Project Controller
LOCATION: Deer Park, Texas
FLEXIBILITY: Hybrid/Onsite
SALARY: $90,000 - $115,000
SALARY: $90,000 - $115,000
POSTED: August 10, 2026
JOB TYPE: Direct Hire
JOB ID: 33723
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Position: Project Controller
Compensation: $90,000 – $115,000 annually, depending on experience
Location: Deer Park, Texas
Inceed has partnered with a great company to help find a skilled Project Controller to join their team!
This is a strong opportunity for a finance professional who enjoys partnering with project teams, tightening cost controls, and keeping major capital work on track. In this role, you’ll support sustaining capex reporting, forecasting, accruals, and financial controls across multiple projects, helping leadership make informed decisions with confidence.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Support project managers with cost reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Track project spend, progress, and performance against budget and schedule.
- Manage accruals, reversals, and invoice matching.
- Reconcile project cost tools with accounting systems.
- Prepare monthly sustaining capex reports for stakeholders.
- Coordinate monthly accrual and ETC review meetings.
- Monitor project approval processes and budget adherence.
- Analyze variances, trends, and cost-related risks.
- Partner with procurement and contracts on invoice timing and forecasting.
- Support risk, insurance, and tax-related project coordination.
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related business field.
- At least 5 years of experience in accounting or controlling.
- Background in cost forecasting, cost accounting, or project accounting.
- Experience in budgeting, estimating, and accrual-based accounting.
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
- Ability to reconcile cost data with enterprise accounting systems.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
Nice to Have Skills & Experience:
- Experience in petroleum, petrochemical, or chemical industries.
- Experience supporting capital project environments.
- Knowledge of project controls and KPI frameworks.
- Familiarity with risk registers and schedule tracking.
- Experience working with contractors and suppliers.
- Comfortable managing multiple deadlines and priorities.
- Advanced Excel skills, including spreadsheet manipulation and analysis.
Perks & Benefits:
- This opportunity includes a comprehensive and competitive benefits package—details will be shared during later stages of the hiring process.
Other Information:
- This role is based in an office environment.
- Limited travel may be required by air, rail, bus, or car.
- Work involves collaboration across project, finance, procurement, and controls teams.
- The role supports sustaining capital projects with a strong reporting focus.
If you are interested in learning more about the Project Controller opportunity, please submit your resume for consideration. Our client unable to provide sponsorship at this time.
We are Inceed, a staffing direct placement firm who believes in the possibility of something better. Our mission is simple: We’re here to help every person, whether client, candidate, or employee, find and secure what’s better for them.
Inceed is an equal opportunity employer. Inceed prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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