Senior Cost Control Manager

QTS Data Centers • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Senior Cost Control Manager oversees the financial management of large-scale construction and infrastructure projects from inception through completion. The role manages and validates project budgets, maintains cost control and forecasting, evaluates potential change orders, and ensures costs align with contracts, approved budgets, and organizational objectives. It works closely with internal and external project teams, contractors, vendors, subcontractors, cost consultants, finance, and accounting teams.

The position leads and mentors onsite cost teams, promotes adherence to cost-control processes, oversees procurement and third-party cost auditing, and provides financial reporting and actionable analysis to stakeholders and senior leadership. It also supports monthly loan draws and ensures project documentation and cost-related practices comply with applicable requirements and internal policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, financing, or accounting, or relevant professional experience.
• Ten or more years of experience in cost control, construction, or project management, including prior experience in a senior or leadership role.
• Deep expertise in construction contract documents, change management, and budget control processes.
• Advanced proficiency in financial and project management software; examples include Workday, e-Builder, Procore, and Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare detailed, accurate financial forecasts, track project costs, and manage budgets throughout a project lifecycle.
• Ability to analyze complex financial data and clearly present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Strong leadership skills and a track record of managing teams, fostering collaboration, and driving performance improvement.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with internal teams, contractors, and third-party consultants.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or professional certification such as PMP, CCP, or similar.
• Experience overseeing large-scale construction or infrastructure projects.
• Three or more years of experience in a leadership or management role.
• Advanced knowledge of industry-specific regulations and best practices in cost control.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor onsite cost teams, provide direction on cost-control processes, and promote collaboration and consistent practices across project management teams.
• Create, validate, and oversee project budgets for large-scale construction and infrastructure projects, monitoring financial performance throughout the project lifecycle and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
• Review construction contract documents and ensure project costs and processes comply with contract terms, relevant laws, financial regulations, and internal policies.
• Evaluate contractors’ requests to award subcontract work, recommend actions to project management teams, monitor buyout savings, and review vendor and subcontractor contracts for alignment with project budgets and contractual terms.
• Review monthly pay applications, confirm schedules of values align with contracts, verify required documentation, reconcile project budgets, and communicate findings to project teams.
• Initiate vendor purchase orders and verify invoices comply with agreed terms.
• Analyze contractor cost forecasts, monthly progress payments, cash flow projections, actual expenditures, and budget variances; provide timely recommendations and insights to senior stakeholders.
• Evaluate potential change orders by reviewing contracts and cost information, assess and substantiate claims, maintain change-order logs, track approved changes, and oversee approval workflows according to delegation-of-authority protocols.
• Obtain and reconcile monthly contractor cash flow projections with actual figures and provide projections to capital and investment teams.
• Support the finance team’s monthly loan draw process by obtaining and validating required documentation from contractors and subcontractors.
• Serve as a financial liaison among project teams, contractors, subcontractors, finance, and external consultants; conduct regular meetings to review pay applications, documentation, cost performance, and change-order status.
• Ensure stakeholders adhere to specified review timelines and communicate project financial performance and potential risks.
• Manage third-party cost auditing teams and consultants to ensure alignment with project financial objectives and contractual obligations.
• Lead training and mentorship initiatives, share best practices and lessons learned, and promote continuous improvement in cost management.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with Roth and Traditional matching contributions and immediate vesting
• Flexible spending and HSA accounts
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays, including 11 annually, and holiday compensation when worked
• Paid volunteer days and floating holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Tuition assistance and tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• Military leave assistance and military benefits package
• QTS scholarship for employee dependents
• Wellness program
• Bonus eligibility
• Possible equity eligibility
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Pet insurance
• Legal insurance
• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program
• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program
• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program
• QTS Crisis Fund

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior