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About Assystem
Today, Assystem is among the top three independent nuclear engineering firms worldwide. With over 60 years of experience in highly regulated sectors, the group supports public and industrial stakeholders in the execution of complex and strategic infrastructure projects, subject to high safety and security requirements.
Assystem mobilizes 8,000 experts in 13 countries and intervenes across the entire project lifecycle, in engineering, project management, and digital solutions.
Job Description
Key Accountabilities
- 📊 Partner with Project Managers to develop accurate and informed project forecasts across both the financial year and full project lifecycle.
- 💰 Consolidate accruals and provide financial reporting to the Client Finance Department on behalf of Project Managers.
- 📅 Collaborate closely with Project Planners to ensure forecasts are aligned with project schedules and delivery programmes.
- 📈 Monitor and track project costs and forecasts, ensuring ongoing affordability and budget compliance.
- 📑 Produce timely and accurate month-end cost reports, maintaining data across relevant financial systems.
- 🤝 Attend monthly supplier project meetings and undertake associated contract administration activities through CEMAR.
- 📝 Raise purchase and contract requisitions, and process invoice receipts within internal procurement systems when required.
- ✅ Review and validate invoices and valuations, providing guidance to Project Managers to resolve any financial queries.
- 🔄 Monitor expenditure against approved changes and actively participate in Change Control and Early Warning Notice (EWN) meetings.
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Qualifications
🎯 Essential Skills & Experience
- 💬 Strong ability to communicate cost, financial, and project performance information clearly to Project Managers, stakeholders, and peers.
- 📊 Demonstrable experience in cost engineering, cost control, forecasting, and cost analysis.
- 🤝 Experience working within a Project Controls environment, with a clear understanding of the relationship between cost forecasting and project schedules.
- 🔍 Highly organised and detail-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- 📑 Excellent reporting, presentation, and data interpretation capabilities.
- 🎓 Educated to Diploma level or equivalent.
- 📈 Ideally possesses 2+ years' experience in cost management, project controls, or a related discipline.
⭐ Desirable Skills & Experience
- 🎓 Diploma-level qualification or higher.
- 🏅 Relevant professional membership (or actively working towards accreditation).
- 📊 Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial analysis and reporting.
- 📋 Experience using CEMAR for contract administration and commercial management.
- 📖 Knowledge and practical experience of NEC contracts is highly desirable.
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- 🔹 A dynamic career management policy to enable our employees to progress through our five business lines: operations, project, technical, sales, and support functions
- 🔹 Provide opportunities to work on exciting, global projects
- 🔹 Access to an employee assistance programme with free mindfulness, health, wellbeing resources, and a confidential support line available 24/7 via phone or text
- 🔹 Discount vouchers for days out and restaurants, eye test and glasses vouchers, cycle to work scheme, free flu jabs
- 🔹 Enhanced sick pay
Staff or Umbrella contractor role
- SC Clearance required to start
- Hybrid role with 3 days/week in Glasgow Client office
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