Lead Project Control Manager

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We are seeking a Project Controls professional who blends performance analytics with project finance skills. You will establish baselines, monitor progress-to-plan, run integrated cost/schedule/financial analyses, and translate insights into clear recommendations for delivery leaders and Finance. This hybrid role requires two days per week onsite in Niagara, Ontario.Job Description

Core Responsibility Areas

Planning and Baselines

• Establish and maintain integrated baselines across scope, schedule, cost, and resources
• Enforce governance standards, stage gates, and change control discipline
• Align WBS, cost codes, milestones, and resource plans with PMs and functional leads

Cost and Project Finance Controls

• Build and maintain integrated models (EAC/ETC, margin-at-completion, cash flow)
• Lead monthly project close: accruals, WIP, cost-to-complete, revenue recognition, GL reconciliations with Finance
• Run monthly margin walks and variance bridges; monitor billing, backlog, and working capital metrics

Reporting and Analytics

• Run weekly/monthly/quarterly performance reviews with plan vs. actual, variance drivers, and risk-adjusted outlooks
• Develop dashboards and KPIs (e.g., CPI/SPI, EAC variance, cash burn/runway)
• Perform scenario/sensitivity analyses (schedule recovery, change orders, claims, LD exposure) and summarize impacts

Risk, Change, and Commercial Management

• Quantify and track change requests, claims, and concessions; maintain traceability to financial outcomes (margin, cash, LDs, warranty/reserves)
• Maintain risk and contingency management linking the risk register to cost/schedule impacts and reserve usage
• Support probabilistic risk analysis where applicable

Stakeholder and Governance

• Collaborate with Finance, Treasury, Commercial, Supply Chain, and PMO to align assumptions, timing, and metrics
• Prepare funding/drawdown plans; support FX/commodity exposure identification and hedging coordination with Treasury
• Manage milestone billing/invoicing cadence, collections follow-up, and DSO/DPO impacts
• Prepare executive-ready materials for governance forums, steering committees, and business reviews

Data, Systems, and Controls

• Consolidate data from delivery teams, supply chain, Finance, and enterprise systems for audit-ready reporting
• Drive data quality and governance: standardized definitions, cost coding/WBS discipline, ERP/GL reconciliations, documentation quality
• Adhere to internal controls (e.g., SOX) and support audits
• Contribute to continuous improvement of methods, tooling, and operating rhythms 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting/finance, economics, engineering, data analytics, or equivalent experience
• 2–4 years in project controls, project finance/FP&A, cost control, PMO analytics, or operations planning
• Working knowledge of project controls (baselining, EAC/ETC, variance analysis, EV metrics, stage gate/change control)
• Project finance fundamentals: cash flow forecasting, margin analysis, cost-to-complete
• Experience with project-level financial processes: revenue recognition, accruals/WIP, milestone billing, ERP/GL reconciliations
• Strong scenario/sensitivity analysis; ability to translate insights into clear narratives and action plans
• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets; dashboarding (Power BI/Tableau) and automation of repeatable reports
• Experience integrating data from multiple sources (ERP, project systems, collaboration tools); 
• Effective communicator with proven stakeholder management across Finance, Treasury, Commercial, Supply Chain, and PMO
• Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable with deadlines in a fast-paced, matrixed environment

​Desired Characteristics

• Professional credentials a plus: CPA, CFA, PMP, EVP (or in progress)
• Familiarity with ERP/EPM and project cost modules (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Anaplan) and standardized data definitions/governance
• Exposure to financed/consortium projects (SPVs, non-recourse/P3/PPP), lender reporting, DSCR/covenants, letters of credit/guarantees, LD/warranty implications
• Experience with change-order economics, claims, and commercial terms; linking contract clauses to financial outcomes
• Working knowledge of Earned Value, scheduling tools (MS Project, Primavera P6), and collaboration platforms
• Data wrangling (SQL, Power Query, Alteryx, or scripting) for repeatable reporting workflows
• Understanding of FX/commodity risk concepts and Treasury coordination on hedging
• Continuous improvement mindset; experience supporting audits and internal controls (e.g., SOX)

Work Location and Arrangement

• Location: Niagara, Ontario, Canada
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid — two (2) days per week onsite; remaining days remote, subject to business needs
• Travel: Occasional local travel for team meetings, suppliers, or site visits as required

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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