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Cost Controller

Insight Global · Houston, TX

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The Cost Analyst supports project teams by managing cost tracking, forecasting, budgeting, accruals, and financial reporting. The role partners with Project Managers and key stakeholders to monitor project performance, identify cost variances and risks, maintain accurate financial data, and provide forward-looking analysis to support effective project and financial decision-making.ResponsibilitiesPrepare and distribute ad hoc, weekly, and monthly internal and external cost reports to support project teams and management.Pull, analyze, and validate actual costs, commitments, forecasts, accruals, and budget data from applicable financial and project systems.Partner with Project Managers and Work-in-Progress (WIP) teams to develop accurate monthly accruals and ensure costs are recognized appropriately.Maintain and input project forecasts, incorporating actual performance, commitments, anticipated expenditures, schedule impacts, and identified risks.Coordinate with Planning & Performance (P&P) on monthly cost and forecast submissions and other required reporting deliverables.Support management in the development and maintenance of annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range financial plans.Identify and communicate budget variances, cost trends, financial risks, and potential overruns early, providing forward-looking analysis and recommended mitigation actions.