consolidation BPC).
• Discuss project issues on a continual basis with the General Manager (GM) and the Financial Manager (FM).
• Attend all Operations Review Management (ORM) and project set-up meetings.
• Ensure preparation of the final Cost Audited BAR (CAB) to reconcile to the final contract value and cost.
• Track publication of BARs, CABs and IORs.