Cost Controls Manager

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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Role description:

Location: Groton Connecticut area
Work Arrangement: Hybrid with required on-site presence in the Groton CT area 23 days per week plus additional in-person attendance as needed to support business and client requirements.

Arcadis is seeking a PMO Program Controls & Systems Lead to support a major life sciences and corporate real estate capital program in the Groton Connecticut area. This role will serve as the working controls lead for the Northeast portfolio while also providing leadership across the broader Arcadis PMO controls team supporting the account.

This is a high-impact hands-on leadership role for a professional who can combine strong project controls capability with systems oversight governance leadership and team management. The successful candidate will lead integrated controls delivery across cost forecasting planning oversight risk reporting and PMO systems while coordinating a team of U.S.-based controls leaders and global systems support resources. The scope also includes partnership with project managers and stakeholders on funding governance reporting accuracy tool adoption data integrity and project administration enablement.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a managed-services environment with defined reporting cadences governance forums service expectations and continuous improvement requirements. This role is best suited for a leader who is equally effective driving day-to-day execution strengthening PMO processes and improving the quality and consistency of portfolio-level controls services. The underlying scope emphasizes monthly KPI performance formal quarterly business reviews accurate and timely reporting support for governance and funding submissions and disciplined maintenance of PMO systems and data.

Role accountabilities:

Integrated Project Controls Leadership

• Serve as the primary controls lead for the Northeast portfolio supporting active project and program delivery across cost management forecasting milestone and schedule oversight risk reporting and governance.
• Provide leadership across the Arcadis PMO controls function supporting the account including coordination of U.S.-based Controls Managers and global systems support resources.
• Drive consistency in project controls delivery reporting standards governance execution and overall portfolio support across projects and regions.
• Partner closely with project managers program leaders finance procurement and other stakeholders to support effective project planning control and decision-making

Cost Management and Financial Controls

• Lead budget planning cost tracking forecasting accruals actuals review and portfolio-level financial reporting.
• Support project teams in establishing and maintaining accurate cost plans from project initiation through closeout.
• Oversee cost governance activities including funding requests budget verification contingency review financial controls and capital approval support.
• Monitor cost performance against approved budgets and defined performance metrics identifying risks trends and corrective actions where needed.
• Support closeout activities including invoice reconciliation purchase order closeout and project capitalization processes..

PMO Systems Reporting Tools and Data Governance

• Lead oversight of PMO systems reporting tools dashboards and repositories used to support project program and portfolio visibility.
• Help guide administration and continuous improvement of CORE and other PMO-managed systems ensuring strong data quality consistency traceability and timely updates.
• Support enhancements to dashboards templates SOPs and reporting tools to improve usability governance alignment and leadership insight.
• Partner with the global systems support team to ensure responsive user support issue resolution and reliable platform performance.

Planning Schedule and Lifecycle Controls

• Oversee the broader planning and lifecycle controls framework across the portfolio including milestone visibility baseline alignment update governance and progress reporting.
• Support project teams in maintaining effective planning practices and interpreting schedule information to identify risks constraints and recovery opportunities.
• Ensure project controls outputs remain aligned with governance checkpoints funding milestones and lifecycle stage requirements.
• Provide integrated planning support as part of the overall controls model.

Governance Performance Reporting and Continuous Improvement

• Lead preparation and review of project program and portfolio reporting packages governance materials and executive summaries.
• Support recurring governance forums including funding reviews regional governance meetings and quarterly business reviews.
• Help monitor KPI performance across cost schedule risk administration systems and reporting service areas and drive improvement actions where required.
• Lead or support root-cause analysis performance improvement planning and corrective actions where service or delivery expectations are not met.
• Promote lessons learned retrospectives and process improvement initiatives to strengthen PMO maturity and service quality over time.

Team Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Lead a distributed delivery model that includes regional controls resources and global systems support team members.
• Mentor team members support capability development and foster accountability responsiveness and high-quality execution.
• Build trusted relationships with client stakeholders and internal delivery teams through clear communication strong follow-through and practical problem solving.
• Ensure work is delivered with professionalism accuracy and consistency in support of a complex capital program environment.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Construction Management Engineering Business Finance Project Management or a related field.
• Significant progressive experience in project controls PMO operations capital program management or comparable portfolio environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading integrated controls functions across cost forecasting planning governance systems and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and PMO tools such as Primavera P6 Smartsheet Excel Power BI SharePoint SAP CORE CAMMS Procore or similar platforms.
• Experience developing dashboards executive reporting governance materials and performance metrics.
• Experience supporting funding approvals cost governance accruals financial reporting and portfolio-level controls.
• Experience leading or coordinating distributed teams including remote or global support resources.
• Strong analytical communication stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented organized and able to operate effectively in a fast-paced client-facing environment..

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline.
• Professional certification such as PMP CCM PSP or similar.
• Experience in life sciences pharmaceutical corporate real estate or other complex institutional capital programs.
• Experience with enterprise PMIS environments governance-driven capital programs and managed-services delivery models.
• Experience building or refining SOPs templates reporting structures and PMO operating frameworks.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $145000.00 - $165000.00. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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