
Cost Assurance Consultant
AtkinsRéalis
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: London • United Kingdom
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About the role
- Provide cost verification, audit and assurance activities, including forensic reviews across large-scale complex infrastructure projects.
- Support and deliver evaluation of cost data and structures, assessing them against contractual/commercial principles.
- Analyse supplier cost data to identify patterns, themes, trends and risks.
- Provide detailed cost verification, payroll audits and wider data sampling for targeted audit activities.
- Assess and appraise cost capture and commercial management processes.
- Identify supplier commercial process improvement opportunities for improved commercial governance and cost control.
- Interpret and advise on contract documentation, particularly under NEC4 contracts.
- Engage with client teams, contractors and other project stakeholders to complete cost verification/substantiation together with obtaining key documentation and data.
- Deliver high-quality assurance reports and present those findings to senior stakeholders.
- Support the presentation of outputs and recommendations to clients and their wider supply chain.
- Support the integration of innovative digital tools for data analysis and reporting.
Requirements
- Demonstratable experience of delivering cost and commercial assurance/audit activities.
- Competent in the interpretation of a wide range of contracts, with experience in the application of the principles of a schedule of cost components.
- Experienced and comfortable analysing large data sets as well as experience of different costing systems.
- The ability to interrogate and assess data sets and produce outputs that can be used in the decision-making process.
- Good working knowledge of NEC3/4 suit of contracts across all option types.
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment, working through challenges as they develop during the delivery stage.
- Strong report writing and presentation skills.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Experience of working within a client organisation, either directly or through a colocation/secondment arrangement.
Benefits
- Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
- 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.
- Be rewarded.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cost verificationaudit activitiesdata analysiscommercial managementpayroll auditscost capturecosting systemsdata interrogationreport writingpresentation skills
Soft Skills
communication skillsautonomous workproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementteam collaborationadaptabilityattention to detailanalytical thinkingtime managementdecision-making