AECOM is seeking a Project Controls Specialist (with billing/invoice background) to be based in Manila, Philippines

Job Description: 

Opportunity phase 

• Support opportunity entry and updating in company’s opportunity tracking system.  
• Supports Go/No Go preparations, forms and gathering information and process, as directed by Project Manager.  
• Review project controls requirements of RFP/opportunity. Provide or obtain project controls support for proposal deliverables, as appropriate for project complexity.  
• Understand proposal pricing approach and support as appropriate. Develop basic capabilities with company standard pricing tools and support as directed.  

Planning phase 

• Coordinate with PM/Project team/contract administration in coordinating contract review process for new contracts, modifications and job closures. Understand and supporting insurance verification process as necessary. 
• Develop familiarity with support review of contract risk types and methods to identify and support management of risk on projects.  
• Understanding of revenue recognition on projects. Investigate/elevate financial project issues such as segmentation, work at risk, and revenue recognition during project setup.  
• Review scope definition documents and support PM with development of Work breakdown structure development (and maintenance during execution), to support proper job setup for cost and schedule development, progress tracking, risk analysis, client billing.  
• Assist in preparing, updating, and monitoring schedules and preparing status reports and staffing curves, in alignment with scope of work and resource, including subcontractors and consultants, planned to execute scope.  
• May coordinate/assist other Project team/procurement in coordinating documentation to support procurement of required sub-consultants and vendors 
• Support PM in development and review of project cost and revenue baseline, based on above elements.  
• Develop knowledge and support coordination of performance measurement and earned value plan and updates during execution. Elevate for review by PC Lead as required.    Understand contractual invoicing requirements.
• Understand project/organizational and client interfaces. Review invoice support requirements, during execution, with Project Manager.  
• Understand necessary components of project setups and be able to initiate and set up projects with Project Manager supervision. 

Execution phase 

• Report development both from templates and ability to develop unique independent reports based on project need. Ability to develop reports based on understanding Project managers need. 
• Integrate cost and schedule data/baseline with company’s enterprise system, to facilitate Projects financial goals  
• Support PM in the coordination of preparation of project reviews 
• Develop proficiency with system and reports to review actual costs, commitments, coordinate cost adjustments, reviewing for coding accuracy.  Identifies cost (and scheduled as needed) variances, investigates root call and elevates to Project Management. Discuss corrective action and role is supporting.  
• Assist Project Manager, as direct, with tracking budget, project costs, labor hours, schedule updates, installed quantities and progress measurements for work to include direct hire and subcontracted work. 
• Measure progress and review performance trends.  Support accumulation of and access to historical data, such as performance experience, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning, forecasting and estimate at complete development (EAC).  
• Support Exposure to progressive performance data and associated concepts and principals.  
• Become familiar with companies financial systems, processes and procedures such as segmentation, work at risk and revenue recognition requirements and processes and be able to align with project status.  
• May coordinate/review/support the development of invoices for consistency with contract requirements and rates. May interface with Billing and accounting staff to support positive cash flow. Assist the Project Manager with reporting on accounts receivables and unbilled issues as assigned.  Support Project team, with the change control management process and gain insight into rational and importance of change events.  
• Assist PM with support on gathering information to develop trending, forecasting and estimate to complete process. May assist PM with WAR (work at risk) and RAR (Revenue at Risk) forms. 

Closeout phase 

• Review project scope and determine all contractual deliverables have been met, discuss with PM. 
• Coordinate with PM/procurement for closeout of sub agreements  
• Support PM with input of final EAC  
• Support with coordination of final invoice as directed.  
• Performs routine tasks with minimal supervision 
• Under appropriate supervision receives and follows instruction on specific assignment, specialized tasks and possible solutions. 
• Assignments have clear and specific objectives and require the investigation of limited number of variables. 
• Receives/Seeks supervision for application of more complex standard management/administrative techniques, procedures and criteria to assist Project Manager. 

AECOM is seeking a Specialist Project Controller to be based in Manila, Philippines

Job Description: 
Opportunity phase 

• Supports Go/No Go preparations, forms, and gathering information and process, as directed by Project Manager.  

•  Review project controls requirements of RFP/opportunity. Provide or obtain project controls support for proposal deliverables, as appropriate for project complexity.  

• Understand proposal pricing approach and support as appropriate. Proficiency with company standard pricing tools and support as required.  

Planning phase 

• Develop customized Cost/schedule control plans/solutions to provide Project Management and other project team and management with appropriate tools for project cost and schedule control.  

• Support PM/Project team/contract administration in managing the contract review process for new contracts, modifications, and job closures. Understand and support or coordinate insurance verification process as necessary. 

• Ability to manage the review of contract risk types and deploy methods to identify and develop risk management approaches for projects.  

•  Ability to manage/oversee financial project issues such as segmentation, work at risk, and revenue recognition during project setup.  

• Review scope definition documents and support PM with development of complex Work breakdown structure development (and maintenance during execution), interfacing with Procurement, Engineering, Subcontractors, and Finance to support proper job setup for cost and schedule development, progress tracking, risk analysis, client billing.  

• Manage the development, updating, and monitoring of schedules and preparing status reports and staffing curves, in alignment with the scope of work and resources, including subcontractors and consultants, planned to execute scope.  

• May support another Project team/procurement in managing documentation to support procurement of required sub-consultants and vendors 

• Develop and review project cost and revenue baseline, based on the above element, on behalf of the PM.  

• Develop and implement performance measurement and earned value plan and updates during execution. Elevate for review by PM, Project team, and other Management staff.  

• Understand contractual invoicing requirements. Understand project/organizational and client interfaces. Review invoice support requirements, during execution, with the Project Manager.  

Execution phase 

• Integrate cost and schedule data/baseline with the company’s enterprise system, to facilitate Project's financial goals, or oversee this effort.  

• Develop key deliverables in preparation of project reviews 

• Developed expertise with system and reports to review actual costs, commitments, coordinate cost adjustments, reviewing for coding accuracy.  

• Identifies cost (and scheduled as needed) variances, investigates root cause, and develops/executes a correction action plan, as discussed with PM and Project team.  

• Lead effort for tracking budget, project costs, labor hours, schedule updates, installed quantities, and progress measurements for work to include direct hire and subcontracted work. 

• Maintain the planning/scheduling updates, applying engineering, procurement, and construction terminology, concepts, and relationships. Develop and maintain critical path logic networks and bar charts. 

• Analyze, evaluate and forecast current status against an established baseline schedule. Assess the impacts of design or construction changes and schedule slippages. Report schedule status to all levels of project and company management as well as to the Client.  

• Accumulate and access historical data, such as performance experience, for use in maintaining a realistic basis for future planning, forecasting, and Estimate at complete development.  

• Measure progress and review performance trends. Exposure to progressive performance data and associated concepts and principles.  

• Prepare reports, graphs, and charts, to communicate project status.  

• Proficiency with the company’s financial systems, processes, and procedures such as segmentation, work at risk and revenue recognition requirements and processes, and be able to align with project status and assist in analyzing and using financial data to identify key project issues.  

• May coordinate/review invoices for consistency with contract requirements and rates. May interface with Billing and accounting staff. 

• Assist the Project Manager with reporting on accounts receivables and unbilled issues as assigned.  

• Support the Project team, with the change control management process and gain insight into the rationale and importance of change events. Support project with pricing and determining schedule impact of change orders.  

• Assist PM with support on gathering information to develop trending, forecasting, and estimate to complete the process. May assist PM with WAR (work at risk) and RAR (Revenue at Risk) forms.  

• May provide guidance, direction, and specialized assistance to others in the resolution of project controls problems.  

Closeout phase 

• Review project scope and determine all contractual deliverables have been met, discuss with PM. 

• Coordinate with PM/procurement for closeout of sub-agreements  

• Support PM with the input of final EAC  

• Support with coordination of final invoice as directed.  

Complexity & Decision Making 

• Performs challenging assignments requiring independent judgment, with little or no supervision 

• Work is reviewed upon completion for adequacy in meeting objectives 

• May be required to assess project controls needs on several projects and develop more junior project controls, staff members.

AECOM is seeking a Senior Project Controller to be based in Manila, Philippines

Job Description: 

Provides objective analysis and sound judgement with application of principles and techniques to evaluate and report project performance from concept study to construction & startup including practical assessment of schedule completion and expected final cost. Competencies include setup of work breakdown structure, establishing levels of control and detail, planning and scheduling, cost analysis and forecasting, progress measurement, earned value performance, risk analysis and change control.

Responsible for managing, controlling, forecasting and reporting cost and schedule performance for projects throughout the organization. Services include setting up and managing project controls systems (including setup of work breakdown structure), capturing to-date progress and expenditure data, analyzing to-date performance data, forecasting at-completion performance data (EAC costs, hours), analyzing project risks (contingency management), managing change and incorporating scope variations into schedule and cost deliverables, and preparing associated reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with company financial systems and processes. 

• Develops proficiency in the use of company cornerstone systems and provides cost data in formats necessary to control the project.

• Understands financial terminology and measures and recognizes the financial impact of various project actions.

• Assists in analyzing and using financial data to identify key project issues.

• Able to use drawings and specifications in the establishment of project baseline data

• Develops knowledge of accounting principles.  

• Assists in assembling data for trending and forecasting.

• Prepares analysis of progress trends and cost impact. May participate in reviewing and approving contractor invoices.

• Has knowledge of earned value methodology.

• Collects and analyzes data on manpower, labor hour, and labor cost requirements versus budget limitations.

• Collects and analyzes data for tracking actual cost to funding limitations.

• Assists in tracking purchase orders and subcontract commitments and expenditures.

• Possesses the knowledge of scope control and change management.

• Assists with the creation of baseline budgets.

• Exposure to scheduling process concepts and principles.

• Exposure to performance management and cost/schedule integration concepts and principles.

• Supports the project reporting process as required.

• Participates in project cost review meetings.

• Gathers data for procedure development.