
Project Controls Manager
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Job overview
This position manages project controls and provides cost analytical support, including cost forecasting, modeling, expenditure tracking, and portfolio financial reporting. The manager develops and monitors budgets, forecasts, cash flows, and cost projections; analyzes financial data and project risks; and supports cost-control procedures and PMIS processes. The posting prefers at least five years of project controls or related industry experience and describes travel as required.
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Full job description
This position serves as the Project Controls Manager and provides complex controls management and cost analytical support. The position is charged with the overall cost forecasting, modeling and expenditure tracking for the project. Responsibilities include managing and participating in the development and implementation of cost controls and cost contingency management procedures, overseeing project cost forecasting. This position is expected to frequently respond to complex and sensitive data inquiries from senior management staff and is required to have a comprehensive understanding of the Portfolio.
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Develop, monitor, track, analyze, forecast, and report on project budgets, estimates to complete, commitments, expenditures, project progress and productivity, projects cost at completion, WBS cost coding, and change management.
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Your keen review of expenditure details, identifying incorrect charges, and commencement of the charge correction process will ensure our financials are accurate. Reviews financial information to develop project cash flows; correlates and analyzes financial data with respect to cost forecasts and determines the need for adjustments. Makes recommendations for solutions relative to complex issues involving project risks, budget, costs, and scope.
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Forecasts and model trends and evaluate change orders and amendments for their impact on contingencies and project forecasts. Develops and maintains cost projection models to monitor and forecast project costs.
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Set-up projects, monitor & report estimate at completion, cashflow, and forecast including analysis based on input from project leads.
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Performs monthly reconciliations across client financial system and PMIS systems.
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Funding
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Budget
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Commitments
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Actual Cost
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Performs ad hoc analyses for various stakeholders. Ensures the accuracy of financial data snapshots and resolves conflicts and misunderstandings relative to financial data and reports.
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Develops procedures and processes for projects and portfolio controls. Participate in the development and enhancement of the Integrated Project Management System as needed.
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Provide technical guidance to the client in the Project Management Information System (PMIS)
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Assist with preparing client Departmental Project Management Procedures
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Provides analysis, advice, and recommendations related to cost overrun mitigation efforts. Monitors contingency allocations for the budget and identifies areas that need to be addressed by contract modifications or other adjustments to the scope of work, design changes, etc.
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Oversee and coordinates preparation of monthly portfolio financial reports which track the entire portfolio funding, budget, expenditures, and progress.
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Perform monthly project financial review meetings with Project Managers.
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Prepare portfolio level cashflow projections.
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Serve as PMIS expert and Administrator.
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Performs other related responsibilities as assigned.
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At least 5 years’ experience in project controls or related industry expertise preferred
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Proficient using MS Office tools including Power BI
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Proficient using a project management information system (PMIS), prefer programming experience including workflow and module enhancement expertise
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Good verbal and written communications skills and a desire to work with details
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Strong leadership skills and enjoys helping mentor and train staff
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Travel required
Ideally, you’ll also have:
- BS or BA in Cost Management, Engineering, Project Management, Business, Accounting or Finance
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How this job compares
Set against the 23,277 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$104–185K/yr152 salary ranges
- US median$48–60/hr912 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 243 open Project Manager jobs in Iowa and 23,277 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Oracle31 open
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- Experience
- Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (20,219 postings).
- Education
- 12,903 of the 23,277 open Project Manager jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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