Cost Control Director

Provide executive leadership of Cost Control across major projects and programmes
, ensuring disciplined cost governance, credible forecasting and early visibility of financial risk.

Own the integrity of project cost performance from budget and baseline through forecast, delivery and close-out
, protecting project financial and commercial objectives.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead the Cost Control strategy, governance and organisation across multi-billion-dollar projects and programmes.
• Own cost baselines, budgets, commitments, forecasting, EAC/ETC and cash flow
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• Establish clear visibility of cost performance, trends, exposure and emerging overruns
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• Drive rigorous control of procurement, subcontractor costs, variations, accruals and commitments
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• Integrate cost management with planning, progress, risk, change and commercial functions
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• Challenge cost and forecast assumptions, ensuring accurate, transparent and decision-ready reporting
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• Lead cost assessments supporting change, claims, delay, disruption and commercial decisions
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• Identify emerging financial risks and lead mitigation and recovery strategies with project leadership.
• Provide concise, forward-looking cost intelligence to Executive Management, Client and PMC stakeholders
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• Establish performance standards and accountability across project teams, subcontractors and delivery partners
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• Build and lead a high-performing Cost Control function
  , developing capability, consistency and commercial discipline.

Profile

• 18+ years’ experience in Cost Control / Cost Management
  , including senior leadership within a Tier-1 contractor, EPC or major programme environment.
• Proven experience on large-scale GCC / Saudi construction, infrastructure or giga-projects
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• Strong command of cost management, forecasting, EAC/ETC, cash flow, commitments, change and commercial controls
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• Demonstrated ability to manage cost across complex, multi-billion-dollar projects and diverse delivery environments.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to challenge, influence and drive accountability at executive level
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• Engineering, Construction, Quantity Surveying, Finance, Project Management or related degree.
• AACE, CCP, PMP, RICS or equivalent advantageous.
• Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management and leadership capability
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Success

Cost Predictability | Forecast Accuracy | Financial Discipline | Early Risk Visibility | Commercial Protection | Executive Accountability