Santhosh J

• Responsible for project budget and cost control functions including budgeting, scheduling, change management, estimating, tracking progress, forecasting, and earned value management
• Throughout understanding of project accounting hours and accruals preparation
• Actioning with opportunities and analyses for risk management
• Developing Work Breakdown Structures
• Detailing oriented with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Providing support to detailed schedule development based on project understanding from team members
• Establishing project budget, baselines, and report variances
• Providing support to track project progress and perform analysis of bottlenecks, trends, and critical path
• Identifying and communicating project risks and develop mitigation plans
• Preparing project status presentations, highlighting key accomplishments, risks and changes
• Developing custom projects reports as needed to facilitate project discussions
• Providing additional support as required/needed by the project manager(s) or project controls manager (including field project coordination and management of sub-projects)
• Travel and visits project sites
• Tracking project deliverable & monitoring physical percent complete
• Plan / Actual / Earned / Forecast Curves

• Review contracts, budgets, spending reports, and logistics data to develop a comprehensive overview of project expenses
• Develop cost saving measures according to client’s unique requirements and operational functionality.
• Assist managers during the implementation of new workflows, including meeting with technicians and executives and making real-time adjustments to meet new challenges as needed.
• Performed cost-estimation services for clients according to stated needs and objectives.
• Developed comprehensive strategies for increasing efficiency and lowering costs.
• Recognize areas for improvement and communicate them to senior management to ensure continual improvement.
• Maintain & Control Cash Flow Forecast based on Value of Work Perform or Work in Place
• Communicated directly with clients, technical experts, managers, and employees for accurate modeling and cost estimation.
• Assist the Lead Cost Engineer in preparing the Cost control sheet (CCS), THE ONE and Risk Register.
• Responsible for cost analysis and forecast update
• Revise promptly the control budget with agreed changes, trends and internal budget shift.
• Isolate any adverse trends and warn the PM on time to take corrective action.
• Monitor the Procurement Plan to have good control on the procurement cost.
• Track all Reimbursable costs and advice Project Accountant for billing to client.
• Track all back chargeable cost to vendors.
• Review the risk/opportunities status every month with the PMT.
• Responsible to control and monitor project total expenditure including verifying and checking of invoices and claims from suppliers, vendors and subcontractors to ensure that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded.
• Preparation & submission of project progress reports to management and client on weekly & monthly basis.
• Manage the project budget & forecast cost at completion based on current project trends.
• Reviewing of contractor’s invoices and preparation of monthly invoices based on the progress at all stages of the project.
• Ability to produce accurate and auditable accounting, accruals and value of work done (VOWD)
• Preparation of project progress reports to management and client on weekly & monthly basis.
• Coordinate and work with the project management team to resolve project issues to ensure the delivery/completion of the project work.

• Pre-contract cost control and documentation
• Producing fully priced and detailed bills of quantities, labor hours and materials for the complete project Life - Cycle
• Preparing costs for variations
• Producing progress and cost reports when requested
• Reporting to senior management on progression of projects
• Involvement in cost plans, tracking labor costs and efficiency throughout projects
• Dealing with clients, contractors etc. in a professional manner
• Assisted in measurement and take offs to prepare Bills of Quantities for tendering purposes.
• Procurement of sub-contractors and materials for current projects and potential projects.
• Assisted with contract selection, administration, and project management.

Produced and altered digital Bills of Quantities

• Monitoring Costs booked on our Project
• Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly reports summarizing key performance indicators.
• Maintained a detailed database of project information including budgeting, resources and deliverables.
• Conducted risk assessments and identified potential issues that could affect project success.
• Managed communication channels between various teams involved in the execution of complex projects.
• Identified training needs for team members in order to keep them up-to-date on the latest industry trends.
• Developed and maintained project plans, schedules and budgets to ensure successful completion of projects.