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Cost Auditor

Brighton
Posted 2 months ago
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Cost Audit Manager – JV Relationship (Join Venture)

Deliver accurate and timely cost audit activity across projects/sites, supporting strong financial governance, cost control, and commercial decision-making in a fast-paced environment.

  • Standardise the cost audit procedure and act as the primary contact for audits conducted on the Joint Venture (JV)
  • Work closely with Finance and Commercial teams to develop audit-proof processes
  • Conduct site visits in Sussex, Kent, and Isle of Wight for on-site reviews and stakeholder engagement
  • Contribute to robust governance and reporting to support data-driven commercial decisions

About Costain

We shape and improve people’s lives by delivering leading-edge smart infrastructure solutions across:

  • Energy
  • Water
  • Transportation
  • Defence markets

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Costain drives business performance enhancements by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, and delivering efficiency and decarbonisation.

Our mission is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. Achieving this means:

  • Partnering with blue-chip clients whose major spending plans align with national and regulatory imperatives
  • Offering future-shaping strategic consultancy, from turnkey asset delivery to asset optimisation
  • Delivering digitally optimised services across a project’s entire lifecycle

Our culture and values guide everything we do.


Company Policy on Candidates

  • Due to high application volumes, we are unable to provide individual feedback during the application phase. Interviews will include detailed feedback.
  • As a Disability Confident employer, we generally offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the core job requirements. In high-volume, peak, or seasonal recruitment, we may limit the number of interviews but guarantee due consideration for all applicants who declare a disability. [For more details, visit the Disability Confident Employer Scheme]

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About the Joint Venture

CMDP (Costain & MWHT Partnership) collaborates with Southern Water to maintain and upgrade its water supply and wastewater treatment infrastructure in Kent and Sussex.

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Skills

Cost Auditing
Financial Governance
Cost Control
Commercial Decision-Making
MS Excel
MS Office
Stakeholder Engagement
Process Standardization

Location

Brighton, Brighton and Hove, UK

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