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Project Cost Analyst Associate in Fort Wayne, IN, for our Direct client | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Indotronix is seeking a Project Cost Analyst Associate in Fort Wayne, IN, for our Direct client
Job Title: Project Cost Analyst Associate - Entry Level
Location: Fort Wayne, IN
Duration: 12+ Months
Pay Rate: $30 to 33/Hr on W2
Note: This is an entry-level opportunity. The client is looking for candidates with a Bachelor's or Associate's degree in a relevant field. No prior experience is required, and if you're selected, the client will provide the necessary training to help you succeed in the role.
Basic Qualifications :
No experience required with a qualified Associate's or Bachelor's degree.
With a High School Diploma, a minimum of two (2) years' qualified experience.
Description:
1. Responsible for coordinating project cost analysis, controls, and schedule (P6) for team activities supporting the Project Managers (PMs), or other staff, including overseeing the cost reporting for multiple projects and monitoring project budgets to assure accurate depiction of project cost on base and intermediate projects under direct supervision.
2. Responsibilities include input of budgets within the Client corporate systems, providing ongoing forecast updates and variance analysis at the program and project levels, input and tracking of key performance indicators, and working collaboratively with project teams to implement project management best practices throughout the project lifecycle.
3. This position will also include scheduling activities with our associated work plan using Primavera(P6) and Smartsheet scheduling tools.
Provides communication and develops partnerships with internal and/or external customers.
Depending on the business unit assigned, this position might also be responsible for the creation of work orders and having direct interface in coordinating with external contractors and vendors to integrate these parties into the overall project budget and schedule.
Essential Job Functions & Tasks :
1. Coordinate project meetings and work with project team members on project activities. Support the PM in the preparation and updating of project documentation and planning.
2. Assist with preparing forecasts of project spending and cash flows, budget variance monitoring, cost tracking/analysis, scheduling and schedule analysis/variance.
Depending on business unit needs, provide analysis and verification for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) activities and assist with providing input to annual budget, capital forecasts, five-year plan, and improvement requisitions. Perform estimate vs. actuals analysis.
3. Collaborate with Project Management (PM), and other vested parties to perform variance reporting and/or establish original baseline budgets that are time-phased with dates from the system schedule. Create project breakdown structures.
4. Perform some departmental organizational functions when necessary and as assigned to ensure the smooth operation of project functions.
This might include tracking, analyzing, and verifying information for unvouchered liabilities (UVLs), keeping project system records current and complete, and coordinating the work order process related to a project from creation of the work order through in-servicing and closing.
5. Depending on the business unit assigned, assist in the contracting process.
This might include bidding activities, analysis of cost, and cost tracking.
6. Communicate with project team, resources, and other internal and external stakeholders on various budgetary items.
Work with others in both supplying information and seeking assistance as necessary.
7. Perform varied assignments demonstrating technical knowledge and analytical techniques to solution of problems or analysis.
Apply problem-solving skills to resolve technical problems and initiate solution techniques.
8. Develop an understanding of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are measurable outcomes (scope, budgeting, schedule performance, cost performance, forecasting, etc.)
9. Providing strong teamwork with colleagues, vendors, and/or customers and respond to customer/vendor inquiries, resolving work order issues and/or implementing action plans in a fast-paced, results-oriented team.
10. Develop an understanding of the Client project/work management organizational standards and assist in the management of projects to those standards.
Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the Client Project Management Governance Committee.
Qualified degrees must be in a related field from an accredited university or college and could include Accounting, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Technology, or Project Management.
Qualified experience includes utility-specific operations knowledge/experience with a good working knowledge of work processes and procedures.
Experience should be in design, operations, planning, project management, cost tracking analysis, forecasting, and project budgets, working with accounting principles, and/or construction or maintenance of systems and/or equipment.
Additional Requirements :
1. Demonstrate ability to manage time effectively and efficiently and demonstrate organizational and planning skills, as well as an aptitude for accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to achieve goals
2. Excellent oral and written communication skills along with a professional demeanor and commitment to customer service and teamwork.
3. Proficient in the use of computers and MS Office products including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
4. Team player with ability to work and collaborate well with others
5. Some travel, including overnight, may be required
6. Safely and effectively perform light physical duties at various work sites including home and Client locations in varying conditions.
7. Understand and support the policies, values, principles, structure, and behavior of Client
8. Exposure to corporate accounting and project cost management systems, construction environments, earned value management, and scheduling systems is preferred but not required.
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