Senior Cost Analyst

Location: Remote

Department: Project Controls

Location Type: REMOTE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

•  Track, analyze, and reports project costs against budgets, forecasts, and financial targets.
• Develop and maintain cost models, cost estimates, and detailed cost breakdowns for ongoing and upcoming projects.
• Monitor expenditures, labor hours, purchase orders, and contracts to ensure alignment with project plans.
• Identifies cost variances, trends, and potential overruns, and provide recommendations for corrective actions.
• Prepare regular cost reports, dashboards, and financial summaries for project managers and leadership.
• Support project scheduling and planning teams by providing cost data and financial insights.
• Reviews of contractor invoices and change orders to validate accuracy and compliance with contract terms.
• Assists with developing annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial projections for capital or outage projects.
• Work closely with the Finance team (currently one person), Project Managers, and Head of PMO.
• Meet monthly with PMs; weekly with Head of PMO.
• Provide input on evaluation and selection of a cost-control system.
• Perform primarily office and non-manual work.
• Perform work related to the management or general business operations of MATRIX or its customers/clients, while exercising discretion and independent judgment with respect to matters of significance to MATRIX and its customers/clients.
• Interface with managers or head of a unit/department requiring the integration of multiple functional organizations.
• Use “lessons learned” to improve quality of MATRIX’s future projects; make recommendations to MATRIX as to the implementations of future policies and procedures.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or construction management. Equivalent work experience will be considered. 
• 2 to 5 years of experience in project cost analysis, financial analysis, or project controls 
• Strong skills in cost estimation, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Ability to interpret engineering scopes, drawings, and contractor bids
• Proficiency in Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, modeling)
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite)
• Familiarity with project management software (MS Project, Primavera P6)
• Understanding of capital project lifecycles (design → procurement → construction → commissioning)
• Knowledge of construction cost structures and contract types (T&M, lump sum, GMP)
• The ability to communicate well both verbally and written as a business necessity to ensure the safe and efficient operations of business. Clear, concise, and effective fluency in the English language is essential.

• Experience in hydropower, renewable energy, utilities, or heavy infrastructure
• AACE certifications (CCP, CEP, CCT)
• Familiarity with FERC or regulated utility accounting
• Experience with turbine/generator upgrades or dam infrastructure projects
• Skill with Power BI or Tableau
• Experience integrating cost and schedule using Primavera P6
• Knowledge of environmental permitting and compliance cost structures
• Background in asset lifecycle or long-term CAPEX modeling