About the role
Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for a Cost Assurance Auditor to join our outstanding Major Projects team to work at our Old Oak Common development in London – join us and be part of the largest construction project in the UK.
HS2’s new c. 1 billion Old Oak Common station will become the UK’s best‑connected rail station once completed. Our Balfour Beatty VINCI SYTRA joint venture will be responsible for the final design, construction, and commissioning of the station in Northwest London.
Upon completion, the new station will boast six underground platforms and up to eight platforms on the adjacent Great Western Main Line. Old Oak Common will also provide high‑speed rail services to the Midlands, central London, Scotland, and the North, as well as direct services to three major airports. Incorporating passenger and retail facilities, the new station will provide an exceptional customer experience for both passengers and visitors to the station.
What you’ll be doing
- Support in compiling the Audit Scope, arranging initial meetings with Subcontractors and Commercial team to approve scope and timetable of audit.
- Requesting information, based on the Audit Scope, including Purchase Orders, Invoices, proof of payments and any other additional information required from Subcontractors to facilitate the audits and ensure adherence to the contract. Follow‑up as required with outstanding/delayed information.
- Analysing large volumes of data, verifying the costs in line with the schedule of cost components aligned to the NEC contract, highlighting any discrepancies or potential disallowed elements/values. Demonstrate a full understanding of the contract, including the schedule of cost components and able to understand and assess risks associated with it.
- Support the Cost Verification Manager to implement controls and validate these to assist in the cost assurance control environment.
- Conducting cost verification deep dives and internal audits across all work packages and providing recommendations to mitigate disallowed risks. Support the Cost Verification Manager in the issuing of findings and recommendations for improvements across all packages and follow up thereof.
- Visiting external Subcontractor offices to audit Staff and Labour, understanding what is included in the payroll reports and auditing against the Schedule of Cost Components. Sample testing on CVs, qualifications, rights to work and time‑sheets.
- Reviewing the Company policies for Modern Slavery, Anti‑Bribery and expenses to ensure that they are being adhered to.
Who we’re looking for
- Strong analytical skills, with demonstrated ability to create quality, well‑organised financial analysis from multiple data sources. Attention to detail and accuracy required.
- Commercial/QS experience would be an advantage.
- Previous industry or site‑based experience.
- Strong communication, numerical and presentation skills including the ability to deliver reports orally and written in an objective and persuasive manner, demonstrating initiative and resilience when challenged.
- Proactive, problem‑solving individual who takes full ownership and accountability of their work.
- Confidence to work closely with the Commercial team and building good working relationships with external Subcontractors.
- Experience of contract reviews, commercial proposals, business cases.
- Act as a strong advocate for best practice, able to support and defend practical deployment and solutions, whilst remaining open to the ideas of others.
- The role may require some travel but will be predominantly based at Old Oak House, with a minimum of 3 days in the office.
Benefits
- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave.
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more…
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