Cost Manager

OVERVIEW

Position

Cost Manager

Job Code

Reports to

Snr Cost Manager

Direct Reports

Snr Cost Managers

Contract managers

Contracts Admin

Cost controller

PMC

Division/Section

Oxagon

Department

Project  Controls

Sector

Projects

Job Family

Role Purpose

Manage the costs of the construction programme, ensuring adherence to the enterprise procedures, providing accurate and timely reports and data for decision making and audits.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & ACTIVITIES

Cost management, accruals, invoicing and forecasting

• Ensure the implementation of the Enterprise processes for cost management, accruals, forecasting, cost reporting and invoicing across all subregions
• Prepare accruals on a monthly basis, checking the calculations and adherence to procedures from the cost managers and PMC in each sub-region,
• Collect of actual costs and preparation of  forecasts for each sub-region on a weekly basis, consolidate and report to senior management;
• Maintain the overall cost database and Unfier
• Manage the trend and change process, including review of change papers and preparation for Change Board
• Budgeting process for the annual cycles and forecast reviews;
• Liaise and collaborate with the Finance Business Partner to ensure alignment of budgets and cost codes across all subregions
• Liaise and collaborate with the Project Controls team to ensure alignment of cost forecasts with the planning of procurement and construction activities.

Reporting & Audit support

• Prepare cost reports from all subregions
• Identify cost trends and corrective actions
• Report on approved change and manage the trend process with input from all subregions
• Prepare the monthly accruals reports
• Support end of year audits and ad-hoc reviews as required

People management

• Manage PMC and work load of the team to meet deadlines for reporting

BACKGROUND, SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• 10+ years experience in cost or commercial management
• Experience in cost management tools (Unifier, SAP, CostOS, Prism, EcoSys or similar)
• Experience in commercial and contract management
• Proficient with MS Excel and ability to manage large quantity of data
• Be able to communicate and support teams members in executing their task
• Be able to communicate to senior management in a clear an concise form

Qualifications