Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects is dedicated to transforming how infrastructure is built and managed. As a Senior Project Controls Manager, you will lead project controls efforts, ensuring effective budget and risk management while collaborating with various teams to enhance project outcomes.
Responsibilities
- You’ll lead budget tracking, forecasting, invoice reviews, accruals, cash flow analysis, and project risk identification
- You’ll develop and standardize cost, schedule, risk, change, and performance reporting processes
- You’ll prepare clear financial, schedule, and risk updates for project teams and leadership
- You’ll review contractor agreements, change requests, and commercial documentation to identify budget gaps, scope impacts, and early project risks
- You’ll coordinate with scheduling, construction, engineering, procurement, finance, and commissioning teams to resolve issues
- You’ll lead variance reporting, cash flow forecasting, trend analysis, and leadership reviews
- You’ll integrate cost and schedule data to support accurate project reporting and decision making
- You’ll monitor performance against approved budgets, schedules, baselines, and key milestones
- You’ll identify emerging trends and recommend corrective actions to improve project outcomes
- You’ll support consistent project controls practices and provide guidance to project team members
- You’ll deliver accurate project controls outputs and actionable recommendations to project and client leadership
- You’ll travel to data center project sites as needed
- Flexible: The work location for this role will include a mix of working remotely, onsite at a client location, project site, or in an Accenture office or center
- With all our roles, there is some in person time for collaboration, learning, and building relationships with clients, peers, leaders, and communities. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your specific work and life needs
Skills
- 7 or more years of experience in project controls
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, or an equivalent practical background
- Strong knowledge of cost management, forecasting, change control, and project risk
- Hands on experience with Earned Value Management or resource based project data
- Experience with data centers, manufacturing, industrial facilities, or complex commissioning projects
- Strong analytical, communication, reporting, and stakeholder management skills
- Experience establishing or supporting a Project Management Office or Program Management Office
- Knowledge of project governance, stage gates, approval processes, decision rights, and executive reporting
- Experience improving or standardizing project controls processes across multiple projects or stakeholders
- Experience with project controls digitalization, workflow automation, dashboards, analytics, or integrated reporting
- Experience evaluating, implementing, configuring, or improving a Project Management Information System
- Familiarity with Oracle Unifier, EcoSys, Primavera P6, Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or similar systems
- Experience integrating cost, schedule, risk, change, procurement, and financial data
- Experience supporting project changes, claims, commercial reviews, or contractor negotiations
- Ability to analyze project metrics and recommend improvements to delivery efficiency and predictability
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Basic life and AD&D insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- A 401(k) with employer match
- Health savings and flexible spending accounts
- Paid time off and holidays
- Paid maternity and parental caregiver leave
- Adoption and surrogacy assistance
- Supplemental insurance plans
- An employee assistance program
- Legal resources
- Identity theft protection
- *Benefits eligibility may vary by state, country, and role. Please connect with your recruiter for more information.*
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