
Senior Cost Analyst
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Safety first - Going home safe and well
- Client focus - Deliver on our promise
- Integrity - Always do the right thing
- Create opportunity - For our people to excel
- Analyzes expenses and cost transactions; ensures that transactions are recorded accurately and assigned to the appropriate control accounts and contracts.
- Provides detailed financial analysis and reports of expenses, includes breakdowns of project costs, forecasts of remaining cost, and opportunities to increase efficiency.
- Support the development of integrated cost reporting across the project.
- Work across the functions to align the cost breakdown structure to the work- and risk break down structures.
- Support the preparation for, and execution of QCRA across multiple contracts and the integrated project position.
- Using the cost data & intelligence to engage across the contracting authority to underpin project decision making.
- Support the contract administration team in the cost/invoice reconciliation process.
- Manage the creation of cashflows and project estimate at completion determinations to support capital spend forecasts.
- Provide cost intelligence, including knowledge and data from industry, to support the development of scenarios that can drive down the indirect costs that the project is subject to.
- Provide cost impact analysis for all impacting proposed changes and presenting scenarios and options that best protect contracting authority’s position.
- Establish and provide analysis for earned value as required.
- Conducts market research as needed to recommend changes to pricing or business models.
- Prepares periodic cost reconciliation reports tracking data such as changing labor and supply costs.
- Significant experience in the delivery of construction projects.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Thorough understanding of cost accounting principles and procedures.
- Thorough knowledge of contract administration principles, methods, procedures, and practices, as well as project management methods and practices.
- In-depth understanding of business administration concepts with emphasis on scheduling principles combined with a good knowledge of budget and cost control concepts.
- Excellent competency in MRP systems including MAXIMO and EcoSys, WorkDay.
- Tailor technical information for different audiences through presentations, reports, and other means independently.
- Must foster relationships with various stakeholders.
- Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension.
- Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership.
- Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities.
- Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal).
- Excellent reading and language comprehension.
- Ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths.
- Demonstrated capability to lead cost analysts, supervise, delegate, and develop capacity.
- Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, economics, or a related discipline.