Cost Analyst

Position Summary
The Cenovus Cost Analyst reports to the Field Services Financial Administration Manager.

Responsible for ensuring timely and accurate cost reports to the customers. This also includes ensuring proper purchasing procedures are in place to allow costs to be billed to customers in an effective manner.

The Field Services Cost Analyst is responsible for maintaining a high-performance culture, being a key liaison between Edmonton Exchanger and its customers and communicating directly with Edmonton Exchanger’s site managers and head office to get issues resolved in a timely manner.

Principal Duties, Responsibilities and Accountability

• Ensuring accuracy and timely cost reports to customers, following terms of customer contracts.

• Ensuring proper supporting documentation is in place for customer costing.

• Ensuring cost reports required by customer are prepared in a timely and accurate fashion.

• Preparing cost reports; daily, weekly, or monthly depending on customer requirements.

• Being liaison with customer representatives to resolve issues.

• Coordinate with all EdEx departments to ensure proper vendor purchase orders and customer purchase orders are issued and tracked.

• Manage all quotes and estimates from EdEx and third-party contractors to ensure purchase order alignment prior to work commencing.

• Provide updated assessments of all budgets and cost projections to ensure change orders are captured as soon as possible.

• Track all incoming products, rental equipment, and services to ensure the purchase orders are fulfilled and up to date.

• Analyze and track invoicing to ensure correct products/services were received at the expected cost related to each line item of a purchase order.

• Work in conjunction with the onsite materials handler for all incoming/outgoing material including packing slips.

• Track onsite EdEx Rental Equipment and billing to appropriate purchase orders. Provide daily/weekly tracking sheets for customer approval prior to end of month billing.

• Assist Accounts Receivable during billing phase and Post-TA closeout.

Work Schedule & Environment

• Work hours vary depending on the phase of the project:

o Pre & Post Turnaround Event are typically 4x10’s (4 Days/week – 10 Hours/shift). Schedule may change to 9 Days on & 5 Days off

o During the Turnaround Event the hours are typically 6x10’s or 6x12’s with either Saturday or Sunday off

• The environment is intense and fast paced.

Key Measures of Performance

• Meeting customer deadlines

• Accuracy of cost reports

Qualifications
The purpose of the following qualifications is to define what qualifications are desirable to ensure success in this position.

• Minimum 5 years of experience of related industry experience

• Excellent organizational skills and multitasking abilities.

• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Excellent attention to detail.

• Strong ability to prioritize.

• Analytical mind with proven problem-solving skills.

• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

• Ability to learn and navigate new customer systems quickly.

• Able to resolve conflicts and work with a team towards a common goal.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to act in a diplomatic manner.

• Must pass pre-access drug and alcohol test.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay

Work Location: In person