Hybrid Budget Controller

at LaBella Associates

• Job title: Budget Controller
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Associate's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Portland, United States

About the role

• Budget Controller responsible for financial oversight and project management at LaBella. Planning, tracking, and optimizing budgets while ensuring adherence to strategic goals.

Responsibilities

• The Budget Controller will be responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing an organization’s financial resources to ensure spending aligns with strategic goals and approved budgets. They will also provide financial oversight by creating budgets, tracking expenditures, and offering data-driven insights that support effective decision-making and cost optimization.

Requirements

• Produce a variety of regular and ad-hoc reports in support of our project planning and control initiatives.
• Work closely with all functional departments, the Budget Controller plays a key role in ensuring that policies, procedures, and standards are adhered to.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, feeding, reconciling and maintaining valuable project control databases and reports for projects.
• Manages and ensures the reconciliation of program controls data with financial and performance systems, coordinating with Project Managers.
• Verifies the accuracy of all cost information including confirmation that costs have been properly coded and allocated to the project budget.
• Producing required accounting and project & program cost reports.
• Producing reports on deviations, under-runs and over-runs.
• Preparing forecasts and cost trend reports.
• Reviewing and evaluating trends and their impact on project costs.
• Monitoring project & program costs and commitment to budget and forecast. Work with Investment Planning & Control on Capital Budget needs.
• Maintaining change control and the change order register.
• Assessing progress measurement and developing/updating progress curves for progress reporting. Responsible for EVM during all project stages.
• **Qualifications:**
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Controlling & Supervisor Experience.
• Minimum Associate degree. Preferred Bachelor's Degree
• CAPM or EVM Certificate or equivalent (under AVANGRID approval)
• SAP Experience

Benefits

• Body, mind, and wallet—LaBella’s benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance). Visit our website for more details on benefits listed below.
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Health/Dental Insurance
• 401k Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Parental Leave
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Profit Sharing
• Paid Time Off
• Leadership Development Program
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Team Building Events
• Community Service Events
• LaBella is committed to facilitating a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion are respected, valued, and celebrated by implementing thoughtful, practical, and innovative strategies that support our employees and serve the communities in which we reside. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.
• LaBella Associates does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting professionals or agencies, nor do we accept resumes from any source that does not reference a specific, open position. LaBella Associates will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes submitted by recruiting professionals or agencies that do not have a current placement fee agreement with LaBella Associates. All initial communication with recruiting professionals or agencies must go through human resources.