Cost Engineer Resume

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Finance professional withover five years of experiencein planning, analyzing, and reporting project costs. Analytical expert in cost management processes, budget planning, and financial forecast strategies.
Skilled in enhancing internal controls to improve financial forecasting, cost and treasury reporting, with multi - billion dollar budgets.
Audited contract development and business provisions administration to ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Cost Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Project management with cost control and cost estimation for analysis and schedule impacts.
Integrated cost and schedule reporting models with accounting and management information systems.
Lead the development, maintenance, coordination and planning of project schedules for plant equipment.
Audited contract development and administration of business provisions to ensure compliance with contractual terms and conditions.

Cost Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed project procurement reports, performed cost analysis of inventory status and tagged equipment.
Developed ad hoc cost reports, cash flow curves, and contingency analysis.
Managed cash call log reports in accordance with Sadara Project Cost Compliance, to verify vendor payments.
Implemented BMO directives to ensure contractors/vendors possess accurate forecasts in WBS cost re-allocations
Lead PMT Change Notice evaluation meetings to analyze justified changes and facilitate approval process.

Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed and updated customer account ledger. Evaluated and tracked overdue accounts.
Automated systems to track and record financial status of customers, and related collection efforts.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Managed financial business research through data gathering, cost-benefit analysis, and detailed reports.
Cross functional collaboration for process improvements in financial performance.

Tax Accountant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Contributed to developing strategies for tax and financial accounting for large corporations.
Tax record maintenance, and preparation of federal, state, and local tax returns. Developed tax strategies to minimize tax liability, and prepared financial statements and specialized accounting reports. Internship (Merrill Lynch) Wealth Management Advisory Board
This internship was in perfect alignment with my future career goals, and relevant to formal .
Financial planning & project reports for clients.
Helped to update client information in databases for analysis and recommendations.