Associate Analyst - Growth Projects

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Summary: Works with Engineering Project Managers to provide cost controls support on projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Skills of a cost analyst; ability to provide cost controls support on projects
• Comfortable evaluating and communicating cost impact of scope changes, contract values, cost trend impacts, allowances for design unknowns, escalation, contingency and fee structure to the department head and management.
• Facilitates project approval in system; assists in coding and tracking of all invoices, including retainage payments; verifies rates are correct per contract and the invoice; tracks Actuals and Commitments in detail for the project;
• Works closely with the Project Manager to provide an updated forecast monthly for the project
• Provides significant project metrics as requested; provides quarterly accruals for the project;
• Assists in creating contracts and/or work offers; manages any necessary re-classes for the project; manages documentation to be retained for project file.
• Can adapt and work through ad-hoc requests as needed
  
  

Requirements:

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, construction management or business, or additional equivalent business experience. 0-2 years of experience.
• MS Office Suite experience, especially Excel.
• Comfortable in financial software packages.
• Exhibits strong communication and interpersonal skills, strong ability to apply judgment, and professionally challenge and question both basic and complicated activity and assumptions.
• Able to communicate with Analyst and Project Managers and solve project related issues
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Pipeline industry experience
• Intermediate level of Excel: pivot tables and the manipulation of large amounts of data
• SAP systems experience
  
  

Working Conditions:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Usually, normal office working conditions.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.