Project Controls Cost Analyst

Job Title:  Project Controls Cost Analyst PS Job Title: Cost Analyst Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid  Legal Entity:  Entergy Services, LLC     **This position will be filled as an Analyst II - Sr. Lead based on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.** The position is to be based in the Woodlands, Texas, New Orleans, LA or Jackson, MS Job Summary/Purpose:  The Project Controls Cost Analyst is capable of supporting multi-million dollar ($500M and above) mega projects for New Generation Capital Projects from Development through Execution.  This position supports project teams as a crucial partner in areas of project budget maintenance, maintaining change management, milestone payments KPI’s, progress measurement and forecast analysis on a monthly reporting cadence.  This position works with internal and external stakeholders within a highly matrix environment to provide analytical expertise to support project and portfolio management.   Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Support projects through multiple stage gates from Development through Delivery.  Includes establishing and maintaining cost baselines, cash and accrual forecasting models, accrual vs. spend analysis, maintaining cost breakdown structures and ensuring alignment with EPC contractual requirements.  Knowledge of lump sum contracts.  Experience in reviewing EPC contractor costs including invoices, tax application/ tariffs, potential change notices (PCN’s) and change orders (CO’ s). Maintains, monitors and publishes monthly KPI’s related to EVM CPI metrics, baseline variance analysis, ETC, EAC, remaining contingency analysis, and Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA).  Reports findings and provides comments to the project team. Identifies cost risks and opportunities through the project life cycle, and manages these risks with the project team.  Provides clear insight into contingency allocation and trends to provide cost impact assessments for technical and execution decisions. Tracks and trends contractors and owners actual costs and forecasts versus budget, identifies variances and trends and recommends mitigation actions. Utilizes COGNOS , POWER BI, M aximo , and Power Plan to perform monthly forensic cost analyses, interpret the output and develop presentations from the data set (where applicable). Demonstrates very good documentation, technical writing, and organization skills to effectively control documents availability and readiness for ROD requirements, prudency review, deposition hearings, filing for PSC, Change Order Process and or other legal requirements. Displays a solid understanding of Document Mgmt. Skill. Demonstrate commitment to safety through active participation in safety meetings, safety inspections and field observations where applicable.

B.S. in Finance, Accounting, Project Management, Construction Management or applicable course of study or equivalent work experience.

Analyst II: 2+ years mega-project or utility project experience Analyst III: 4-6 years of mega-project experience or 3+years utility project experience. Analyst, Sr.: At least 6 years of mega-project or utility project experience

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position:

Capital Project development and execution cost analysis experience with an owner or contractor. Understanding of commercial agreements and contracting strategies Analytical skill set with advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Proficiency in ERP (Cognos, JDE, SAP etc), Power BI, Maximo, Power Plan, cost/forecasting tools (Ecosys, Oracle, Cura, etc) Understanding of cost, schedule and risk alignment

Project Controls experience Knowledge of Entergy financial and accounting systems and processes Working knowledge of the regulatory agencies for which the projects will be governed. These include