Budget Controller

LaBella Associates•Portland, ME

About The Position

The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services. The Budget Controller will be responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing an organization’s financial resources to ensure spending aligns with strategic goals and approved budgets. They will also provide financial oversight by creating budgets, tracking expenditures, and offering data-driven insights that support effective decision-making and cost optimization. Produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives. Work closely with all functional departments, the Budget Controller plays a key role in ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to. Responsible for developing, implementing, feeding, reconciling and maintaining valuable project control databases and reports for projects. Manages and ensures the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers. Verifies the accuracy of all cost information including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget. Producing required accounting and project & program cost reports. Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs. Preparing forecasts and cost trend reports. Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs. Monitoring project & program costs and commitment to budget and forecast. Work with Investment Planning & Control on Capital Budget needs. Maintaining change control and the change order register. Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting. Responsible for EVM during all project stages.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Controlling & Supervisor Experience.
Minimum Associate degree.
CAPM or EVM Certificate or equivalent (under AVANGRID approval)
SAP Experience

Nice To Haves

Preferred Bachelor's Degree

Responsibilities

Planning, monitoring, and managing an organization’s financial resources to ensure spending aligns with strategic goals and approved budgets.
Creating budgets, tracking expenditures, and offering data-driven insights that support effective decision-making and cost optimization.
Producing a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives.
Ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to.
Developing, implementing, feeding, reconciling and maintaining valuable project control databases and reports for projects.
Managing and ensuring the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers.
Verifying the accuracy of all cost information including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget.
Producing required accounting and project & program cost reports.
Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
Preparing forecasts and cost trend reports.
Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs.
Monitoring project & program costs and commitment to budget and forecast.
Maintaining change control and the change order register.
Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting.
Responsible for EVM during all project stages.
Work with Investment Planning & Control on Capital Budget needs.