Project Controls Specialist IV, Cost Analyst

MAAS Companies • Los Angeles, CA

6d • $151,000 - $166,000

About The Position

BuildLACCD is the district's multi-billion-dollar bond construction program across nine colleges. As a Project Controls Specialist IV in the Program Management Office, you own the integrity of project budgets and forecasts across a portfolio of capital projects, so the numbers leadership relies on are accurate and defensible. You sit at the center of cost. You run monthly Estimate at Completion reviews, take part in change management and risk workshops, and analyze variances. You work side by side with project managers, construction managers, and schedulers to catch overruns and trends early and to keep cost and schedule telling the same story. Day to day you reconcile budgets against actuals, validate cost coding on change orders and amendments, manage Estimates to Complete, and build the reports and dashboards in e-Builder, Proliance, and DELTEK that the PMO and senior leadership use to make decisions.

Requirements

• 7 to 10 years of project controls on a capital construction program
• A degree in business, engineering, project management, or construction management, or four additional years of qualifying experience in place of the degree
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling, and the ability to organize and interpret complex financial data
• A strong eye for detail and the judgment to spot trends and risks before they reach the budget
• The ability to explain financial concepts clearly to people who are not finance people
• A track record of working independently and meeting tight deadlines

Nice To Haves

• Power BI and/or Tableau for real-time cost reports, dashboards, and visualizations
• Deep e-Builder, DELTEK, Proliance, and data warehousing experience on large programs
• Experience integrating multiple project and financial data sources into clean reports
• Cost control and budgeting on large-scale, multi-funded capital projects

Responsibilities

• Budget and forecast integrity across a portfolio of capital projects
• Monthly EAC (Estimate at Completion) reviews, with variance analysis and justification
• Cost variance analysis, trend monitoring, and early warning on budget impacts
• Estimate to Complete (ETC) allocation and tracking for PBAs, change orders, and amendments
• Cost coding and budget validation on contract change orders and amendments
• Budget and actuals reconciliation, with corrective action on discrepancies
• Cost reports, dashboards, and asset tracking in e-Builder, Proliance, and DELTEK

Benefits

• health, dental, and vision at low cost
• 401k
• three weeks of PTO
• an ESOP (employee stock ownership) at no cost to you, with a 3% Safe Harbor contribution vested on day one

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree