IREN is a vertically integrated AI Cloud provider, delivering large-scale data centers and GPU clusters for AI training and inference.
IREN’s platform is underpinned by its expansive portfolio of grid-connected land and power in renewable-rich regions across the U.S. and Canada.

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Cost Controller, based in Badajoz, Spain.

Job Description

The Cost Controller is responsible for cost control, budget monitoring, forecasting, cost reporting, and financial governance during the construction of IREN’s Badajoz Data Center. The role ensures that project expenditure, commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasts, and changes are accurately tracked, analyzed, and controlled against approved budgets, contracts, procurement activities, construction progress, and project objectives.

The role provides accurate and timely cost visibility to the Construction and Project Management teams, supporting effective decision-making and maintaining financial control across the delivery of a large-scale, renewable-powered data center project.

This role contributes to the successful delivery of the Badajoz Data Center by maintaining project cost baselines, tracking commitments and vigente expenditure, preparing forecasts and Estimate at Completion (EAC), analyzing cost variances and trends, supporting change and contingency management, monitoring contractor and supplier cost information, and coordinating with Project Management, Construction, Procurement, Commercial, Project Controls, and Finance teams.

The Cost Controller also supports the reconciliation of budgets, purchase orders, contracts, invoices, accruals, and approved changes, ensuring that project cost information is accurate, traceable, and consistently reflected in project reporting. Through disciplined cost control and reporting,



the role enables early identification of cost risks and deviations and supports the delivery of the project within approved financial targets.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Technical Office Manager, the Cost Controller is responsible for:

- Maintain and control the project cost baseline by ensuring that approved budgets are correctly structured, coded, allocated, and maintained across construction packages, contracts, purchase orders, disciplines, and cost categories in alignment with the project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS).
- Monitor project costs and financial performance by tracking budgets, commitments, actual costs, accruals, forecasts, approved changes, pending changes, and remaining cost exposure and by ensuring that cost information is accurate, complete, and up to date.
- Prepare and maintain project cost forecasts and Estimate at Completion (EAC) by analyzing current expenditure, commitments, construction progress, procurement status, contractor forecasts, trends, changes, risks, and remaining scope to provide an accurate view of expected final project cost.
- Perform budget versus actual and forecast variance analysis by identifying deviations, trends, emerging cost pressures, and potential savings and by providing clear explanations and recommendations to Construction and Project Management teams.
- Track project commitments by monitoring contracts, purchase orders, amendments, variations, and other financial commitments and ensuring that these are accurately reflected within project cost reports and forecasting systems.
- Monitor actual project expenditure by reconciling invoices, payments, purchase orders, contracts, and financial records with the relevant Finance, Procurement, Commercial, and project stakeholders.
- Prepare and manage project accruals by identifying work performed but not yet invoiced, coordinating with contractors and package owners, and ensuring that monthly cost reporting accurately reflects the financial status of construction activities.
- Support contractor

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