Project Controls Analyst

We are currently seeking a Project Controls Analyst,  

The Project Controls Analyst supports Shermco’s high-risk projects and strategic programs through financial, schedule, change and performance analysis. Working with project leaders, Operations and Finance, the role maintains reliable project controls and converts project data into actionable insights that improve forecasting, protect margin and support timely decisions. The position reduces the administrative burden on project leadership while maintaining delivery accountability with the responsible Project Manager and Operations team. Project-controls effort is planned and charged to qualifying projects and programs to support utilization and cost-recovery objectives.

• Maintain project financial controls by reconciling the approved baseline, actual and committed costs, estimate to complete (ETC), estimate at completion (EAC), revenue, billing, forecast gross margin and associated variances.

• Analyze labor, material, subcontractor, travel and other cost trends; prepare forecasts and clearly communicate the drivers of favorable or unfavorable performance.

• Maintain change-order, potential-change and unpriced-exposure logs, including value, status, aging, ownership and forecast treatment, and ensure approved changes and known exposures are reflected in project reporting.

• Coordinate the tracking of project risks, issues and actions, and escalate items that could materially affect cost, margin, schedule, billing or customer commitments.

• Prepare dashboards, financial summaries, forecasts and high-risk project review materials that identify trends, exceptions and matters requiring leadership attention or escalation.

• Provide portfolio-level analysis that highlights recurring causes of margin erosion, forecast changes, schedule risk and change-order performance.

• Partner with project teams to improve the accuracy, completeness and timeliness of project data across project and financial systems.

• Maintain and improve standardized PMO trackers, templates, control documents, dashboards, reporting automation and data-visualization tools.

• Reconcile final cost, revenue, margin, changes and outstanding financial items during project closeout.

• Collaborate with project leadership, Finance, Operations and other stakeholders to resolve data, cost, schedule and forecast discrepancies.

• Analyze and validate project information during handoff, baseline establishment, execution reviews and closeout.

• Accurately charge time to assigned work and partner with project leaders to estimate, plan, document and recover project-controls effort in support of utilization objectives.

• Support ad hoc analysis for PMO leadership and executive decision-making.

• Exposure to ERP, project cost, scheduling or project management systems.

• Experience with change-order tracking, earned value, progress measurement or project forecasting.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.

• Two or more years of experience in project controls, financial analysis, cost accounting, project coordination or a comparable project-based analytical role.

• Experience supporting project budgets, actual costs, commitments, forecasts, schedules or performance reporting.

• Experience in industrial services, construction, utilities, electrical services, engineering, EPC or other project-driven environments preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical ability and comfort working with detailed financial and operational data.

• Working understanding of project cost concepts including budget, actual cost, commitments, ETC, EAC, revenue, billing, margin and variance.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills; experience with Power BI or similar reporting/visualization tools is preferred.

• Ability to identify trends, inconsistencies and risks in project data and communicate them clearly to project leaders.

• Strong attention to detail, organization and follow-through.

• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities while meeting recurring reporting deadlines.

• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across field, operational and corporate teams.

• Limited travel may be required to support projects, customer sites and Shermco offices across multiple regions and time zones.

Shermco is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.  Shermco is a drug-free workplace.