Eden Brown Synergy is working with an infrastructure, construction and railway transportation organisation who are looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager on a permanent basis.
The role is full time, to start ASAP and pays up to £77,028 per annum (there is also a 20% uplift on the salary for salary top up, pension top up or income protection).
The role is based in Birmingham City Centre and offers hybrid working of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.
Job purpose
This role is responsible for working with the Head of Cost at a Programme and Contract level. This includes supporting the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of the completed transport works.
Role of Directorate/Department
The Programme Management Office (PMO) is responsible for cost management & estimating, risk management, schedule management and integration, performance reporting, tools and systems and project management capability across the organisation and both Phase One and Phase Two. The PMO supports and enables delivery through the provision of specialist resources and services into Phase One and Phase Two Project Controls, and by centrally defining and implementing core project controls processes and standards.
Accountabilities
- Leading on the analysis and verification of programme and contract phase level cost performance and ensuring the data accurately reflects the current programme performance for onwards reporting.
- Leading on the validation of cost performance data submitted by delivery teams as part of communicating overall programme performance to Project Controls and Programme Management Office.
- Responsible for supporting the Head of Cost in the management of the cost performance team, setting key time and quality targets and providing specialist advice where required.
- Responsible for ensuring adherence with cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and, for storing and maintaining data and documents accurately within the corporate systems.
- Communicating key updates to the cost performance team and ensuring they are aligned to current business process and ways of working.
- Working closely with the Areas to develop a series of defined work-streams to progressively enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
- Accountable for leading on the continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme, capturing lessons learned and presenting them back to the team, and implementing governance processes and review policies in order to align with strategic business objectives.
- Leading on resolving system technical queries for the delivery teams, including 3rd Party Income Accounts, EVM, Inflation/Deflation.
- Supporting the Cost alignment with Finance with uWBS implementation, quarterly forecasts, monthly updates for Indirects and other portfolios.
- Leading on systemising new business requirements, testing and implementing them in the cost management and interfacing functions.
Required criteria
Skills
- Stakeholder management – ability to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix environment, including facilitation of stakeholder meetings and information flow.
- Problem solving with attention to detail.
- Ability to provide clarity, direction and motivation to a team.
- Clear communicator able to deliver clear presentations that engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels.
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Project Controls and Cost processes and how these operate within complex organisations.
- Knowledge and commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
- Knowledge of core Project Controls disciplines, including Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
- Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.
Type of experience
- Management experience in Cost and Performance and project controls within a major project.
- Experience in core project controls functions, including baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control.
- Experience in producing performance reports summarising cost performance, including budgets, Earned Value Management (EVM) and forecasts on major projects.
- Experience in the management and control of cost management systems (e.g. Contruent, Ecosys, Cobra, etc.).
Please only apply for this role if you have all the skills, knowledge and experience as mentioned above.
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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