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Senior Cost Analyst

turnerconstruction
West Des Moines, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/24/2026

Position Description: Manages the Cost Department. Responsible for preparing and analyzing profit center financial performance results.

Reports to: General Manager and Finance Manager (jointly)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities*:

  • Manage and evaluate Cost Department staff and train in project cost control and forecasting.
  • Supervise the preparation of all cost reports, forecasts and other special studies as required.
  • Provide an independent judgment of the indicated outcome in the Budget Analysis Report (BAR) of individual projects and make recommendations.
  • Prepare financial information, forecasts and recommendations for Annual Plan.
  • Train other departments and jobsite staff in cost control function.
  • Evaluate data reported by Cost Analyst to ensure integrity of the data.
  • Identify risks on projects that will impact earnings and develop action plans to rectify risk issues.
  • Facilitate the monthly forecasting as it relates to profit center projections of revenue and earnings (Business Planning and Consolidation – BPC).
  • Discuss project issues on a continual basis with the General Manager (GM) and the Financial Manager (FM).
  • Attend all Operations Review Management (ORM) and project set-up meetings.
  • Ensure preparation of the final Cost Audited BAR (CAB) to reconcile to the final contract value and cost.
  • Track publication of BARs, CABs and IORs.

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