Senior Cost Analyst
Accenture
This is a Contract position in Toronto, ON posted March 19, 2025.
- (Internal Title: Senior Cost Analyst)
- Responsible for developing, analyzing, and communicating expenses and cost transactions, data to ensure that transaction are recorded accurately and assigned to the appropriate control account and contracts
- Provides detailed financial analysis and reports of expenses, includes breakdowns of project costs, forecasts of remaining cost, and opportunities to increase efficiency
- Support the development of Integrated Cost Reporting across the Project
- Work across the functions to align the cost breakdown structure to the work and risk break down structures
- Support the preparation for, and execution of QCRA across multiple contracts and the integrated Project position
- Using the cost data and intelligence to engage across the Contracting Authority to underpin Project decision making
- Support the Contract Administration Team in the cost/invoice reconciliation process
- Manage the creation of cashflows and Project Estimate at Completion determinations to support capital spend forecasts
- Provide cost intelligence, including knowledge and data from industry, to support the development of scenarios that can drive down the Indirect Costs that the Project is subject to
- Provide cost impact analysis for all impacting proposed changes and presenting scenarios and options that best protect Contracting Authority’s position
- Establish and provide analysis for Earned Value as required
- Conducts market research as needed to recommend changes to pricing or business models
- Prepares periodic cost reconciliation reports tracking data such as changing labor and supply costs
- Capture lessons learnt from the Project and make these available across the Program
- Oversee cost analysis, controls, and reconciliation for the assigned projects
- Monitor contractual reliabilities and be responsible for the design and maintenance of project control databases, spreadsheets, and other control systems to support these functions
- Review reports and supporting documentation for project approvals and contract awards
- Prepare monthly accruals related to project-related contracts
- Establish and provide analysis for Earned Value as required
- Guide, train, and mentor junior staff in their cost analysis and monitoring tasks
- Lead and implement procedural updates and corporate initiatives related to costing
- Working Conditions
- Office-based
