Accenture Construct - Senior Cost Analyst, COM

THE WORK

You've Never Been Satisfied with “Good Enough.”

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next

• (Internal Title: Senior Cost Analyst)
  • Responsible for developing, analyzing, and communicating expenses and cost transactions, data to ensure that transaction are recorded accurately and assigned to the appropriate control account and contracts
  • Provides detailed financial analysis and reports of expenses, includes breakdowns of project costs, forecasts of remaining cost, and opportunities to increase efficiency
  • Support the development of Integrated Cost Reporting across the Project
  • Work across the functions to align the cost breakdown structure to the work and risk break down structures
  • Support the preparation for, and execution of QCRA across multiple contracts and the integrated Project position
  • Using the cost data and intelligence to engage across the Contracting Authority to underpin Project decision making
  • Support the Contract Administration Team in the cost/invoice reconciliation process
  • Manage the creation of cashflows and Project Estimate at Completion determinations to support capital spend forecasts
  • Provide cost intelligence, including knowledge and data from industry, to support the development of scenarios that can drive down the Indirect Costs that the Project is subject to
  • Provide cost impact analysis for all impacting proposed changes and presenting scenarios and options that best protect Contracting Authority’s position
  • Establish and provide analysis for Earned Value as required
  • Conducts market research as needed to recommend changes to pricing or business models
  • Prepares periodic cost reconciliation reports tracking data such as changing labor and supply costs
  • Capture lessons learnt from the Project and make these available across the Program
  • Oversee cost analysis, controls, and reconciliation for the assigned projects
  • Monitor contractual reliabilities and be responsible for the design and maintenance of project control databases, spreadsheets, and other control systems to support these functions
  • Review reports and supporting documentation for project approvals and contract awards
  • Prepare monthly accruals related to project-related contracts
  • Establish and provide analysis for Earned Value as required
  • Guide, train, and mentor junior staff in their cost analysis and monitoring tasks
  • Lead and implement procedural updates and corporate initiatives related to costing
• Working Conditions
  • Office-based

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline
• Licenses OR Certifications:
• Registered for and seeking AACE CCP, CEP, PSP, PRMP, EVP, or PMI equivalent
• Has completed equivalent training or successfully passed designated proficiency testing in lieu of the above

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

• Thorough knowledge of Contract Administration principles, methods, procedures, and practices, as well as project management methods and practices
• In-depth understanding of Business Administration concepts with emphasis on scheduling principles combined with a good knowledge of budget and cost control concepts
• Excellent competency in MRP systems including MAXIMO and EcoSys, WorkDay, is considered an asset
• Demonstrated experience with systems including extensive relational database design concepts and spreadsheets to correlate operational and financial data (Sr Level)
• Tailor technical information for different audiences through presentations, reports, and other means independently
• Must foster relationships with various stakeholders
• Tact to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
• Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
• Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
• Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
• Excellent reading and language comprehension
• Ability to detect and capitalize on others' strengths
• Demonstrated capability to lead Cost Analysts, supervise, delegate, and develop capacity
• Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.

The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.
Role Location Annual Salary Range
Toronto $100,000 - $145,000

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• The biggest builds going. Hyperscale data centers, grid and generation, transit and rail, chip fabs, mines, water. If it's complex and it matters, it's on our list.
• You own the outcome. Not a workstream. Not a deliverable. Whether the program lands.
• AI that shows up on site. Program control that predicts instead of records. You'll use it, and you'll help shape it.
• Scale without the distance. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC, on a team small enough that people know your name.
• Serious investment in you. Leadership development, technical upskilling and certification support.
• Work that outlasts you. People will use what you build for forty years without knowing your name. That's the point.
• Recognition that means something in this industry. Accenture Construct is ranked #6 globally in ENR's 2026 Top 50 Program Management Firms and #4 in Building Design + Construction's Top 80 Construction Management Firms for 2026.

ABOUT ACCENTURE CONSTRUCT

Accenture Construct is Accenture's global capital projects business.

The data centers behind AI. The grid behind the energy transition. The rail, water and airports everything else runs on.

We plan them, engineer them, deliver them and hand them over — and unlike most of this market, we're on the hook for whether they land on time. More than 5,000 practitioners across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. One team that owns the whole thing.