Senior Cost Manager

Eden Brown Synergy is working with an infrastructure, construction and railway transportation organisation that is looking for an experienced Senior Cost Manager on a permanent basis.

The role is full time, to start ASAP, and pays up to £77,028 per annum, and can increase to £92,433.60 with a 20% uplift on salary top‑up, pension top‑up or income protection.

The role is based in Birmingham City Centre and offers a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days in the office and 2 days from home.

This role is responsible for working with the Head of Cost at a Programme and Contract level. It includes supporting the management of budgets, actual costs, forecasts and Earned Value Management (EVM) to support the successful delivery of the completed transport works.

The Programme Management Office (PMO) is responsible for cost management & estimating, risk management, schedule management and integration, performance reporting, tools and systems and project management capability across the organisation and both Phase One and Phase Two. The PMO supports and enables delivery through the provision of specialist resources and services into Phase One and Phase Two Project Controls, and by centrally defining and implementing core project controls processes and standards.

• To be accountable for leading on the analysis and verification of programme and contract phase‑level cost performance and ensuring the data accurately reflects the current programme performance for onward reporting.
• To be accountable for leading on the validation of cost performance data submitted by delivery teams as part of communicating overall programme performance to Project Controls and the Programme Management Office.
• To be responsible for supporting the Head of Cost in the management of the cost performance team, setting key time and quality targets and providing specialist advice where required.
• To be responsible for ensuring adherence with cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and also for storing and maintaining data and documents accurately within the corporate systems.
• To be accountable for communicating key updates to the cost performance team and ensuring they are aligned to current business processes and ways of working.
• To be responsible for working closely with the Areas to develop a series of defined work‑streams to progressively enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
• To have accountability for leading on the continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme and ensure lessons learnt are captured and presented back to the team, and to implement governance processes and review policies in order to ensure they are in line with strategic business objectives.
• Lead on resolving system technical queries for the delivery teams, including 3rd Party Income Accounts, EVM, Inflation/Deflation.
• Support the cost alignment with Finance with UWSB implementation, Quarterly forecasts, monthly updates for Indirects and other portfolios.
• Lead on systemising new business requirements, testing and implementing them in the cost management and interfacing functions.

• Stakeholder management – ability to manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix environment, including the facilitation of stakeholder meetings and information flow.
• Able to solve problems with attention to detail.
• Able to provide clarity, direction and motivation to a team.
• Communication skills – clear communicator with the ability to deliver clear presentations that engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Knowledge of Project Controls and Cost processes and how these operate within complex organisations.
• Knowledge and commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (including NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communication between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
• Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
• Knowledge of baseline…