Senior Expert Project Cost Control

Exyte GmbH•Dallas, TX

10d

About The Position

The Senior Cost Controller maintains Project Cost Controls System and Management Reporting for a high value project. The role is accountable for project set-up, cost reporting, forecasting, budget management, cash flow visibility, and earned value analysis across the assigned projects. The role ensures that project cost performance is accurately measured, risks and opportunities are clearly reported, and commercial project management teams receive reliable information to support timely business decisions. The role also supports the Department Head to compile historical cost data, benchmark information, and lessons learned.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in quantity surveying, business administration, engineering, construction management, finance, or a related discipline.
5+ years of relevant experience in commercial project management, cost control, project controls, quantity surveying, or financial project management.
Strong experience in project cost forecasting, budget control, earned value analysis, cash flow forecasting, and management reporting.
Strong knowledge of cost control, cost forecasting, project accounting, and commercial reporting.
Good understanding of project budgets, cost breakdown structures, work breakdown structures, earned value analysis, percentage-of-completion reporting, and cash flow management.
Ability to interpret project cost data and convey the insight to Project Management Team.
Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience with enterprise resource planning system (Preferably, SAP S4 Hana), project controls, cost management, or reporting systems.
Strong written and spoken English.
Ability to communicate complex cost and commercial matters clearly to senior stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing cost control & reporting in large or complex projects.
Experience in international EPC project delivery environments.
Experience liaising with Internal and Client Project Management Team.
Experience in engineering, construction, advanced technology facilities, data centres, semicon, pharmaceutical, or other complex project environments would be an advantage.

Responsibilities

Liaise with Procurement & Subcontracts Leads, Commercial Leads and Project Managers to review and set up Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Work Package / project budgets.
Establish and maintain cost baselines, control budgets, and cost breakdown structures in alignment with Exyte procedure and contract requirements.
Prepare reports on revenue (as sold), internal budgets, commitments, budget transfers, change and variation orders; forecasts and cash-flows in-line with internal management reporting requirements.
Monitors and updates the actual and committed cost periodically and analyses these costs and trends.
Verify cost allocations according to Work Package.
Prepare monthly Cost Report (Ms Excel) and GPR, and Client’s Reports as required.
Prepare monthly Cash Flow and weekly Cash Flow.
Interface effectively with engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, scheduling, and finance teams to ensure integrated project control.
Monitor and identify variance from project current budget and previous EAC and report accordingly.
Maintain Change Order, Budget Transfers, Trends Register and prepare supporting documents.
Assist PMs and Project Commercial Managers with estimates and supporting documentation for CO to be submitted to Clients.
Prepare billing memo with supporting documents for Finance to prepare invoices and entries into SAP.
Internal liaison with Finance/Procurement/Operations to maintain efficient & accurate recording of cost expenditure and manage discrepancies for preparation of accurate and complete cost reports.
Troubleshoot cost abnormalities in reporting data and liaise with relevant parties as necessary.
Provide the support to Finance for External Audit and Tax Audit.
Support Project Manager in risk review process and maintain an updated risk register.
Support Project Manager to coordinate with all disciplines and providing input to the Manpower Management System (MMS).