Commercial Project Controller

Iron Mountain

5d•Remote

About The Position

At Iron Mountain we know that work, when done well, makes a positive impact for our customers, our employees, and our planet. That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain. We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways. Are you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation. A Commercial Project Controller or a project controller analyst works to monitor, coordinate, and control a project from start to finish. Commercial Project controllers deal closely with financial budgeting to ensure all processes run smoothly during a project. The position will support the North America Commercial Director and Project Team Commercial Managers in providing an effective cost and commercial management process and reporting mechanism across the North America portfolio of Data Center development projects.

Requirements

Bachelor degree in accounting, facilities management, business/finance or equivalent is desirable
Minimum 5+ years in the delivery of mission critical construction projects of increasing responsibility and client facing positions in a corporate real estate or military setting.
Demonstrated proficiency in budgeting/accounting
Preference for operating with substantial independence and strongly self- motivated
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in order to interface effectively with clients, peers across Iron Mountain and Iron Mountain senior management
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
Strong influencing skills through the use of facts and logical arguments and the development of trusting relationships with clients
Excellent organizational navigation skills

Responsibilities

Follow-on support with finance to ensure alignment of project forecast with current funding and billings to clients
Contribute as SME to the development of governance, processes, and training materials.
Identify and evaluate potential changes and review of contractor invoices
Examine requests for budget revisions, recommend approval or denial and draft correspondence
Support the change control process, establishing the necessary forms, logs and expediting methods
Attend and assist in effective financial project reviews
Assist with month end and yearly close out activities
Help to oversee the cost control systems i.e., Oracle, Tririga, Excel and Google Live Sheets
Contribute as SME to the development of governance, processes, and training materials.
Perform assignments that are usually broad in nature and require initiative, judgment and creativity
Create and manage a cost and commercial management process, deliver and train with the Project Controls Manager
Support Project Controls Managers to ensure full change control processes are in place to ensure full management control exists to deliver projects within approved or forecasted parameters
Flag any risks, potential changes or actual changes in a timely, transparent and accurate way
Implement periodic reviews of processes and recommend improvements