What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cost Analyst position at Kent?
About you:
Join us. Unleash your energy within.
If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.
Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:
We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING
Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:
Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.
About the job:
Kent is looking for a Cost Analyst to be based in La Porte, TX.
This role will support our client with cost tracking, analysis and control support. .
Basic Job Requirements
In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.
These job requirements are the minimum basics of this job role. The Client will provide you further details of your job requirements upon mobilizing. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the needs of the Client ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.
Qualification/ Training/ Certification:
HSSEQ:
The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.
Join us. Unleash your energy within.
If you have world-class ambitions to reach the stars while keeping your feet on the ground, we’re the team for you. We've created a new breed of company – future-focused with reimagined ambition across all disciplines within the energy sector.
We love people who know their own potential and are not afraid to use it. We know that together, we’re far more than the sum of our parts. So, we celebrate people who want to grow and develop as we work together on some of the largest projects on the energy world stage.
We are committed to our diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. From day one, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds.
As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities.
We’re a disability-friendly employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process.
Our purpose and beliefs:
As Kent, we’re tackling the greatest challenge of our time - to bring our world the energy it needs in the most responsible way ever imagined.
It’s the energy of every member of our team driven by our beliefs that is making this happen. Whatever our skill, our language, or our culture. These beliefs define and direct us every day to be the very best - for ourselves, our clients, our key stakeholders, the communities we operate in and the planet:
We PLAY BIG
We thrive on EMOTIONAL AGILITY
We are FANATICAL ABOUT PERFORMANCE
We are built on INFINITE THINKING
Read more about the Purpose, Beliefs and Guiding Principles that drive us:
Our vision for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging:
We recognise that diversity & inclusion are catalysts for success. We’re heightening awareness on the benefits of people diversity, diversity of experiences and diversity of our perspectives. Creating a culture of inclusivity where all employees feel a sense of belonging.
Our combined energy is fueled by different nationalities, across 6 continents and 24 countries. Our commitment is to celebrate character – no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability.
About the job:
Kent is looking for a Cost Analyst to be based in La Porte, TX.
This role will support our client with cost tracking, analysis and control support. .
Basic Job Requirements
- Participates in the overall cost control process through the life cycle of the project.
- Ensures proper progress tracking and change management systems are in place and effectively functioning in detailed engineering and construction phases of projects.
- Provides proper variance explanation and root causes analysis of changes and maintains a trend log.
- Maps estimate to WBS structure for control/tracking or project costs.
- Prepares accurate forecast of total installed cost (TIC) for monthly forecasting and accrual reporting for assigned project managers and promotes a process for quality assurance process and timeliness for the site.
- Performs audits of invoices to ensure compliance with contractual obligations. Works directly with contractors/vendors and Accounts Payable to resolve invoice issues. Expert knowledge of SAP financial posting transactions. Monitors and resolves backlog of invoices.
- Reviews contractor estimates and change orders for completeness and agreement with the project’s physical scope and schedule progress. Knowledge of project schedule functionality, interpretation of reports, and key terminology to support project forecasting.
- Prepares or reviews the Project Controls Plan in the Project Execution Plan (PEP) to ensure alignment with scope and contracting strategy.
- Creates/modifies SAP purchase requisitions based on appropriate Procurement Strategy and alignment with TIC Estimate accounts.
- Facilitates project closures by resolving GR-IR imbalances, and closing out project PO’s, Work Orders, and WBS elements. Monitors quantity and timeliness of project closure for the site. Participates in Lessons Learned for the Project.
- Generates monthly project report (narrative by PM). Validates quality and ensures timeliness of monthly reports for the site.
- Monitors performance against target for Labor Recovery including yearly resource budgeting and project activity allocations.
- Provides data for benchmarking and KPI reporting as needed. Knowledgeable in IPA reporting and terminology for accurate data collection.
- Attends and develops presentations for face to face meetings at the regional site locations.
- Assists with program standardization and enhancements and trains team members as applicable.
- Works with Capital Projects Manager reconciling the annual Long-Range Plan to ensure alignment with current funding, master data, and project schedule in the corporate database
In addition to the responsibilities listed herein, the employee may be required to perform other ad-hoc tasks as needed or directed by the supervisor or management. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the dynamic needs of the organization, ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.
These job requirements are the minimum basics of this job role. The Client will provide you further details of your job requirements upon mobilizing. These tasks will be within the reasonable scope of the employee's skills, capabilities, and role within the organization. The intent of this provision is to allow for flexibility and adaptability in meeting the needs of the Client ensuring that operational requirements can be met efficiently. All such tasks will be assigned considering the employee's current workload and with respect to their professional development.
Qualification/ Training/ Certification:
- Minimum of 5 years of Cost Analyst/Controls experience, preferably in relation to petrochemical or refining industry projects.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills to effectively evaluate project financial health and provides recommendations for success.
- Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills and the aptitude to work cross functionally.
- Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities within strict timelines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Strong Knowledge of standardized cost guidelines (Engineering & Construction) and capital and expense policy and procedure. Mentors less experienced team members on these documents.
- Strong computer skills including SAP, Microsoft Office Products, Ariba, and/or Concur.
- Comprehensive knowledge regarding project control concepts including estimating, risk management, and scheduling.
- Power BI dashboard development or programming experience is a plus.
HSSEQ:
The Employee shall observe the Health, Safety, Sustainability, Environment and Quality rules of the Company; it’s clients and the governing authorities of the host country.
