Project Controls Analyst - Cost & Schedule

About the role

Liberty Industrial, an international deconstruction and remediation contractor with operations across Australia and Europe, is seeking an experienced Project Controls Analyst for its Perth CBD office. The role supports project teams through cost management, financial analysis, forecasting and integrated project controls, connecting transactional data to management reporting so that project managers can make informed commercial decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and analyse project budgets, actual costs, commitments, accruals, revenue and forecasts, keeping data accurate and complete.
• Reconcile and analyse actuals, commitments, budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, trends and emerging financial risks.
• Prepare and maintain Estimate to Complete (ETC), Estimate at Completion (EAC) and cash flow forecasts.
• Analyse project P&Ls, EBITDA and margin drivers and turn them into insights for project managers and senior management.
• Own weekly and monthly cost and financial reporting, and explain cost variances and forecast movements.
• Maintain General Ledger structures, cost codes, CTRs and project budgets in line with approved budgets, BOE and change approvals.
• Monitor and administer CTRs and project budgets, and communicate emerging cost risks and opportunities such as claims, variations and scope changes.
• Work with planning and scheduling teams to align cost forecasts with project schedules, and support site-based project teams with cost tracking and financial controls.
• Improve project controls processes and mentor junior team members.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Project Controls or a related discipline.
• Commercially focused, with strong project financial analysis, cost control and forecasting capability.
• Confident explaining what drives financial performance to project managers and senior management.
• CPA, CMA or equivalent professional certification desirable.

Required skills

• Experience with budgets, actuals, commitments, accruals and forecasts, including ETC, EAC and cash flow forecasts.
• Understanding of General Ledger structures, cost coding, reconciliations and cost allocations.
• ERP systems such as NetSuite or similar.
• Desirable: Primavera P6, Earned Value Management (CPI/SPI, S-curves), knowledge of major projects or EPC environments.
• Advanced Excel, including cost analysis, financial modelling and reporting.

What we offer

• Work on complex, high-profile projects in a collaborative, safety-focused culture.
• Career development opportunities across a growing international business.
• Competitive remuneration commensurate with experience.