{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"42b3c5c1ca47c2d3b37c4548","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/42b3c5c1ca47c2d3b37c4548","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/42b3c5c1ca47c2d3b37c4548","title":"Project Controller","description":"About TensorWave\nOur mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.\n\nAbout the Role\nTo support execution of our data center project pipeline, this Project Controller will partner closely with the Project Manager (who directs day-to-day schedule and General Contractor Execution) to provide real-time tracking of project milestones and related costs. This role requires strong organizational skills combined with construction accounting, financial modelling, and cross-functional coordination with Finance, Procurement, and Accounting to synthesize data and monitor the health of our development pipeline.\nThe Candidate must be able to communicate effectively across all levels, from field staff and the Project Manager, to General Contractor leadership, to Executive leadership, translating operational progress into financial clarity and keeping projects on-budget.\nVarious functional teams are involved in the development of a new data center project: the Project Manager, who owns schedule, field execution, and day-to-day coordination with the General Contractor (and Subs); the AI architecture engineering team, responsible for the design; Procurement team, who are responsible for sourcing and negotiating terms with Vendors/Suppliers; Capital Markets are responsible for funding availability; Finance is responsible for modeling the capital decisions; and Accounting is responsible for tracking the budget.\nThe Project Controller works alongside the Project Manager and all other functional teams to maintain the financial source of truth for each project, translating field and schedule progress reported by the Project Manager into cost tracking, budget reconciliation, and executive reporting. This role proactively surfaces potential cost overruns, financial risks, and capital opportunities to Executive Leadership, and recommends executable next steps grounded in the numbers.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\nProject Cost Tracking & Financial Coordination\nPartner with the Project Manager: Receive schedule status, milestone completion, and field progress updates from the Project Manager; translate this into cost tracking and financial reporting across the active pipeline.\nStandardization & Governance: Build standardized cost-tracking templates and dashboards across the project pipeline. Coordinate with the Project Manager on project launches and completions, ensuring budgets, cost codes, and capitalization thresholds are properly established and reconciled.\nProactive Oversight: Flag cost overruns or financial impacts of schedule slippage and change orders (as reported by the Project Manager or GC),always paired with executable, recommended courses of action.\nAccounting Systems, Procurement & BOM Integration\nBridge Field Progress & Systems: Partner with Accounting and Procurement teams to translate physical project progress into core financial systems, synthesizing weekly status, expenditure, and risk reporting across all active projects into one consolidated view.\nBOM & Lead-Time Visibility: Utilize project Bills of Materials (BOM) to track capital commitments and forecast long-lead equipment procurement, with acute focus on GPUs and critical infrastructure.\nPurchase Order Reconciliation: Perform reconciliation of Construction-related Purchase Orders — reviewing weekly reconciliation reports from Procurement/AP for alignment with each site's BOM and budget, and provide variance explanations.\nAudit Readiness: Maintain audit-ready documentation trails linking BOM line items directly to purchase orders, receipts, and invoices.\nFinancial Hub (Treasury, Capital Markets & FP&A)\nCross-Functional Data Supply: Provide Treasury team with weekly actual spend/commitment data required to update cash flow modelling. Provide Capital Markets team with drawdown and data/supporting documents for monthly covenant reporting. Deliver monthly variance analyses and CapEx updates to FP&A, the Corporate Controller, and the EVP of Finance.\nRisk & Capital Escalation: Proactively escalate timing shifts and/or change orders that could impact cash requirements, financing timelines, or credit terms.\nExecutive Visibility: Centralize a source of truth for operational reality — surfacing potential delays, ROI opportunities, risks, and provide recommended next steps.\nProject Accounting & Financial Governance\nFixed Asset Partner: Collaborate with the Fixed Assets team — review weekly capex reports for alignment with each site's BOM and budget, and flag discrepancies.\nCIP & Job Cost Oversight: Review job costs and Construction-in-Progress (CIP) monitoring against budget and BOM.\nFinancial Close & Audit: Support month-end/quarter-end close processes (reviewing CIP roll-forwards and capitalization entries) and maintain documentation for fixed asset in-service dates and facilitate responses to audit requests.\nProcess Improvement: Identify process gaps across project workstreams and proactively implement solutions to improve the Company’s internal controls.\n\nWho You Are\nRequired Qualifications\n10+ years in Construction Accounting, Financial Controlling, or working as an Capital Projects Manager in a Construction firm\nStrong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP as applied to job costing, fixed asset capitalization, and milestone revenue/expense recognition\nHands-on experience with NetSuite (or a comparable ERP) and RAMP (or comparable procure-to-pay/AP software)\nA proactive, solution-oriented approach — bringing structure to open initiatives without needing step-by-step oversight\nSound judgment on what needs leadership escalation vs. independent resolution, and a habit of bringing solutions\nExceptional organizational discipline managing sensitive financial data at scale\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in high-growth capital infrastructure (data centers, commercial real estate, energy, telecom, or large-scale construction)\nFamiliarity working alongside Treasury and Capital Markets on debt/equity drawdown schedules\n\nWhat We Offer\nStock Options\n100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees\nCompany Health Savings Account Contributions\n100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees\nLife and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options\nOther Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance\nVarious Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support\nFlexible Spending Account\n401(k)\nEmployee Assistance Program\nFlexible PTO\nPaid Holidays\nParental Leave\nOther In-Office Perks\n\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nTensorWave is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status under applicable law.\n\nReasonable Accommodations\nTensorWave provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please contact accomodations@tensorwave.com.\n\nEmployment Eligibility\nAll offers of employment are contingent upon verification of identity and authorization to work in United States, as required by law.\n\nBackground Checks\nWhere permitted by law, employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a job-related background check.\n\nData Privacy Notice\nBy submitting an application, you acknowledge that TensorWave may collect, use, and retain your personal information for recruiting and employment-related purposes in accordance with applicable data privacy laws.","company":"Tensorwave","rawCompany":"tensorwave","city":"Las Vegas","state":"NV","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T11:46:15.448Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"11-3031.01","title":"Treasurers and Controllers","slug":"treasurers-and-controllers"},{"code":"11-9021.00","title":"Construction Managers","slug":"construction-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"518210","title":"Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services","slug":"computing-infrastructure-providers-data-processing-web-hosting-and-related-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Project Controller","description":"About TensorWave\nOur mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. 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This role requires strong organizational skills combined with construction accounting, financial modelling, and cross-functional coordination with Finance, Procurement, and Accounting to synthesize data and monitor the health of our development pipeline.\nThe Candidate must be able to communicate effectively across all levels, from field staff and the Project Manager, to General Contractor leadership, to Executive leadership, translating operational progress into financial clarity and keeping projects on-budget.\nVarious functional teams are involved in the development of a new data center project: the Project Manager, who owns schedule, field execution, and day-to-day coordination with the General Contractor (and Subs); the AI architecture engineering team, responsible for the design; Procurement team, who are responsible for sourcing and negotiating terms with Vendors/Suppliers; Capital Markets are responsible for funding availability; Finance is responsible for modeling the capital decisions; and Accounting is responsible for tracking the budget.\nThe Project Controller works alongside the Project Manager and all other functional teams to maintain the financial source of truth for each project, translating field and schedule progress reported by the Project Manager into cost tracking, budget reconciliation, and executive reporting. This role proactively surfaces potential cost overruns, financial risks, and capital opportunities to Executive Leadership, and recommends executable next steps grounded in the numbers.\n\nWhat You’ll Do\nProject Cost Tracking & Financial Coordination\nPartner with the Project Manager: Receive schedule status, milestone completion, and field progress updates from the Project Manager; translate this into cost tracking and financial reporting across the active pipeline.\nStandardization & Governance: Build standardized cost-tracking templates and dashboards across the project pipeline. Coordinate with the Project Manager on project launches and completions, ensuring budgets, cost codes, and capitalization thresholds are properly established and reconciled.\nProactive Oversight: Flag cost overruns or financial impacts of schedule slippage and change orders (as reported by the Project Manager or GC),always paired with executable, recommended courses of action.\nAccounting Systems, Procurement & BOM Integration\nBridge Field Progress & Systems: Partner with Accounting and Procurement teams to translate physical project progress into core financial systems, synthesizing weekly status, expenditure, and risk reporting across all active projects into one consolidated view.\nBOM & Lead-Time Visibility: Utilize project Bills of Materials (BOM) to track capital commitments and forecast long-lead equipment procurement, with acute focus on GPUs and critical infrastructure.\nPurchase Order Reconciliation: Perform reconciliation of Construction-related Purchase Orders — reviewing weekly reconciliation reports from Procurement/AP for alignment with each site's BOM and budget, and provide variance explanations.\nAudit Readiness: Maintain audit-ready documentation trails linking BOM line items directly to purchase orders, receipts, and invoices.\nFinancial Hub (Treasury, Capital Markets & FP&A)\nCross-Functional Data Supply: Provide Treasury team with weekly actual spend/commitment data required to update cash flow modelling. 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