Project Controls Manager (Cost)

Project Controls Manager (Cost)

Core Scientific is a leading provider of infrastructure for high-performance compute in North America. Our mission is to accelerate digital innovation by scaling high-value compute rapidly, efficiently, and responsibly. Core Scientific is a publicly trade company (NASDAQ: CORZ).

We power AI, HPC, and other next-generation data center workloads demanding exceptional computing power, in addition to our digital asset mining operations. Our footprint consists of 11 data center campuses across seven states, housing advanced infrastructure for our customers.

The Project Controls Manager (Cost) will support the financial execution of large-scale data center development projects. This role is embedded within project delivery teams and is responsible for the end-to-end financial ownership of assigned projects. The Project Controls Manager (Cost) will act as the primary finance partner to development and construction teams, ensuring projects are delivered with strong financial discipline and in alignment with approved investment objectives. This role reports into the FP&A organization but operates day-to-day within cross-functional project teams, providing real-time financial insight and decision support throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Own project budgets, forecasts, and cash flow from preconstruction through construction completion.
• Maintain accurate cost-to-complete forecasts, incorporating actuals, commitments, and evolving project scope.
• Ensure alignment between project cost and project schedule.
• Support development and maintenance of project budgets, forecasts, cost reports, and cash flow projections across data center projects.
• Track project actuals, commitments, accruals, and forecasted spend against approved budgets.
• Perform variance analysis and identify cost trends, risks, and corrective actions.
• Analyze impacts of scope changes, schedule delays, and procurement changes on project cost performance.
• Track and manage committed vs. incurred spend, ensuring full visibility into project financial position.
• Review and validate contracts, change orders, and invoices in partnership with construction and procurement teams.
• Establish and uphold cost control processes across the project lifecycle.
• Monitor actuals vs. budget and forecast, clearly articulating key drivers of variance.
• Translate project developments into forward-looking cost scope and schedule impacts.
• Identify cost and schedule related risks and opportunities and partner with stakeholders on mitigation strategies.
• Act as the day-to-day finance partner to development, construction, engineering, and procurement teams.
• Provide financial guidance on scope, schedule, and cost tradeoffs to support decision-making.
• Drive accountability and financial discipline across project stakeholders.
• Partner with scheduling teams to align cost forecasts with integrated master schedules.
• Coordinate cross-functional inputs from engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning teams.
• Support governance meetings, cost reviews, and related workshops.
• Deliver consistent reporting on budget status, forecast updates, schedule status, and key risks.
• Support FP&A processes related to development capex and portfolio planning.
• Foster open, respectful, and professional communication directly within the team as well as with co-workers, teammates, and leaders across the organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field.
• 3-5+ years of experience in cost management, project controls, financial analysis, or project delivery.
• Experience supporting large-scale capital projects strongly preferred.
• Strong budgeting and forecasting skills.
• Familiarity with construction delivery methods and contract structures (e.g., GMP, EPC, design-build).

Preferred:

• Experience in data center or large scale capital deployments e.g., utilities.
• Familiarity with project and cost management systems (e.g., Procore, Primavera etc.).

Reports To: Director, FP&A

Location: Miami, FL

Travel: Minimal travel may be required as needed.

Work Environment: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely utilizes standard office equipment, including laptop computers and smartphones.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time, onsite position. General hours and days of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Some nights and weekends may be required.

Supervisory Experience: No