Cost Control Specialist II

• Work with all relevant project and discipline personnel to prepare project cost expectations and tracking tools.

• Understand all relevant project documents pertaining to the preparation of cost control plans and reports.

• Ensuring the integrity of accounting information and providing analytical services for transmission and substation projects.

• Monitoring, maintaining, and completing key reports and providing analytical functions towards capital projects utilizing data and other critical deliverables.

• Collecting, evaluating, and reporting Capital budget, project cost, work order closings and variance reporting.

• Initiate, monitor, maintain and close out of capital work orders in all legal entities.

• Create and analyze capital budgets, financial forecasts, reporting of actual financial results and variance explanations.

• Work with accounting on reconciling invoices.

• Assists in the preparation of accruals.

• Additional duties as assigned.

Required Basic or Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or the equivalent required;

• Two (2) years of experience as a project cost analyst or similar role;

• Working knowledge of cost control software; and the ability to learn new software platforms quickly

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel;

• Intermediate level skills with Microsoft Office software (Word, Powerpoint, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree;

• Ability to work with minimal supervision;

• Ability to learn new software platforms quickly;

• Ability to pay close attention to detail;

• Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels;

• Availability and the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously;

• Availability and ability to travel to client sites on occasion;

• Availability and ability to work overtime as needed based on project.

• Interaction with other team members, as well as supervisors and client personnel

• May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis to obtain project field data or attend project meetings

• Field duties may require outdoor work in a plant, facility or terminal environment

• Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection

• May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes

• Must be able to lift and carry five (5) pounds

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities which permits employee to communicate effectively

• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time

• Sufficient vision or other powers of observation which permits employee to conduct analysis and investigations

• Sufficient manual dexterity which permit the employee to perform routine office duties

• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations