Senior Cost Assurance Consultant - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Turner & Townsend
Description
Company DescriptionAt Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference.
That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects in over 108 offices in 45 countries worldwide.
Job Description:
We are currently seeking a personable, enthusiastic, and energetic Senior Consultant to join our specialist Cost & Supply Chain Assurance team to assist our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and our clients.
You will be a Senior Consultant within our UK Infrastructure business working within our specialist Cost & Supply Chain Assurance team to help review and scrutinise actual incurred cost and help drive supply chain improvement and efficiency for a range of major programmes and projects.
Deliver successful Cost Assurance commissions on behalf of Turner & Townsend
- Work with a diverse team of backgrounds and skillsets, leading and aiding junior members to facilitate their development and growth
- Input into the development of the service line by contributing to bids and business generation
- Take a lead in the ongoing refinement of internal training and product management in relation to the service line
Job Objectives:
Review construction contractor systems, controls and processes to provide a view on their ways of working, using intelligence from around the industry to build a view on best practice.
- Analysis and understanding of complex construction contracts. (NEC3/4/ICE Bespoke)
- Performing testing of data and information using smart techniques and tools such as data visualisation and trend / pattern analysis
- PowerBi/Tableau
- Production of written findings reports that deliver key findings, recommendations and messages in a succinct and professional manner.
- Review outputs intended for circulation to clients and provide feedback to colleagues, where relevant.
- Fostering good quality working relationships with clients and those being reviewed built around trust and professionalism.
- Engaging with the supply chain to take them on the journey of assurance and encourage collaboration at project/programme level.
Qualifications:
- Assurance or audit in a construction, commercial or accountancy setting
- Construction industry technical matters such as different procurement routes, disallowed cost areas, target price setting, calculation of pain/gain amounts etc
- Contract Management
- NEC3/4 (Option C, E) preferred
- Assessment of accuracy and entitlement to cost
- Change management and forecast control
- Data analysis ability to review and draw insights from large quantities of data in various formats
- PowerBi/Tableau
- Report writing communicating complex messages succinctly to maximise impact in written formats
- People and organisational management experience of working in a team environment and handling a variable workload through peaks and troughs
- Presentation skills be a confident speaker who can influence and engage with a multitude of stakeholders
- Professional Scepticism
- Can challenge in a professional and constructive way to safeguard the completion of our services, maintaining independence and integrity, ensuring consistent quality.
Qualifications
- Holds or working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent (i.e. MRICS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.)
- Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change._
- We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects worklife balance._
SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
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