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Vertiv Corporation lists this Cost Controller (Infrastructure Solutions) opportunity in greenville, South Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Job Summary
The Cost Controller is responsible for ensuring rigorous financial governance across all phases of the project lifecycle. This role oversees supplier payment processes, purchase order and change control, budget management, forecasting, and cost-to-complete reporting. The Cost Controller partners closely with project leadership to maintain financial discipline, support informed decision-making, and ensure compliance with Vertiv's commercial and governance standards.
Responsibilities
Supplier Payment & Invoice Management
Manage end-to-end processing of supplier payment applications, including receipt, accrual tracking, certification, and invoice validation.
Issue acceptance certificates and coordinate purchase order receipt processing in Oracle.
Validate supplier invoices against acceptance certificates and contractual terms.
Maintain accurate registers for supplier applications, invoices, and accruals.
Identify invoices not supported by purchase orders, obtain required approvals, and enforce PO compliance standards.
Maintain and reconcile Requisitions and PO registers across the project lifecycle.
Vet supplier invoices for valid PO references and return non-compliant invoices.
Monitor open commitments and ensure alignment with approved budgets and forecasts.
Budget Management, Forecasting & Variance Analysis
Establish and maintain project budgets within financial systems.
Perform ongoing budget updates reflecting approved changes and actual costs.
Produce monthly forecast variance analyses and Year-To-Date (YTD) budget comparisons.
Coordinate site and project team inputs for monthly cost-to-complete evaluations.
Prepare budget updates, forecasts, and financial insights for Project Director review.
Change Management
Evaluate and forecast the probability of future customer change order intake.
Support preparation of COR cost estimates and pricing models.
Communicate revenue and cost impacts of CORs for Project Operating Reviews (POR).
Define and track sunk cost elements included in COR pricing.
Integrate approved and forecast CORs into future budget and forecast updates.
Supplier Change Order Requests
Coordinate with Quantity Surveyors and Estimators to forecast actual and anticipated supplier COR costs.
Identify change orders required to recover scope omissions or cost overruns.
Incorporate supplier CORs into cost-to-complete forecasts.
Change Management & Commercial Governance
Maintain a comprehensive change register for all project commercial changes.
Coordinate evaluation, pricing, and financial impact assessments of change events.
Ensure change approvals comply with Vertiv governance requirements.
Update budgets, forecasts, and cost-to-complete metrics based on approved changes.
Support the Project Director in commercial negotiations related to change events.
Requirements
Education
Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Construction Management, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline
Master's degree or professional qualifications (MBA, MSc, etc.) preferred but not required
Experience
7+ years of experience in cost control, project controls, commercial management, or project finance, ideally within:Engineering
construction
infrastructure
or industrial projects
Proven experience managing:Project budgets, forecasts, and cost-to-complete evaluations
Supplier payment applications, invoices, PRs and POs
Change orders (customer and supplier) and commercial change registers
Experience supporting Project Directors / Project Managers with financial reporting and commercial decisions
Technical Skills
Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle preferred) for:
Purchase orders, receipts, invoicing, and accruals
Advanced proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, variance analysis, forecasting models)
Experience preparing:
Monthly cost reports
YTD budget vs. actual analysis
Forecast and variance commentary
Familiarity with project governance, approval matrices, and financial controls
Commercial & Analytical Skills
Strong understanding of:
Contractual cost control principles
Change management and commercial risk
Revenue and cost forecasting
Ability to assess financial impacts of scope changes and omissions
High attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate financial registers
Interactions
Site Construction Managers, Program Managers, Finance, Procurement, Operations, Order Management, Different Vertiv Business Units, other Department's Leads.
Additional Eligibility Requirements
Valid Driver's License
Participation in international calls outside business hours
Up to 20% business trips
About Us
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.
High-Performance Culture
Customer Focus
Operational Excellence
Innovation
Financial Strength
Own it
Act with urgency
Foster a customer-first mindset
Think big and execute
Lead by example
Drive continuous improvement
Learn and seek out development
Promote transparent & open communication
About Vertiv Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers' vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today's data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.
Work Authorization No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to
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Worksite address
greenville, SC, 29610, US
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