Program Controls Cost and Funding Manager-2611270RV17
Chicago, IL · HybridJob$125–150K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Ardmore Roderick seeks a Program Controls Cost and Funding Manager to support infrastructure clients in Chicago. The role manages program controls deliverables and reporting, monitors project budgets and funding, coordinates loan submissions and agency packages, and supervises budget analysts. The position may be hybrid depending on client, project, and team needs.
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About Us
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions
Our Values
We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety
Job Overview
We are seeking a new Program Controls Cost and Funding Manger to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Program Controls Cost and Funding Manager, you will join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located in Chicago, IL and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
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Support Program Controls Task Lead in managing Program Controls task deliverables, client reporting, and quality control.
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Monitor, analyze, and report on project budgets, costs, loans and funding across active contracts.
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Oversee and support submittals for loans including project planning, funding requests, loan agreements, and closeout documentation.
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Review and submit loan applications, disbursements, contract modifications, and closeout packages to state and federal agencies.
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Review and coordinate environmental requests to state and federal agencies.
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Supervise and support team of Program Controls Budget Analysts by monitoring the flow of invoices and loan disbursements. Resolve invoicing issues through coordination with the client and vendors.
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Project Management, Construction Management, Accounting or equivalent relevant work experience
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5+ years of project controls or program management experience
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Knowledge of Project Management Information Systems and other applied technologies
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Experience managing project controls professionals
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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Have a team player mindset with the ability to communicate proficiently in written and verbal forms
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Have good to great organizational skills
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with City of Chicago financial tracking systems such as Business Objects, CPM, and FMPS
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Experience with Illinois EPA State Revolving Fund and WIFIA loan programs
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5+ years of relevant large program controls experience
Benefits
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We offer Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
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401K, Paid Maternity Leave, Competitive PTO
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more
Sponsorship and relocation are not available for this opportunity.
Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.
Salary Range: $124,800-$149,760. Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.
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How this job compares
Set against the 348 open Cost Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$125–150K/yr
- US median$126–187K/yr212 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $137K, is 8% below the US median midpoint ($150K) — in the lowest quarter of Cost Manager salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Cost Manager jobs in Illinois and 348 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Cost Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (341 postings).
- Education
- 180 of the 348 open Cost Manager jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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