What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Controls Cost position at Qualus?
The Cost Specialist will be responsible to assemble and provide information to Project Managers and Operations Management within their assigned Business Units regarding project current costs, commitments, and forecasts according to strict deadlines. This includes coordinating responses from field / operations personnel and gathering information from internal accounting systems, assembling accurate reporting workbooks, and interpreting data to predict project productivity trends. Time management, multi-tasking, communications, and a strong adherence to deadlines are essential to the position.
Job Responsibilities
- Build and maintain cost actuals and forecasts through project completion
- Review change request / change order logs with Project Managers weekly.
- Accurately organize and assemble job cost forecasting workbooks.
- Deliver and review accurate forecasting workbooks with Management weekly; accurately interpret data and communicate clearly and concisely.
- Verify accuracy of committed cost in system weekly; communicate with Project Managers and adjust commitments as required.
- Assist Project Managers in assembling project budgets and earned value structures immediately upon project award / turnover.
- Assemble and communicate data in support of the monthly revenue recognition process.
- Effective, clear & timely communication of data and trends to Project / Operations Management.
- Assist in compiling scope change requests.
- Review and submit spending accruals monthly
- Analyze and generate journal entries as needed
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