Senior Cost Manager

• Forecasting: Produce and maintain accurate costs and cash forecasts and estimates at completion.
• Collect and Validate Cost: Maintain all cost data within the financial control system, including monthly Actual Cost of Work Performed calculations.
• Reporting and Analysis: Collaborate with all disciplines to produce insightful cost analysis, forecasting and actual costs to a defined project controls reporting cycle.
• Measuring and reporting progress monthly: including assessing detailed progress claims, accruals, data updates, trend analysis, and change orders
• Validating Data: Support the review and integration of forecasts provided by Internal Delivery Teams Contractors and Suppliers.
• Change Management and Reporting: Lead and ensure the assessment of all changes and accurate representation of approved Trend and Changes and feed into risk management activities.
• Collaborate: Work closely with Finance, Scheduling, Risk team, Estimating Team in order that costs are collected and profiled consistently.
• Establish project cost baselines: including establishing the Cost Breakdown structure and ensure cost control accounts are aligned with WBS work packages and planning packages.

• Leads, directs, manages and takes ownership on all commercial aspects of programme delivery
• Managing relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders providing a leadership role to the wider programme team
• Responsible for ensuring all commercially focused activities and outputs are delivered to meet programme objectives including, but not limited to: financial and commercial reporting, capital/revenue planning, funding requests, estimating, capital approval requests, commercial benchmarking, cost performance management and reporting
• Ensure robust cost control measures are adopted and reporting of same
• Lead the successful development, implementation and continuous review of the Programme Commercial Strategy and Estimating Strategy
• Support in any refresh activities of the Programme’s Procurement Strategy, advising on any enhancements required
• Support in supplier and market engagement activities
• Support in tender review, evaluation and negotiation processes
• Support in the development, implementation and continuous review of the Contract Strategy, aligning with the Procurement Strategy and proposed contract packaging structure
• Collaborate with Finance and Procurement teams on procurement strategies, market engagement and developing approaches to safeguard the clients interests and commercial risk
• Lead the successful implementation of all commercial management services on the programme, managing and working with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure delivery standards
• Bring best-practice commercial management approaches to the programme
• Lead on approaches to develop cost efficiencies and bringing Value for Money approaches across the Programme including earned value analysis and reporting
• Support in contract management and negotiation with consultants, suppliers and contractors
• Liaise with the Programme Director to review, assess and evaluate contractor delivery in accordance with the project processes, contractual terms and conditions and commensurate with contractual entitlement
• Identify and advise on commercial risk / claims
• Provide support, where required, in the negotiation of contracts/framework agreements
• Provide strategic leadership with respect to programme funding at corporate and European levels.
• Lead on commercial/financial reporting processes to internal and external stakeholders

• A degree in Quantity Surveying, Engineering or Finance or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years Significant and demonstrable experience in leading commercial management on multi-(e)Bn programmes preferably in the Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Sectors.
• Qualification - Chartership, NFQ 8, Relevant Leadership and Management Training.
• Professional membership(s) with industry recognized bodies ie SCSI, RICS, APM, ICE is desirable
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and organisational skills will be essential for this role with the ability to forge and maintain strong working relationships.
• Proactive ability to work independently and work with cross-functional teams including consultants and contractors.

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