cost analyst Derby, England
Job description
At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means transforming performance for a green, inclusive and productive world that is safe. We are a global, independent, professional services company with 75 years’ experience operating across the real estate, infrastructure, defence and natural resources sectors.
A Cost Engineer is required to deliver the cost function on a major MoD project based in Derby. Due to the sensitive nature of this project and the need to deploy quickly, applying applicants must have valid UK SC clearance. The Cost Engineer will:
Job Objectives:
- Implement, administer and maintain cost control system and procedures to track project budgets, commitments, expenditures and forecasts for projects of medium complexity and value
- Assist in the preparation and review of cost estimates
- Provide cost information to support decision and alternative selection
- Evaluate contractor invoices prior to submission for pre-approval
- Utilize information from Cost Capture System and input to cost report and validation of spending
- Evaluate and analyse fee proposals / bids and provide recommendation for decision making
- Provide forecasts and cash flow analysis
- Maintain and manage the cost report and provide regular updates on financial position
- Assist in the development, validation and maintenance of the project schedule
- Assist in developing reporting tracking tools and generates cost reports on regular basis including evaluation of earned value
- Support the coordination of the Change Management process for the project
- Build intricate spreadsheets to enable fast and accurate data manipulation of large datasets
- Extract data from several sources, transforming it to fit operational needs
- Reconcile data to support complete accuracy and creates a clean audit trail
- Computer literacy in Microsoft applications, including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge and Proficiency with multiple discipline specific software applications such as SAP, Sage etc.
- Demonstrable Project Cost Control techniques.
- Able to coordinate and work with other teams and have basic multi-disciplinary knowledge.
- Good research and analytical skills, as well as excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent communication and organization skills.
- Professional working knowledge of Project Controls software and tools.
Please note you must be a UK national and have the ability to achieve UK MoD security clearance.
Additional Information
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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