Project Cost Specialist - Winnipeg

Job summary

Under the direction of the Manager, Project Accounting & Value Assurance, the Project Cost Specialist has a significant role in controlling and reporting on project costs through accurate monitoring, analysis, and collaboration with corporate project management offices.

Responsibilities

• Lead oversight of project accounting, forecasting, and reporting to ensure accurate reflection of project performance and cost trends.
• Perform detailed financial and variance analysis, providing clear interpretation of results and recommendations for corrective action.
• Determine appropriate accounting treatment of project costs by assessing whether costs should be deferred or expensed in accordance with IFRS, ensuring compliance with relevant accounting standards.
• Evaluate project transactions to determine Retail Sales Tax (RST/PST) applicability in accordance with Manitoba Finance bulletins and corporate policy, ensuring appropriate tax treatment of project-related goods and services.
• Access and analyze sensitive Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) data, including information related to hiring plans, layoffs, terminations, and associated labor costing.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting of project financials, including labor cost projections and actuals.
• Professionally, concisely, accurately explain the underlying causes of project cost trends and anomalies.
• Work collaboratively with the Project Management Offices (PMOs) and business owners to identify project cost-related reporting needs.
• Provide advice regarding finance management and forecasting.
• Assist in preparing annual departmental budgets.
• Perform detailed critical review of Project Cost Analyst and Accountant work prior to submission to the Manager
• Prepare regulatory filings, including GRA submissions and response to Public Utilities Board (PUB) information requests.

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