Job Description Summary

Job Description

Core Responsibility Areas

Planning and Baselines

• Establish and maintain integrated baselines across scope schedule cost and resources
• Enforce governance standards stage gates and change control discipline
• Align WBS cost codes milestones and resource plans with PMs and functional leads

Cost and Project Finance Controls

• Build and maintain integrated models (EAC/ETC margin-at-completion cash flow)
• Lead monthly project close: accruals WIP cost-to-complete revenue recognition GL reconciliations with Finance
• Run monthly margin walks and variance bridges; monitor billing backlog and working capital metrics

Reporting and Analytics

• Run weekly/monthly/quarterly performance reviews with plan vs. actual variance drivers and risk-adjusted outlooks
• Develop dashboards and KPIs (e.g. CPI/SPI EAC variance cash burn/runway)
• Perform scenario/sensitivity analyses (schedule recovery change orders claims LD exposure) and summarize impacts

Risk Change and Commercial Management

• Quantify and track change requests claims and concessions; maintain traceability to financial outcomes (margin cash LDs warranty/reserves)
• Maintain risk and contingency management linking the risk register to cost/schedule impacts and reserve usage
• Support probabilistic risk analysis where applicable

Stakeholder and Governance

• Collaborate with Finance Treasury Commercial Supply Chain and PMO to align assumptions timing and metrics
• Prepare funding/drawdown plans; support FX/commodity exposure identification and hedging coordination with Treasury
• Manage milestone billing/invoicing cadence collections follow-up and DSO/DPO impacts
• Prepare executive-ready materials for governance forums steering committees and business reviews

Data Systems and Controls

• Consolidate data from delivery teams supply chain Finance and enterprise systems for audit-ready reporting
• Drive data quality and governance: standardized definitions cost coding/WBS discipline ERP/GL reconciliations documentation quality
• Adhere to internal controls (e.g. SOX) and support audits
• Contribute to continuous improvement of methods tooling and operating rhythms

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business accounting/finance economics engineering data analytics or equivalent experience
• 24 years in project controls project finance/FP&A cost control PMO analytics or operations planning
• Working knowledge of project controls (baselining EAC/ETC variance analysis EV metrics stage gate/change control)
• Project finance fundamentals: cash flow forecasting margin analysis cost-to-complete
• Experience with project-level financial processes: revenue recognition accruals/WIP milestone billing ERP/GL reconciliations
• Strong scenario/sensitivity analysis; ability to translate insights into clear narratives and action plans
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets; dashboarding (Power BI/Tableau) and automation of repeatable reports
• Experience integrating data from multiple sources (ERP project systems collaboration tools);
• Effective communicator with proven stakeholder management across Finance Treasury Commercial Supply Chain and PMO
• Organized detail-oriented and comfortable with deadlines in a fast-paced matrixed environment

Desired Characteristics

• Professional credentials a plus: CPA CFA PMP EVP (or in progress)
• Familiarity with ERP/EPM and project cost modules (e.g. SAP Oracle Hyperion Anaplan) and standardized data definitions/governance
• Exposure to financed/consortium projects (SPVs non-recourse/P3/PPP) lender reporting DSCR/covenants letters of credit/guarantees LD/warranty implications
• Experience with change-order economics claims and commercial terms; linking contract clauses to financial outcomes
• Working knowledge of Earned Value scheduling tools (MS Project Primavera P6) and collaboration platforms
• Data wrangling (SQL Power Query Alteryx or scripting) for repeatable reporting workflows
• Understanding of FX/commodity risk concepts and Treasury coordination on hedging
• Continuous improvement mindset; experience supporting audits and internal controls (e.g. SOX)

Work Location and Arrangement

• Location: Niagara Ontario Canada
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid two (2) days per week onsite; remaining days remote subject to business needs
• Travel: Occasional local travel for team meetings suppliers or site visits as required

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