Senior Cost Manager, Infrastructure & Capital Projects

Accenture

Senior Cost Manager at Accenture, leading cost management for large-scale infrastructure projects. Collaborating with diverse project teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You’ll lead budget management, cost planning, and estimating activities, ensuring budgets are proactively managed, compliant with client standards, and aligned with approved cost commitment schedules.
You’ll review, validate, and coordinate general contractor and developer estimates, supporting presentations and approvals in line with internal processes and industry best practices.
You’ll manage end‑to‑end change management, including logging, reviewing, categorizing, forecasting, and reporting all change orders for cost and schedule impact.
You’ll lead project cost reporting, cash flow forecasting, accruals, variance analysis, and cost‑at‑completion trending, ensuring systems and regional reports are kept current.
You’ll oversee payment applications and invoice management, reviewing pay applications, invoices, GMP audits, and billing milestones for contract compliance and accuracy.
You’ll track and manage project risks and opportunities related to cost and schedule, ensuring forecasted costs and schedules reflect identified risks.
You’ll collaborate with project teams, developers, contractors, vendors, and commercial operations to support funding requests, purchase orders, and financial workflows.
You’ll manage cash flow and accrual processes, including earned value tracking, monthly forecasting, and variance analysis across all active purchase orders.
You’ll ensure cost data, change orders, and forecasts are accurately uploaded and maintained in client cost management and reporting systems.
You’ll support full project financial closeout by validating as‑built cost documentation, coordinating PO closures, managing retention releases, and returning unused funds.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in construction management, Engineering, Finance, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline
Minimum of 8 years of project cost controls, project controls, or commercial management for large‑scale construction or infrastructure programs
Minimum of 3 years of experience supporting data center, mission-critical, or hyperscale infrastructure projects
Proficiency with cost management and reporting systems, including enterprise tools used for budgeting, forecasting, change orders, cash flow, and accrual tracking
Hands‑on experience working with contractors, developers, and owner teams on payment applications, invoices, GMP audits, and contract compliance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Paid time off

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Hard Skills & Tools

budget managementcost planningestimatingchange managementcost reportingcash flow forecastingvariance analysisinvoice managementearned value trackingfinancial closeout

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsrisk management