Commercial Controller - South region

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! Aureos are seeking a Commercial Controller to join our team working in the south region. Working within Aureos Strategic Private Network (SPN) business, and forming a part of the Commercial team, the Commercial Controller plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results.

Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercial reporting and maximising profit. Aureos SPN work collaboratively with our customers to deliver critical national infrastructure projects across the UK’s rail network. Our goals are to:
Grow: turnover, margin and customer satisfaction Improve: operational delivery, reliability and outcomes Sustain: our people, communities and the environment With sustainable growth in mind, our Commercial controller is responsible for assisting the commercial team in completing and maintaining well organised records, contribution to the timely production of applications for payment and accurate project reporting.

• Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will assist the commercial team in providing support to the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, cost control and accurate reporting of all schemes.
• Input into the application and credit control processes
• Understanding of income forecast and pricing of variations
• Understanding of the change control system
• Understanding of project risk
• Understanding of the production of CVRs
• Understanding of CTC
• Understanding the production of forecasting data
• Understanding the costing process
• Understanding the management of the full sub-contract cycle and input into sub-contract documentation
• Assisting with weekly cost to complete/budget reviews with the contract delivery teams.
• Upload documentation as and when necessary, in line with business requirements
• Review weekly site records including allocation sheets and site diaries.
• Attend project progress meetings.
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly financial performance reports

• We operate a team ethos across the SPN and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value.
• The Commercial Controller is responsible for the following in this respect:
  Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are met
• Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI’s
• Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice across the client base
• Assisting with the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste
• Encourage, support and assist with the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams
• Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit

Trust and respect We act with integrity and treat everyone with respect. We have an open and honest working environment in which everyone contributes effectively We deliver on our commitments and support others across our team to deliver on theirs.

Accountability and Decision Making We ensure responsibilities are clearly defined and fulfilled, and that performance is managed fairly. Everyone knows what is expected of them and how their job fits into the bigger picture We include the right people in the right conversations, making decisions in an effective and timely manner; we take accountability for our actions and ownership of the outcomes.

Communication and engagement We are a high performing, collaborative team of effective communicators. We willingly share information across the team to the benefit of all When communicating, we provide clarity and seek feedback to ensure understanding.

Constructive challenge We are open to challenge and welcome diversity of opinion. We welcome the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own We challenge in a constructive and professional manner to promote success.

Improvement and innovation We challenge…