Project Controls Manager

About LSB LSB is committed to playing a leadership role in the production of low and no carbon products that build, feed and power the world. The LSB team is dedicated to building a culture of excellence in customer experiences as we deliver essential products across the agricultural and industrial end markets and, in the future, the energy markets. Join our team and help us develop innovative solutions that will improve the quality of life for current and future generations. Learn more about LSB at www.lsbindustries.com. The Project Controls Manager is responsible for providing financial leadership, analysis, and decision support for the Company’s capital portfolio, including major capital projects, plant turnarounds, and significant maintenance outages. The role serves as a strategic finance partner to project managers, engineering, procurement, project controls, maintenance, operations, and accounting teams, providing financial leadership and project cost management expertise to ensure capital projects are effectively planned, accurately forecasted, financially controlled, and executed in alignment with approved budgets, capital governance requirements, project objectives, and business priorities. The Project Controls Manager provides end-to-end financial stewardship for assigned projects throughout the project lifecycle, from initial planning and authorization through execution, forecasting, and final closeout. This role is responsible for project cost management, financial reporting, forecasting, variance analysis, capital portfolio reporting, and identifying financial risks and opportunities to support timely, informed decision-making by project leadership and senior management. The role primarily supports capital finance activities while also providing limited support for broader Financial Planning & Analysis initiatives, including budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, and special projects, as business priorities require. Primary Responsibilities Include: Project Cost Management Manage financial oversight for multiple concurrent capital projects, plant turnarounds, and major maintenance outages while balancing competing priorities and reporting requirements. Develop and maintain project cost management processes that provide accurate, timely, and actionable financial information throughout the project lifecycle. Monitor actual expenditures against approved budgets, forecasts, authorized funding, and project milestones. Review project financial setup, including project structures, work breakdown structures (WBS), cost coding, and general ledger alignment, to support accurate cost tracking and reporting. Track commitments, purchase orders, invoices, contractor costs, equipment rentals, materials, freight, and internal labor. Validate daily contractor timesheets, manpower counts, equipment rental logs, and field cost data during turnaround execution to support accurate daily cost reporting. Monitor committed versus actual costs and identify potential funding gaps, forecast deviations, and emerging financial risks. Analyze cost variances, trends, and project performance metrics and provide recommendations to project leadership. Support capital portfolio reporting by consolidating and analyzing financial performance across assigned projects. Forecasting & Reporting Prepare daily (during turnaround and outage execution) weekly, monthly, and ad hoc financial reports, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs) for project leadership, executive management, and other stakeholders. Develop and maintain Estimate at Completion (EAC), Estimate to Complete (ETC), total installed cost (TIC), and cash flow forecasts. Partner with project managers to validate forecast assumptions and improve forecast accuracy. Monitor contingency utilization, change impacts, emergent and discovery work, and projected budget requirements. During plant turnarounds and major outages, prepare and distribute daily cost reports comparing act…

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