AXG Contracting is supporting a midstream energy company seeking experienced Senior Cost Analyst to support its capital projects team in Houston.
This role will manage project cost tracking, forecasting, and reporting across active capital projects. We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of the monthly cost cycle, identify potential overruns, and work directly with project managers to keep budgets and forecasts accurate.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project budgets, cost baselines, cash flow projections, and monthly spend forecasts.
- Track actual costs, accruals, open commitments, purchase orders, and subcontract expenditures.
- Analyze variances against approved budgets and previous forecasts, investigate discrepancies, and recommend corrective actions.
- Review supplier and contractor invoices against purchase orders, contract terms, and supporting documentation.
- Monitor change orders, contingencies, and budget adjustments throughout project execution.
- Prepare detailed cost reports and management summaries that explain project performance, financial risks, and forecast changes.
- Lead forecasting discussions with project managers and coordinate inputs from Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and project teams.
- Improve reporting consistency and establish practical processes for gathering, validating, and presenting project cost data.
- Support project reconciliations, administrative closeout, and documentation requirements.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of hands-on Cost Analyst or closely related project cost-control experience.
- Direct experience performing cost analysis for pipeline or midstream capital projects.
- Demonstrated ownership of budgeting, forecasting, accruals, commitments, and variance analysis.
- Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, and analysis of large datasets.
- Experience reviewing invoices, tracking purchase orders, and supporting change-control processes.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain financial information clearly to project managers and other stakeholders.
- A collaborative, proactive approach and the ability to manage competing deadlines across multiple projects.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Oracle ERP, particularly the Projects module.
- Power BI experience.
- Familiarity with Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or similar scheduling software.
- Experience standardizing cost reports and improving project-control processes.
