Job Summary: 

• Ensures accurate cost records and keeps the records up to date.
• Tests and identifies opportunities for cost savings.
• Understands how activities and costs are linked to products, processes, and customers.
• Tracks monthly costs and production activity to provide insight into areas needing cost reduction and process or profit improvement. 
• Requires full working knowledge of relevant business practices and procedures in professional field. 
• Uses standard theories, principles and concepts and integrates to propose a course of action.
• Work under minimal supervision. 
• Relies on experience and judgement to plan and accomplish assigned goals. 
• May periodically assist in orienting, training, and/or reviewing the work of peers.
• Judgement is required in resolving complex problems based on experience.
• Contacts are primarily with department supervisors, leads, subordinates, and peers. 

Skills on Resume:

• Cost Management (Hard Skills)  
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)  
• Process Improvement (Hard Skills)  
• Business Acumen (Hard Skills)  
• Independent Judgment (Soft Skills)  
• Leadership and Training (Soft Skills)  
• Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)  
• Interpersonal Communication (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Broadly, works collaboratively across the organization to develop, maintain, analyze, prepare, and report cost and financial data.
• Maintain standard costs for products and cost forecasts for forward looking projections.
• Review production cost data for accuracy, working cross functionally, determine root-cause and implement solutions.
• Perform monthly analysis of financial data to explain variances and ensure accuracy. 
• Distributes monthly operational and cost-related reports.
• Perform quarterly analytical reviews, such as standard cost reviews and manufacturing variances. Communicate results and make necessary adjustments.
• Participate in month end close process and report distribution.
• Working with the CFO and Controller, contribute to the preparation of the annual budget.
• Working with respective department managers, obtain forecasts of projected spend for expenses and projects. 
• Communicate to leadership and update systems accordingly.
• Develop and maintain formulations (bill of materials) for standard costing purposes.
• Working with R&D, production, and supply chain, prepare cost estimates for new products and formulations. 
• Update tables and reports that use cost data.

Skills on Resume:

• Cost Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Budgeting and Forecasting (Hard Skills)
• Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
• Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
• Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
• Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
• Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Plan staffing and project hours to ensure necessary resources are available and appropriately assigned for both approved and proposed work
• Ensuring thorough regular periodic reassessment of project scope, cost and schedule for completeness, reflecting the best judgement of the project team and management
• Evaluate current status of the project cost, provide most accurate total Project Forecast ensuring inclusion of all cost categories
• Identify deliverables, assign budgets and check points to these deliverables, status progress against check / control points, calculate earned hours and progress
• Report and graph updates of actual man-hours and costs invoiced, incurred, physical progress, forecast to complete, key and / or critical issues and scheduled achievements relative to the status of the project
• Review invoices for correct collection of revenues
• Update project information for actual invoices
• Manage client expectations and coach others in effective negotiation
• Assist with the development of succession plans and participate in HIPO assessment and performance review process
• Ensure contractual obligations are being met within assigned budgets
• Develop controls to ensure that client and Corporate procedures are being adhered to active in continuous improvement
• Responsible for managing and maintaining management change process, change orders and change logs
• Lead for risk management practice

Skills on Resume:

• Project Resource Planning (Hard Skills)
• Cost Forecasting and Management (Hard Skills)
• Schedule Management (Hard Skills)
• Risk Management (Hard Skills)
• Client Relationship Management (Soft Skills)
• Leadership and Team Development (Soft Skills)
• Negotiation Skills (Soft Skills)
• Continuous Improvement Practices (Soft Skills)

Job Summary: 

• Train junior Cost control staff
• Assess program capability to accomplish current and future assigned work; initiate actions as required to meet commitments, project and client deadlines
• Assuming responsibility for preparing and assessing the accuracy of all cost control reports
• Assisting in presentation of cost control procedures to clients
• Monitor the performance of the job versus current forecast by analyzing actual data, reviewing project costs overruns/under runs and producing appropriate reporting for project management
• Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of operational issues and effectively work with and support the project team including assisting with compiling and regularly updating the forecast to complete the project
• Ensure approved funding for expenditure, accuracy and capture of all project costs
• Define, develop and document multiple dependent or independent budgets
• Approve changes to baseline / estimates and new forecasted dates / performance
• Timely identification, notification, resolution, and recording of deviations from current plan including items that have potential for future impact within project scope
• Convey an understanding of project evolution and serve as a preventative mechanism for unforeseen cost impacts
• Actively participate in system implementations, upgrades and reporting improvements.
• Support maintenance and development of cost control systems, tools and procedure.

Skills on Resume:

• Financial Forecasting (Hard Skills)
• Cost Analysis and Reporting (Hard Skills)
• Project Management (Hard Skills)
• Budget Management (Hard Skills)
• Leadership and Training (Soft Skills)
• Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
• Problem-solving (Soft Skills)
• Adaptability (Soft Skills)