Senior Cost Intelligence Data Analyst
AtkinsRéalis
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Own the analytical integrity of cost intelligence outputs.
- Ensure conclusions reflect data quality, uncertainty, and context, not convenience.
- Shape how cost data is interpreted, challenged, and relied upon by senior stakeholders.
- Set expectations for analytical rigour, proportionality, and governance.
- Analyse large and complex datasets to understand distributions, variance, outliers, and structural drivers.
- Design analytical approaches that are mathematically sound, proportionate, and transparent.
- Challenge assumptions, methodologies, and narratives using evidence and structured reasoning.
- Explain complex analysis, uncertainty, and limitations clearly to senior, non-technical audiences.
- Defend analytical conclusions under challenge, including from assurance reviewers and subject-matter experts.
- Develop analytical outputs and visualisations only where they improve understanding or decision quality.
- Work closely with cost, commercial, and programme teams to ensure analysis aligns with scope maturity and delivery context.
- Contribute to shared analytical frameworks, benchmarks, and standards.
- Promote disciplined approaches to data quality, lineage, and governance.
- Knowledge of governance frameworks such as AACE, IPA, or Green Book guidance.
- Experience with project or cost systems (e.g. EcoSys, P6, CostX, Unifier).
Requirements
- Comfortable operating under challenge and defending analytical positions.
- Values clarity and proportionality over false precision.
- Motivated by improving decision quality, not producing volume.
- Exposure to cost, commercial, or capital programme environments.
- Familiarity with benchmarking, comparative analysis, or assurance activity.
Benefits
- Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
- Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.
- Combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data analysisstatistical analysismathematical modelingdata visualizationbenchmarkingcomparative analysisassurance activityanalytical frameworksdata quality governancecost analysis
Soft Skills
analytical integritycommunicationdefensive reasoningclarityproportionalitymotivation for decision qualitychallenge handlingstructured reasoningcollaborationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
AACEIPAGreen Book guidance