Cost Clerk

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.