Cost Analyst - K&A Engineering Consulting PC

K&A Engineering Consulting – White Plains, NY- is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in our industry and work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision, and continuous learning and adapting. 

K&A Engineering is a privately held company, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. K&A's experience includes all aspects of generation, transmission, substations, distribution, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resource (DER) projects, from planning and environmental and regulatory analyses through engineering and design, construction, program management, project controls, and commissioning. The utility industry is a vast market and we have rapidly established ourselves as a top-tier service provider. We were recently ranked #126 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and the top engineering firm with a three-year growth rate of 3,166%.

As a result of our company's growth, we are actively seeking an experienced Cost Analyst to join our team in White Plains, New York. 

Services include but are not limited to the following:

• Update, review, and disseminate cost reports to Project Teams monthly or as frequently as dictated by the client.
• Track Schedule of Values (“SoV") for each Purchase Order (“PO”)
• Participate in Draft Invoice Review, and ensure estimate accruals align to draft invoices and SoV
• Ensure sufficient funding and accurate posting of costs
• Tracking of retention
• Initiate PO Funding changes as needed
• Track actual expenditures to budget at level of detail determined by project team and maintain explanations of variances
• Monitor Project Change Orders and Contingency reserves
• Identify, Monitor, and Report Project risks as it relates to cost
• Collect and verify estimate and open invoice accruals for accuracy
• Monitoring of and assistance in developing financial authorizations
• Participation in all required team meetings
• Billing assurance where applicable
• Assist with ad hoc project adjustments and corrections such as Journal Entries, PO adjustments, Invoice corrections, Work Order (“WO”) adjustments, etc.
• Assist with administrative closeout for Projects, including project cost reconciliation
• Generate or assist in generation of training materials
• Develop accurate budget submission for each project

• A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college in one of the above or related fields.
• A minimum of 8 years of experience in one or more of the following or related fields: Cost analytics, finance, program management, project management, accounting, or operations.
• Experience working with cost tracking analysis, forecasting, budgets, and accounting principles is a must.
• Demonstrate a high level of personal initiative and ability to interact with stakeholders positively and collaboratively.
• Demonstrate a high level of skill in Microsoft Excel.
• Proficiency in SAP preferred.
• Able to work a hybrid schedule and report to the White Plains office as needed

The salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licenses and certifications; and other related skillsets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.