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Cost Clerk
| Posting date: | 18 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,000 to £27,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 August 2024 |
| Location: | Peterborough, PE1 1QZ |
| Company: | Barhale |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | MP-55527-507 |
Summary
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:
- Supporting the commercial management of the scheme;
- Assisting with the provision of transparent, accurate and timely commercial cost reporting for the project;
- Assist with coordination of project plant requirements, requisitions/orders and active management of the plant on site to minimise plant costs;
- Assisting with the controlling 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 effective capture of cost 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 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 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)
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience working in a similar position on a project site
- Awareness of the consolidated application/payment certificate contractor processes
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Experience using SAP or similar financial reporting system
Key Skills
- Ability to plan, prioritise and organise workload so that targets and deadlines are met to ensure efficient and effective support to all teams.
- Demonstrate a proactive and flexible approach to managing changing team priorities.
- Ability to adapt communication style (both written and verbal) to suit a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent understanding of all Microsoft packages, and ability to manipulate and present data/information clearly, concisely and appropriately.
- Strong numeracy skills.
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