Trainee Cost Clerk
bcs group
Assist commercial team with cost reporting, financial closure, and cost management.
5 days ago ago
Entry-level
Full Time
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Company Size
1500+ globally Employees
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Role
What you would be doing
cost reporting
cost forecasting
plant coordination
commercial filing
financial closure
risk review
- Work collaboratively with the site team to provide commercial and administrative support on commercial matters.
- Assist with the effective capture of costs and allocation of associated liabilities to project activities.
- Assist in the preparation of project-specific costs to complete (solution costs)
- Support with the financial closure of projects within the prescribed contractual timescales
- Maintaining clear filing of commercial records in line with Alliance procedures.
- Coordination of plant requirements for the project(s);
- Help with coordination of project plant/equipment/material requirements, requisitions/orders, and active management of the aforementioned on-site to minimise costs.
- Support with the provision of accurate cost reporting and forecasting to mitigate adverse financial impacts.
- Assist the wider commercial team with the provision of transparent, accurate and timely commercial cost reporting for the project.
- Work with the Quantity Surveyor on commercial reporting and ensure the reporting information is accurate, meaningful, and timely. Actively undertake the reallocation costs/orders where required.
- Undertake risk-based reviews of the data to identify potentially disallowable costs, drive on-going compliance and potential cost efficiency opportunities.
- Ensure adherence to alliance and Barhale processes and systems.
- A clear focus on timely reporting of the latest job costing position to give robust future forecasts of the final outturn cost.
- Actively manage costs and accruals to maximise value and minimise future liabilities.
- Ad-hoc reporting of commercial and financial data, as and when required.
What you bring
sign design
leadership
driving licence
financial acumen
numeracy
redsky
- Signs (design and fabrication)
- Leadership & management training and coaching
- Full UK Driving Licence, and willingness to travel to sites (where required)
- Basic financial acumen
- Strong numeracy skills
- Experience using Redsky or a similar financial reporting system
- Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
- Competitive salary
- Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
- 8 hours volunteering
- Job security, long-term secured work through various frameworks and large infrastructure schemes
- Strong career progression as demonstrated by our track record in promoting from within, as we believe this is a key driver of our success
- 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
- Company Pension
- Continuous service awards
- Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
- Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
- Private Medical
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- Bring your expertise in software development
- Bring your creativity and problem-solving skills
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