Expleo Group
Senior Cost Controller
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Expleo is a trusted partner for end-to-end, integrated engineering, quality services and management consulting for digital transformation. We help businesses harness unrelenting technological change to successfully deliver innovations that will help them gain a competitive advantage and improve the everyday lives of people around the globe.
We are looking for a Senior Cost Controller to support the financial and operational close-out of a defence project, providing SAP-based cost control, timesheet administration, procurement support, forecasting and month-end reporting.
Responsibilities
- Manage labour timesheets, per diems and booking codes in SAP.
- Raise PRs, manage POs and process supplier invoices/GRNs.
- Support project forecasting, accruals and month-end reporting.
- Maintain project cost codes and financial data within SAP.
- Produce cost and resource reports for project stakeholders.
- Reconcile Fieldglass and SAP labour records.
- Support supplier onboarding and procurement activities.
- Assist with project financial close-out activities.
Essential Skills
- Proven Cost Controller / Project Controls / Cost Engineering experience.
- Strong SAP knowledge in a project environment.
- Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
- Ability to champion high performance and inspire others
- Strong commercial awareness and an understanding of contract and commercial management
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Desired Skills
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- Defence or Nuclear sector experience.
- Fieldglass experience.
- Existing SC Clearance.
Experience
This role will suit candidates with a background in finance, accountancy, project management and project controls; looking for a change in direction and a strong desire to develop themselves, as well as people with existing project experience as a project cost engineer.
- Experience working with senior level managers both internally and externally.
- Experience with forecasting, accruals and month-end reporting.
- Experience working on engineering, infrastructure, nuclear or defence projects.
What Do I Need Before I Apply
This is a hybrid role with 2 days per week onsite at Burghfield, Reading.
Benefits
- Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
- We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
- Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
- Competitive company benefits
- Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo
- As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:
- Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible
- Communicating and promoting vacancies
- Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required
- Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people
- “We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.
- We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive.
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