Position Description:

• Manages and oversees the overall program budgets, accruals, actual costs, forecasts, and cost contingency.
• Collects and reports out on budgets, Commitments, actuals, incurred, contingency, and forecast costs.
• Works with project management to complete projects within the allocated budget. Identifies cost-saving opportunities and mitigate financial risks in coordination with the risk management team.
• Maintains the cost control system and ensures cost management procedures remain current, consistently applied, and followed.
• Analyzes cost data to identify trends and discrepancies.
• Collects cost impacts for potential changes and implementing changes upon approval.
• Manages contractor invoice reviews to confirm compliance with contractual financial requirements.
• Overseas the cost management team to ensure alignment and support is being provided across the program appropriately and effectively.
• Develops, maintains, and improves cost management processes, procedures, guidelines, and templates.
• Maintains Project Management Information System (PMIS) Cost Control Module.
• Oversees coordination with the Commercial team to maintain alignment between the PMIS Cost Controls and Contracts modules.
• Works with Schedule group to develop and maintain Time-Phases forecasts in alignment with the Master Program Schedule and Contractor cost-loaded schedules.
• Support the Change Management process by collecting cost impacts for potential changes.
• Support the Change Management process by working with Estimating to ensure all cost impacts are captured.
• Support the monthly reporting process by leading Cost Reporting at the Program level including developing and presenting variance analysis.
• Works closely with Amtrak Finance

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or relevant discipline, or, equivalent combination of post – secondary education and training
• 15 Minimum Years of Experience required.
• Financial acumen
• Project cost management expertise
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Expert with MS Excel
• Experience with project management software or cost control systems

Position Location: a minimum 3 days per week in person at the Integrated Program Office in Baltimore

Salary range: $155 066- $180,960.00 YR