Turner & Townsend are looking for a Senior Cost Control Consultant to oversee the financial aspects of major data center construction program for a global technology client.
The key responsibilities of this role include:
- Monitoring and controlling costs to ensure the financial health of projects.
- Managing cash flow, pay applications, and change management.
- Budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
- Implementing cost-saving measures to meet project goals and client requirements.
Success in this position requires excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a client-facing role.
Location Requirement:
This position requires working locally with our client in Holly Ridge, LA. Relocation support is available. If full relocation isn’t feasible, a per diem may be offered provided you can work onsite Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Build strong working relationships across stakeholders through clear communication, constructive challenge, reliability, and a collaborative attitude.
- Demonstrate a professional, respectful, and solutions-oriented approach when engaging with clients, contractors, and internal teams, particularly in high-pressure project environments.
- Lead the review and commercial challenge of general contractor and trade partner pay applications, change requests, and supporting backup to ensure accuracy, entitlement, and value for money.
- Own forecast-at-complete / estimate-at-completion reporting, including variance analysis, identification of key cost movements, and recommended corrective actions.
- Maintain a clear and auditable cost control environment across commitments, changes, accruals, invoices, and forecasts, ensuring all records are accurate and decision-ready.
- Provide exception-based reporting to the client and project leadership, highlighting key risks, aging change, unfunded exposure, forecast variances, and items requiring escalation.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, forecasts, and cost control systems.
- Track and report all project expenditures, preparing and analyzing cost reports.
- Monitor cost performance, identifying risks and providing mitigation strategies.
- Collaborate with project managers, finance, and procurement teams for accurate invoicing, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Oversee contract administration and ensure compliance.
- Conduct risk assessments and implement management protocols.
- Provide regular project status updates and detailed progress reports.
- Ensure all cost management activities adhere to industry standards and legal regulations.
- Manage cash flow process with the general contractors and review variances and provide detailed feedback.
- Prepare detailed monthly cash flow reports/narratives for client to review.
- Prepare and submit pay applications review to clients, resolve discrepancies and track their status.
- Review and verify subcontractor and vendor invoices.
- Document and assess changes to project scope, schedule, or budget.
- Implement change management protocols and prepare change order requests.
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Regular travel to construction site is expected.