Senior Cost Analyst

The Planet Group
Port Washington, WI

Salary: $140K-150K

Location: Port Washington, WI (Fully Onsite)

Full-Time



Overvie

wWe are seeking a highly analytical and operationally focused Costing professional with deep experience in project-based environments. The ideal candidate excels in complex costing scenarios, thrives amid ambiguity, and brings a process?improvement mindset to drive accuracy, profitability insights, and better cost discipline across the business

.Key Responsibilitie

  • sProject & Job Costing in Complex Environment
  • sLead costing activities across engineered-to-order, custom manufacturing, construction, or similar project-based operations—beyond traditional plant or standard cost accounting
  • .Quoted/Budgeted vs. Actual Cost Analysi
  • sReview and analyze variances between estimated and actual results; identify drivers of cost overruns, margin leakage, and operational inefficiencies
  • .Margin & Profitability Insigh
  • tInvestigate margin erosion, determine where projects lose money, and deliver actionable insights to leadership, operations, installation teams, or engineering
  • .Manage High Project Volum
  • eSupport and track costing for 40–50+ live projects simultaneously, maintaining accuracy and attention to detail in a fast-moving environment
  • .Cross-Functional Operations Suppor
  • tPartner closely with installation teams, schedulers, production, and operations to understand status, handoffs, bottlenecks, and cost drivers across the project lifecycle
  • .ERP & Data Managemen
  • tOperate effectively in an environment with imperfect or nonintegrated ERP systems; pull data manually, consolidate fragmented information, and build clear, reliable reporting
  • .Process Improvement & Modelin
  • gDevelop improved costing models, templates, estimation tools, and standardized reporting approaches to strengthen forecasting and operational transparency
  • .Revenue & Cost Recognitio
  • nApply knowledge of percentage-of-completion accounting, project-based revenue recognition, and cost tracking to ensure accurate financial reporting


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