Junior Cost Controller

Overview

In this role you support cost management across projects, assisting with cost queries, cost allocation, and validation. You’ll produce weekly cost reports and help connect commercial and financial project reporting. You’ll work with the project, commercial, and finance teams to deliver ad-hoc analysis and ensure accurate cost control. This is a chance to contribute to Scotland’s electricity transmission infrastructure and develop in a collaborative, quality-driven environment.

Pay / Benefits

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

Responsibilities

• Assist the project team with cost queries and validate costs
• Support the Commercial function by ensuring correct cost allocation and weekly cost reporting
• Support the commercial and wider project teams with financial and cost-control activities
• Assist the Finance Manager and Commercial Lead with ad-hoc analysis and reporting
• Bridge commercial project reporting with Financial project reporting

Key requirements

• Highly motivated, proactive and practical; thrives in a fast-paced project environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organised with ability to work on own initiative and prioritise tasks
• Confident using IT systems and Microsoft Office applications
• 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 link between Commercial and Financial reporting

• Excellent communication
• Organisational skills
• Initiative and proactivity
• Attention to detail
• Microsoft Office applications
• Oracle R12 or similar accounting/project finance system (advantageous)

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