Cost Clerk

Cost Clerk

The Role

Working on site as part of the project commercial team, you will provide commercial and administrative support for the project(s) on a day-to-day basis. You will be accountable to the Senior Quantity Surveyor on the project and be responsible for the following:

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the commercial management of the scheme.
• Assisting with the provision of transparent, accurate and timely commercial cost reporting for the project.
• Assist with the coordination of project plant requirements, requisitions/orders and active management of the plant on site to minimise plant costs.
• Assisting with the control of costs, maximising value and minimising future liabilities.
• Work collaboratively with the site team to provide commercial and administrative support on commercial matters.
• Assist with the provision of accurate cost reporting and forecasting to mitigate adverse financial impacts.
• Assist with the effective capture of costs and allocation of associated liabilities to project activities.
• Ensure adherence to alliance processes and systems.
• Assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor with commercial reporting and ensuring the reporting information is accurate, meaningful and timely, including the extraction of data from financial systems.
• Assist with the coordination of plant requirements for the project(s).
• A clear focus on timely reporting of the latest job costing position to give robust future forecasts of the final outturn cost.
• Ad-hoc reporting of commercial and financial data, as and when required.
• Maintaining clear filing of commercial records in line with Alliance procedures.
• Assist with the production of project-specific costs to complete (solution costs)

Essential

• Experience working in a similar position on a project site
• Awareness of the consolidated application/payment certificate contractor processes
• Excellent understanding of all Microsoft packages, and ability to manipulate and present data/information clearly, concisely and appropriately.
• Strong numeracy skills.
• Experience using SAP or a similar financial reporting system
• UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Experience using Redsky

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical
• 25 days of annual leave in addition to 8 public bank holidays and loyalty days
• 8 hours volunteering
• Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental, physiological and financial wellbeing
• Flexible benefits via salary sacrifice
• Company car/green car scheme/car allowance/Van (dependent on position)
• Leadership & management training and coaching
• Regular line management engagement and appraisal to support your career progression
• Development supported by internal and externally delivered training
• Continuous service awards

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