Black & Veatch · 1 day ago
Cost Applications Specialist
Overland Park, KS
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expBlack & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. As a Cost Applications Specialist, you will lead cost-related functionalities within Oracle Projects, ensuring accuracy and compliance while acting as a liaison between end users and technical staff.
ConstructionIndustrialConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure
No H1B
Responsibilities
Leads maintenance of functional setup for moderately complex organization and accounting changes
Balances and monitors all cost source values received in Project Cost, ensuring completeness and accuracy
Troubleshoots and resolves moderately complex issues with financial data interfaces between systems, including balancing of financial data that flows between systems
Identifies root causes, recommends prevention strategies, and proactively addresses recurring issues
Provides daily functional support to end users, including training and module-specific assistance
Responsible for system configuration maintenance
Conducts month-end close cost balancing activities, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved ahead of period closure
Works to catch cost anomalies before Week 1 reporting, preventing downstream impacts
Leads error resolution and investigation in collaboration with wider Financial Applications team related to:
Accounting errors
Timesheet errors
Payroll project costs
Unprocessed or rejected costs
Oversees burden schedule management and validates correct application of burdening rules
Leads system enhancements related specifically to cost treatment, ensuring alignment with accounting and project controls requirements
Collects and documents high-level system change and enhancement requests
Works with internal clients to identify business needs and translate them into functional requirements
Participates in or writes project management plans for moderately complex initiatives, including tracking issues, requirements, schedules, communication, training, documentation, and implementation
Acts as a lead and participates in executing project plans, enhancements, implementations, migrations, and upgrade-related activities
Updates user documentation and training materials
Assesses testing needs, builds test scenarios, conducts testing, and documents results
Play a key role in HCM project in developing new processes relating to labor and payroll related cost calculations
Conducts process analysis and improvement reviews covering existing and new HCM processes
Partners with HR and Payroll as a key contact for compliance and process changes impacting financial applications
Identifies and assesses improvement opportunities and champions continuous improvement efforts
Supports change management activities associated with process and system improvements
Serves as primary contact for HR, Payroll, and other internal stakeholders regarding labor compliance, process changes, and labor cost treatment impacts
Manages escalated support cases requiring cross-functional coordination
May maintain SharePoint sites and provide guidance for module-related content and communications
Provides complex data and ad hoc reports to users as needed
Supports analysis for cost balancing, discrepancy identification, and month-end close
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in business-related field or information technology, or equivalent experience
Typically 7+ years related experience
All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations
Preferred
Experience in Project Accounting or Corporate/Statutory Accounting is preferred
Microsoft Office Suite; Advanced Excel
Financial systems knowledge (Advanced)
Financial processes and information systems (Intermediate–Advanced)
Customer Focus, Planning, Problem Solving, Decision Quality, Written Communication, Business Acumen, and Comfort Around Higher Management
Benefits
401K match
Benefits that start day 1
Flexible work schedules
Paid vacation and holiday time
Sick time
Dependent sick time
Company-matched 401k plan
Adoption reimbursement
Tuition reimbursement
Vendor discounts
Employment referral program
AD&D insurance
Pre-taxed accounts
Voluntary legal plan
B&V Credit Union
Performance-based bonus program
Company
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is an engineering, consulting, and construction company.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
Water Research Foundation
2023-03-09Grant
2012-09-14Equity Crowdfunding
Leadership Team
Mario Azar
Chairman & CEO
Steve Edwards
Chairman and CEO
Recent News
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