Senior Cost Controller

Turner & Townsend•Kankakee, IL

2d•$120,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with more than 22,000 people in over 60 countries. It works with clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, providing programme, project, cost, asset, and commercial management; controls and performance; procurement and supply chain; net zero; and digital solutions. The Senior Cost Controller implements and maintains cost control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts for projects of medium complexity and value. The role supports cost estimates and decisions, bid evaluations, forecasting, cash-flow analysis, cost reporting, project scheduling, and project-controls reporting. It also involves manipulating and reconciling data from multiple sources, maintaining an audit trail, and adhering to applicable SOX controls. For specific projects and programmes, the role operates project-controls software, develops work breakdown structures (WBS), uploads financial data from SAP, updates forecasts using stakeholder inputs, and produces monthly cost-report packages for multiple projects. It manages change logs, updates cash flow in the client portfolio-management system, reviews contractor progress submissions and invoices, and participates in developing cost estimates with design services and construction teams. Projects may range in value from $100,000 to over $50 million. On-site presence and requirements may change depending on client needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering, or a construction-related field.
At least 5 years of relevant experience in a cost-management role in the construction industry.
Experience supporting cost management on medium- or large-sized construction projects.
Knowledge of construction-industry technical matters, including procurement routes, value management, and value engineering.
Strong communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Construction consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
Experience on large-scale Life Sciences projects or similar is preferred but not required.
Experience with project-controls tools such as Contruent, Prism, or Ecosys, or with PMIS, is highly desirable.
Relevant industry certification is preferred.

Responsibilities

Implement, administer, and maintain cost-control systems and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
Assist in preparing and reviewing cost estimates.
Provide cost information to support decisions and selection of alternatives.
Evaluate and analyze fee proposals and bids, and provide recommendations.
Prepare forecasts and cash-flow analyses.
Maintain and manage cost reports and regularly update project financial positions.
Assist with development, validation, and maintenance of project schedules.
Develop reporting and tracking tools; generate regular cost reports, including earned-value evaluations.
Build spreadsheets to manipulate large datasets quickly and accurately.
Extract and transform data from multiple sources to meet operational needs.
Reconcile data for accuracy and maintain a clean audit trail.
Adhere to applicable SOX control responsibilities.
Operate project-controls software, develop WBS structures, upload SAP financial data, and update forecasts using stakeholder inputs.
Produce monthly cost-report packages for multiple projects.
Develop and manage WBS structures that meet project needs and client standards.
Review contractor progress submissions and invoices for consistency with approved forecasts and budgets.
Use client SAP reports to gather actuals and commitments for cost reporting.
Manage and maintain project change logs and provide reporting.
Update project cash flow in the client portfolio-management system.
Review and participate with design services and construction managers in developing cost estimates.