Manager, Cost

LA28 (Web)•Los Angeles, CA

3d•$88,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organizing committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Venues and Infrastructure (VNI) team plays a critical role in delivering Games-specific temporary infrastructure for competition and non-competition venues to ensure that they are functional, innovative, and fully accessible for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of the larger Sport and Games Delivery group, the VNI team ensures that all venues are designed, developed, and delivered with the highest standards for functionality, sustainability, and inclusion, while respecting the timeframes established with the venues for the LA28 exclusive use periods. Reporting to the Sr. Mgr., Cost Management, the Cost Manager will own the costs and budget for groups of venues. The Cost Manager will build out the venue budgets with the Estimators, coordinate with Procurement and Contracts teams to reconcile tender documents to the approved budgets and integrate with the Venue Delivery teams to manage invoices and cash flows with Finance. The Cost Manager will work with other Cost Managers to harmonize reporting and tracking, anticipate and identify financial risks, and prepare consistent review and approvals across all infrastructure venue projects. The successful candidate will manage project costs in major temporary events or complex infrastructure delivery programs.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in project cost management or finance
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Expert knowledge reporting tools such as Excel, Tableau, PowerBI

Nice To Haves

Construction experience highly desirable
Project management desired
Experience with infrastructure projects and/or sport and events delivery

Responsibilities

Prepare and manage the budgets across several venues in a sports cluster or group with the Venue Managers and Directors
Forecast cash flows with Finance, categorizing costs according to agreed reporting groups (commodities, partners, sports)
Review invoices in partnership with Venue Delivery teams
Prepare cash flows and reporting with Finance
Reconcile invoicing with contract terms and purchase orders
Review financial change orders and manage program budget categories
Prepare, validate and cost change requests
Work with key stakeholders to ensure accurate pricing of change within contractual terms
Evaluate RFP financial submissions
Provide accurate budgets to support the procurement process
Assist in preparation of pre-tender estimates