Project Cost Analyst

Company: CBRE
Location: Columbus
Posted on: April 6, 2025

Job Description:

Project Cost Analyst

Job ID

212312

Posted

02-Apr-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Construction, Data Centers

Location(s)

Columbus - Ohio - United States of America

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
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CBRE - Direct Line Project Control Analyst Job Description :

SUMMARY: The Cost Analyst's primary functions are to plan, develop, and supervise all cost functions. The Cost Manager is to ensure that all project cost activities such as data collection, field estimating, productivity analysis and budget forecasting comply with company and client requirements. This position is responsible for the development and implementation of project cost standards and procedures. The cost manager will implement a standard costing structure and ensure that all projects adhere to this standard. The cost analyst is to provide a support service to the project teams to assist and guide the establishment of the project budgets and project control tools.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: The following are intended to be examples of the accountabilities for which the person in this position is responsible. This position description is not intended to be complete or all-inclusive and does not preclude management from assigning other or related functions if such functions are a logical assignment for the position.

--- Monitor the overall integrity of the project budget and forecast in accordance with approved standard operating procedures

--- Provide quality assurance to functional staff and special program managers (OSP) regarding all financial tracking and cost performance

--- Participate in monthly EAC meetings with Project Teams to validate and review current EAC's, while assisting the team to document justification of variances

--- Participate in change management meetings to identify trends and risk exposure, in conjunction with the Project Team Cost Analyst meetings

--- Participate in Risk Assessment workshops, providing input as needed to potential impacts

--- Conduct cost variance analysis of reported data to identify trends and mitigate potential budget impacts

--- Monitor identified trends and mitigation plans over time against actual performance

--- Review, analysis and oversight of budget and expenditures against projects based upon various funding sources

--- Participate in reoccurring meetings with schedulers to review cost and schedule performance to determine cost overruns/ underruns, issues with project durations, or variances in spend analyzing plan versus expenditures over period of time

--- Review, analysis and oversight of monthly cost reports and monthly progress reports

--- Review and/or create monthly billings invoices submitted to clients CR

--- Evaluate contract change orders and amendments for impact on budget/timetable

--- Review task order requests, change orders and amendments to ensure budget availability, accurate cost coding and reporting

--- Interact on a regular basis with various technical disciplines leads to understand and communicate issues and conflicts that may have impact on the budget

--- Provide interface support and respond to all requests for all financial information

--- Serve as central receiving point for all financial matters for assigned and special programs

--- Perform necessary data entry for budget and forecast impacts

QUALIFICATIONS:

--- A Bachelor's Degree in related field is desired. A high school diploma, GED and/or equivalent combination of education and work experience may be substituted.

--- 10 years of cost management, project controls and/or project management experience in a data center or construction CR industry.

--- Possesses extensive knowledge and experience in costing and estimating construction projects.

--- Working knowledge of cost and schedule management programs (i.e. Primavera, P6, Contract Manager 13, Proliance, Microsoft Project, SureTrak)

--- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to organize large amounts of information into coherent and meaningful format. Must also possess effective interpersonal skills.

--- Must be detail-oriented, organized and self-motivated

--- Able efficiently and effectively handle multiple and shifting priorities while working on multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines

--- Consistently demonstrates a high attention to detail

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company's success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

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