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Senior Cost Controller (Part-Time)

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Senior Cost Controller (Part Time)
Location: Aberdeen
Type: 12-month contract, Hybrid working
Role
Lead the delivery of cost control services while providing senior leadership, mentoring, and support to cost controller(s) within the team.
Ensure the required information is collated, validated, and reviewed through engagement with the wider Finance function, so that grant claims submitted under the Grant Funding Agreement meet the required level of definition and supporting evidence, enabling successful claim approval and payment.
Follow company policies, procedures, and contractual agreements.
Responsibilities
- Delivery of Cost Control Services from self and team member
- Lead the delivery of cost control services.
- Drive monthly cost reviews with incumbent budget holders.
- Coordinates and delivers monthly/quarterly project information for senior management/QBR reviews etc.
- Provide senior leadership, mentoring, and support to other cost controller(s) within the team.
- Grant Claims Management
- Collate required information to ensure grant claims are approved and paid by DESNZ.
- Ensure project cost and schedule alignment.
- Data Provision and Analysis
- Provide cost data required for Government, negotiations, financing, or commercial.
- Provide back-up for Cost Controller.
- Provide ad-hoc cost analysis and management presentations as required.
- Additional Duties
- Any other reasonable duty as per instruction by your manager.
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- Degree qualified and/or appropriate experience and qualifications.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and support finance or cost control teams.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality work by deadlines and work effectively under time pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to work on own initiative, proactively drive change, take responsibility, and deliver all cost control tasks through to completion.
- Understanding of Upstream E&P industry requirements.
- Understanding of Government grant claims beneficial.
- Strong understanding and experience within project cost control essential.
- Strong understanding of cost management and financial systems i.e. SAP.
- Strong understanding of contracts/procurement working with multiple contractors.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Strong MS Office skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and adept at interacting with individuals at all levels in the CCS BU, the wider organisation, and key stakeholders such as Government or financing institutions.
- Focus on service delivery to business and functions.
- Flexible and responsive to stakeholder requirements and changing environment.
- Open, honest, and reliable.
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