Cost Controller

Overview

In this role you support the Commercial and project teams by controlling costs, validating costs, and producing reports. You work with suppliers and client stakeholders to aid audits and ensure accurate cost allocation. Your focus is on variance analysis, financial control, and linking commercial and financial project reporting. You will collaborate in a fast-paced environment within Scotland’s energy infrastructure programme, contributing to best practices and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• Smart working with up to 40% remote work
• 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Family-friendly maternity/paternity leave
• Pension
• Share incentive plan
• Volunteering leave

Responsibilities

• Assist the project team with cost queries and obtain back-up/validation for costs
• Ensure correct cost allocation and produce weekly cost reports
• Carry out variance analysis of actual vs forecast costs
• Monitor and track project costs to support financial control
• Support the commercial and wider project teams with cost-control activities
• Liaise with external suppliers and contractors
• Support audits with cost samples and validation information for client stakeholders
• Support the Finance Manager and Commercial Lead with ad-hoc analysis and reporting
• Bridge Commercial project reporting and Financial project reporting

Key requirements

• Highly motivated, proactive and practical
• Thrives in a fast-paced project environment and meets deadlines
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Highly organized and able to use own initiative
• Able to prioritise tasks with high accuracy
• Confident with IT systems and Microsoft Office
• Experience with Oracle R12 or similar accounting/project finance system is advantageous but not essential
• Keen to develop understanding of project cost control and the relationship between Commercial and Financial reporting

• proactive
• excellent communicator
• highly organized
• self-motivated
• Microsoft Office
• Oracle R12 (advantageous)

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