Senior Cost Manager

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

The role is full time, to start ASAP and paying up to £77,028 per annum (with a 20% uplift for salary top‑up, pension top‑up or income protection) so up to £92,433.60.

The role is based in Birmingham City Centre and they offer hybrid working 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. This 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.

• Lead on analysis and verification of programme and contract phase level cost performance and ensure data accurately reflects current programme performance for onward reporting.
• Validate cost performance data submitted by delivery teams and communicate overall programme performance to Project Controls and Programme Management Office.
• Support the Head of Cost in managing the cost performance team, setting key time and quality targets and providing specialist advice where required.
• Ensure adherence with cost performance processes and procedures across the respective programme and maintain accurate data and documents within corporate systems.
• Communicate key updates to the cost performance team and ensure alignment to current business processes and ways of working.
• Work closely with the Areas to develop defined work-streams to enhance cost performance capabilities within the Phase.
• Lead on continuous improvement of the Cost Performance function within the Phase One programme, capture lessons learned and implement governance processes and review policies to align with strategic business objectives.
• Resolve system technical queries for the delivery teams (including 3rd Party Income Accounts, EVM, Inflation/Deflation).
• Support Cost alignment with Finance (uWBS implementation, Quarterly forecasts, monthly updates for Indirects and other portfolios).
• Systemise new business requirements, test and implement them in the cost management and interfacing functions.

• Stakeholder management – manage multiple stakeholders within a matrix environment, facilitate stakeholder meetings and information flow.
• Problem solving with attention to detail.
• Provide clarity, direction and motivation to a team.
• Clear communication – deliver clear presentations that engage and influence colleagues and external stakeholders at all levels.

• Project Controls and Cost processes and how they operate within complex organisations.
• Commercial awareness of multiple construction contract types (NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communication between contractor and client) and their respective benefits to client organisations.
• Core Project Controls disciplines – Schedule Management, Change Management and Risk Management.
• Baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme.

• Management of Cost and Performance and Project Controls within a major project.
• Core Project Controls functions – baseline maintenance, schedule management, cost performance, change management, risk management, performance reporting and document control.
• Production of performance reports summarising cost performance (Budgets, Earned Value Management, forecasts on major projects).
• Management and control of cost management systems (e.g. Conruent, Ecosys, Cobra etc.).

Please only apply for this role if you have all the skills, knowledge and experience as mentioned above.

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.