Senior Cost Consultant – Cost and Commercial Assurance (CCA)

Description

• Travelling to different sites/locations nationally and internationally to meet stakeholders.
• Presentation of outputs and recommendations to clients and their supply chain.
• It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.
• Mentoring junior staff and upskilling both internal and external stakeholders in the arena of cost and commercial assurance.
• Production of close-out reports and working papers.
• Management of stakeholders and their expectations through regular communications.
• Interfacing with project and finance staff to obtain and discuss key documentation/data.
• Manage individual cost verification commissions.
• Detailed evaluation of cost data against contractual/commercial principles.
• Detailed analysis and trending of cost data to identify patterns and key risks.
• Undertaking statistical and non-statistical data sampling.

Requirements

• Enjoys team working but is also comfortable working alone to tight deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to work on own initiative.
• Beginner to Intermediate PowerBi skills, not essential but desirable.
• The ability to grasp high level concepts and comfort with ambiguity.
• Experience in identifying and assessing risks in project environments.
• Knowledge and competence in the use of target cost and cost reimbursable construction contracts.
• An understanding of different cost systems and associated processes (COINS, SAP, ICON, Oracle etc).
• The ability to understand, manage and interpret complex data sets from a range of sources.
• Appraisal of cost/commercial management systems and processes.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including a wide understanding of Excel functions.
• The ability to demonstrate ‘output thinking’ from the outset.
• The ability to effectively communicate with a range of individuals at varying levels of seniority.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance