Senior Project Controls

General Job Description:

The Senior Project Controls role develops and implements standardized project controls to manage or support budgets, scheduling, cost control, purchasing, billing, collections and accounts payable for construction projects.  Reporting to The Assistant Corporate Controller, this role is responsible for establishing and leveraging standard processes in the functions above in support of the Project Manager and other project team members as assigned.  

Supervises: n/a

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Cost Control / Accounting 

Support the Project Manager (PM) in the following activities, as requested:

• Reconcile project accounts with general ledger entries and labor postings.
• Track project budgets and expenditures.
• Monitor cost performance vs. forecasts.
• Identify cost overruns and recommend corrective actions.

Schedule Management

• Work with General Contractor to align milestone planning.
• Work closely with General Contractor to align weekly work planning goals, three-week look-aheads and relevant percent of plan complete (PPC) metrics.
• Lead General Foreman (GF) level pull planning sessions, both internally and externally tracking quality of commitments made.
• Produce Primavera data and output in accordance with General Contractor needs.
• Create visual KPI / metrics dashboards that drive change. 
• Assess the state of the project as necessary to create confidence in schedule data.
• Work with internal Procurement Engineer to identify material and equipment constraints impacting planned work. Identify possible future material and equipment constraints for prioritization. 
• Align data gathering and output to support relevant client KPIs, EVM, etc.
• Work with Project Engineer/Detailing Lead to ensure RFI/ constraints are reflected within the schedule.
• Work with GF to understand shop commitments to meet JIT material needs to site.
• Generate weekly Status reports for GF/PM team to complete and incorporate into ACCO schedule/ look ahead outputs.

KPI & EVM Management

• Align ACCO billing requests with end user and client performance metrics (KPI, EVM, etc.).
• Provide data to support performance to date and forecasted future performance through collection and monitoring of various productivity metrics.
• Detailed measurement and tracking of fabrication, installation and inspection of materials forming a set of analytics representative of  performance and supportive of billing requests.
• Work with the client to provide the project data they require in easy-to-digest packages. 

Billing & Collections

• Coordinating with Project Management staff to create and submit billings each month to the client (Lump sum jobs only).
• Support the Collections department and Project Management staff to collect payments and track compliance with payment and collection terms/conditions, including certified payroll, as applicable.
• Tracking billing progress to ensure billing milestones are met (e.g., % complete, earned value).
• Flagging issues that may delay billing (e.g., disputes, incomplete documentation, etc.) and working with the Project Management team to resolve prior to them being a problem.
• Coordinating with the client through the Billing / Collections departments to resolve billing questions or compliance related complications to avoid payment delays
• Align cost and schedule data for accurate forecasting.
• Provide earned value or milestone data to support progress billing.
• Maintain Cash Flow projections for the project and update monthly based on forecasted project milestones and payment terms.
• Coordinate with the client on retention release and overall management to assist with positive cash flow performance.
• Support the Collections department in the creation and approval of lien releases for ACCO and its subcontractors to facilitate prompt payment from the client.

Accounts Payable - Responsible For (supporting/monitoring):

Validation of Work Progress & Approvals

• Coordinate with the PM/PE to review subcontractor/vendor payment applications for progress alignment.
• Coordinate with field teams to confirm work-in-place before AP payment.
• Support contract compliance (e.g., retention, holdbacks).

Cost Coding & Accruals

• Ensure accurate cost coding to correct WBS or cost codes before AP posts invoices through delegated Medius approval.
• Provide accrued and unaccrued cost reconciliat