Project Analyst

Job Summary The Project Analyst serves as the financial backbone of Comfort Temp's project operations, focused entirely on analyzing cost and profitability of HVAC and mechanical contracting projects from estimate through closeout. Working alongside Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers, and Operations Managers, this role tracks job costs against budgets, surfaces margin risks early, and delivers the analysis and reporting that helps project teams make faster, better-informed decisions. Key Responsibilities Job Costing & Cost Tracking: Monitor labor, material, equipment, subcontractor, and overhead costs against project budgets across the full project portfolio. Maintain accurate job-cost detail in the ERP/accounting system. Track change orders and scope adjustments. Validate cost coding and flag misallocations before they distort project margins. Profitability Analysis: Produce project-level profitability analysis including gross margin, cost-to-complete, and estimate-vs-actual variance reporting. Build and maintain WIP schedules and percentage-of-completion analysis in partnership with the finance team. Identify margin erosion, cost overruns, and underbilling/overbilling. Partnership with Project & Operations Teams: Serve as the primary analytical partner to PMs, APMs, and Operations Managers on all cost and profitability matters. Lead or support regular job-cost review meetings. Compare as-bid estimates to actual performance and feed lessons learned back into future estimating. Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Design and maintain dashboards and recurring reports on project performance, backlog, and portfolio profitability. Recommend and help implement improvements to job-costing processes and reporting workflows. Support month-end and project closeout reviews. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field; equivalent experience considered. Experience: 2+ years in financial analysis, job costing, or project analysis. Direct HVAC, mechanical contracting, or construction experience preferred. Skills: Advanced Excel (pivot tables, lookups, financial modeling). Familiarity with Sage, ServiceTitan, Procore, or similar ERP/field-service systems a plus. Core Competencies: Analytical rigor, business partnership, ownership, and process orientation. Ability to translate raw project data into clear, decision-ready insight for non-financial audiences. #J-18808-Ljbffr Comfort Temp