Associate Analyst - Growth Projects

Energy Transfer, recognized by Forbes as one of America's best large employers, is dedicated to responsibly and safely delivering America's energy. We are driven to inspire our employees to create superior value for our customers, our investors, a sustainable future and giving back to the community where we have long-standing commitments to causes including MD Anderson Children's Cancer Hospital, The Salvation Army, The American Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House and many more. We value all of our employees who make our growth and success possible. We are proud to offer industry leading compensation, comprehensive benefits, 401(k) match with additional profit sharing, PTO and abundant career opportunities. Come join our award winning 12,000 strong organization as we fuel the world and each other. Summary This individual will work with Engineering Project Managers to provide cost controls support on projects. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Advanced skills of a cost analyst; ability to provide cost controls support on projects. Comfortable evaluating and communicating cost impact of scope changes, contract values, cost trend impacts, allowances for design unknowns, escalation, contingency and fee structure to the department head and management. Facilitates project approval in system; assists in coding and tracking of all invoices, including retainage payments; verifies rates are correct per contract and the invoice; tracks Actuals and Commitments in detail for the project. Works closely with the Project Manager to provide an updated forecast monthly for the project. Provides significant project metrics as requested; provides quarterly accruals for the project. Assists in tracking and managing purchase orders, contracts, and/or work offers; manages any necessary reclasses for the project; documentation to be retained for the project file. Can adapt and work through ad-hoc requests as needed. Requirements To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below: Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, construction management or business, or additional equivalent business experience. MS Office Suite experience, especially Excel. Comfortable in financial software packages. Exhibits strong communication and interpersonal skills, strong ability to apply judgment, and professionally challenge and question both basic and complicated activity and assumptions. Able to communicate with Analysts and Project Managers and solve project related issues. Required Experience The Associate Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 0-2 years of relevant job related experience. The Specialist/Analyst level requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and 3-5 years of relevant job related experience. Preferred Qualifications Pipeline industry experience. Intermediate level of Excel: pivot tables and the manipulation of large amounts of data. SAP systems experience. Working Conditions The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Usually, normal office working conditions. Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing. Occasional overnight travel may be required. #J-18808-Ljbffr Energy Transfer