Program Coordinator / Project Coordinator and Cost Analyst - Saudi National

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Responsibilities

• Program Coordinator / Project Coordinator and Cost Analyst Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Program Coordinator / Project Coordinator and Cost Analyst - Saudi National to join our team!
• In this role you will get to support the planning, coordination, financial tracking, and successful delivery of programs and projects while ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, quality, and budget objectives.
• Coordinate multiple projects from initiation through completion.
• Track project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.
• Schedule and coordinate project meetings, workshops, reviews, and related activities.
• Prepare meeting agendas, presentation materials, minutes, action logs, and follow-up communications.
• Monitor deadlines and follow up with project team members to ensure timely completion of assignments.
• Maintain accurate project records, contracts, correspondence, reports, cost documentation, and supporting files.
• Facilitate communication among project teams, clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and leadership.
• Support project closeout activities, including final documentation, lessons learned, and financial reconciliation.
• Identify potential project delays, risks, or challenges and escalate concerns to the appropriate manager.
• Track project budgets, commitments, expenditures, invoices, purchase orders, forecasts, and financial obligations.
• Prepare cost reports, budget summaries, variance analyses, financial projections, and management reports.
• Compare actual costs against approved budgets and investigate discrepancies.
• Support the preparation of cost estimates, pricing analyses, funding requests, and change-order evaluations.
• Review invoices and expense documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with contractual requirements.
• Maintain cost databases, financial spreadsheets, project trackers, and reporting systems.
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
• Monitor labor, material, subcontractor, travel, administrative, and other project-related costs.
• Support earned value tracking and other project performance measurement processes, as applicable.
• Provide cost-related information to project managers and leadership to support informed decision-making.
• Perform other responsibilities associated with this position as appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance, Accounting, Construction Management, Engineering, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Approximately 2 to 3 years of experience in project coordination, program administration, cost analysis, financial tracking, or a related role.
• Experience coordinating schedules, budgets, documentation, project communications, and financial information.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to prepare and maintain project budgets, cost reports, financial spreadsheets, and tracking systems.
• Knowledge of cost control, budget monitoring, variance analysis, forecasting, and financial reporting principles.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple departments.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with project teams, clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and leadership.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, data analysis, dashboards, and financial models.
• Knowledge of project management principles, cost control procedures, and financial management practices.
• Experience coordinating with clients, consultants, contractors, vendors, and internal leadership.
• Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

Preferred

• Experience supporting large-scale construction, infrastructure, engineering, transportation, buildings, or development projects.
• Experience with project management information systems, enterprise resource planning systems, cost control software, or financial reporting platforms.
• Experience preparing cost estimates, change-order evaluations, pricing analyses, forecasts, and funding requests.
• Experience with earned value management, project performance measurement, or related project controls processes.
• Familiarity with contracts, purchase orders, invoices, commitments, subcontractor costs, and commercial documentation.
• Experience supporting project closeout, financial reconciliation, lessons learned, and final reporting.

Benefits

• We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars!