Cost Applications Specialist

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Date:
Mar 5, 2026

Location:

Overland Park, KS, US

Company:
Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee‑owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever‑evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Opportunity Type : Staff

Project Only Hire : No

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity’s biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation; 401K match and benefits that start day 1. Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning.

You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

As the Cost Applications Specialist
, you will have the opportunity to:

• Be the functional lead for cost related functionalities and activity within Oracle Projects (PPM) module. Including import schedules, timesheet costing, cost balancing, HCM process review, and cross-functional coordination with HR and Payroll.
• Act as liaison between end users and technical staff while driving system enhancements, compliance alignment, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• 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…