Business Controls Analyst

Area

Key Duties

Project Financial Control

• Monitor ongoing project profitability, conducting variance analysis utilizing Job Manager and Greate Plains reports for labor, materials, and travel.
• Lead monthly Work-in-Progress (WIP) reviews with Project Managers to ensure accurate revenue recognition.

Labor & Subcontractor Tracking

• Analyze internal technician utilization rates, overtime trends, and performance efficiency.
• Audit and reconcile subcontractor invoices against statement of work (SOW) milestones and agreed-upon rate sheets.

Budget Reconciliations

• Adjust budget components, as necessary, to ensure monthly revenue and cost recognition supports BU objectives

• Utilize Actual vs Budgeted and WIP reports to ensure budget alignment.  Respond to specific field requests.

Budgeting & Estimating Support

• Assist the estimating/bidding team to refine standard pricing models based on historical field data.
• Coordinate rolling forecasts for Enterprise and Data Center accounts by Job Category.

• Assist Estimating teams with Sales Tax advice.

Billing & Change Order Governance

• Ensure change orders are financially documented, approved by the client, and seamlessly integrated into the project budget.
• Oversee milestone billing triggers to optimize company cash flow.

Requirement

Description

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Construction Management, or Business Administration.

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of financial analysis experience, explicitly within cabling services, Data Center, specialty contracting, or construction.

Industry Knowledge

• Deep understanding of WIP (Work-in-Progress) accounting, percentage-of-completion revenue recognition, and burden rates.
• Familiarity with cabling project components (structured cabling systems, low-voltage, fiber deployment, ISP/OSP).

Technical Proficiency

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Power Query, complex formulas, dashboard creation).
• Experience with project-based ERP or accounting software (e.g., Oracle, Great Plains or Procore).