Project Controls Specialist III (Cost Analyst) - Los Angeles, CA

Description

• Review staffing plans, identify any excessive peaks or potential cost impacts and make recommendations for peak leveling
• Review and analysis of monthly cost reports and monthly progress report
• Collect/review draft PBA's w/ PM's for monthly submission including cost verification of previous amendments
• Conduct cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts
• Develop custom financial, budget and schedule reports as directed by the College Project Director (CPD)
• Provide risk management input and alignment to reporting
• Support development of weekly/monthly cost and status reports for project team
• Verification of charge codes for purchase requisitions and change orders to ensure proper cost accounting
• Ensure implementation of BuildLACCD policies, procedures and plans regarding cost management of capital projects with multiple funding sources
• Provide cost coding and budget verification for contract change orders and amendments for impact on budget/timetable
• Coordinate with Project Managers/Construction Manager to establish and maintain data coding structures, project controls tools, and quality data for budgets, contracts, change orders, trends and actual costs
• Assist with preparation of reporting on budget and cost as directed by management.
• Provide interface support and respond to all College and PMO requests for financial information
• Review task order requests, change orders and amendments to ensure budget availability, accurate cost coding and reporting
• Review and analysis of budget and expenditures against projects based upon various funding source
• Assist the Project Managers with amendment exhibits to contracts
• Create budget transfers, produces financial closeouts
• Perform necessary data entry for budget and forecast impacts
• Participate in monthly EAC meetings with the Project Management Office (PMO) to validate and review current EAC’s, including providing justification of variances
• Develop standard and ad hoc reports for internal and external stakeholders. Identify information requirements from users and utilize various reporting and data mining applications to support daily business operations and presentations
• Assist and monitor effective cost control and budget management practices.
• Oversee the review, approval, and payment processes of monthly payment applications (contractor and consultant) by liaising with the appropriate internal and external parties.
• Participate in Risk Assessment workshops, providing input as needed to potential impacts
• Assist with cost variance analysis
• Develops reports that support campus specific budgeting, cost control, auditing, asset tracking, using various systems and data bases that may include, but not limited to; UII, Proliance, DELTEK Costpoint, and other systems used by the BuildLACCD Program Management Office
• Allocate the ETCs when required (PBA, Change Orders, etc.)
• Monitor and manage the ETCs for each project
• Collaborate with schedulers to review cost and schedule performance to determine cost overruns/underruns, issues with project durations, or variances in spend analyzing plan versus expenditures over period of time
• Monitor identified trends and mitigation plans over time against actual performance
• Assist with gathering physical completion data
• Work with the Project Managers on project budget issues (verifying budgets for additional Task Orders needed for IOR, LOR, additional services, etc.)
• Run weekly budget reports for CPD review for potential budget cleanup
• Participate in change management meetings to identify trends and risk exposure
• Monitor the overall integrity of the project budget and forecast in accordance with approved standard operating procedures
• Interact on a regular basis with various technical discipline leads to understand and communicate issues and conflicts that may impact the budget
• Monitor upcoming contracts for PBA Amendment consideration

Requirements

• Ability to present data to management in an organized manner
• Knowledge of theories, principles and practices of cost/schedule management, earned value management, change management, forecasting, and risk assessment
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements and situations
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Office, Advanced Excel Skills, Proliance, Data-Warehouse or other systems used by a large capital program, and any educational facility experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• 5-10 years experience professional experience in program and/or project controls on a construction program.
• Exceptional communication skills required
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to perform in a business environment, maintaining professionalism in all communications and demeanor
• BS/BA Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related degree. Additional qualifying experience in excess of the minimum stated above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Experience working through the entire project life cycle

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance