Senior Cost Analyst
Building on our past. Ready for the future
Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.
Budget development & management
- Establish comprehensive project budgets, including labor, materials, and equipment, as per Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
- Perform trend analysis on cost for early identification of potential deviations.
- Prepare rolling forecast, cash flow, and PCS.
- Coordinate with project manager regarding project status and action on any issue of time, identify the need for project resources and analyze the cost of the project.
Performance tracking (EVM)
Utilize Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics like Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) to measure real-time project health. Review, monitor and control costs, deliverables, programs, progress, and productivity.
Financial forecasting
Develop and update Estimate-at-Completion (EAC) and cash flow projections to prevent unexpected budget overruns.
Change & claims management
Quantify and track change orders, variations, and claims to ensure financial alignment with the contractual baseline.
Reporting & insights
Prepare weekly and monthly financial dashboards and reports for senior management, highlighting variances and recommending corrective actions.
Team leadership
Provide technical guidance to staff and may assign work. Reviews work for technical accuracy and adequacy. Plans, controls and reports on project work. May have direct reports and may make recommendations concerning selection, training, rating and discipline of staff.
Decision making
Proactively sets priorities related to complex situations having multi-project and/or organizational impact. Contributions are primarily technical rather than managerial. May be involved in guiding strategies.
Ensure compliance with Worley and client cost control standards, systems, and procedures.
Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related discipline.
- 15+ years of experience in cost control, cost analysis, or project controls within engineering, construction projects.
- Experience with project scheduling and planning in Primavera P6 is desirable, but not required.
- Strong knowledge of project cost management systems, forecasting, and reporting.
- Experience supporting project portfolios and medium to large, multidisciplinary projects.
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage with clients and senior stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience working with EcoSys for cost and project management.
- Experience in cost management in construction phase.
Moving forward together
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