Senior Cost Controller

Overview

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

• 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.
• 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.
• Proven Cost Controller / Project Controls / Cost Engineering experience.
• Defence or Nuclear sector experience.
• Fieldglass experience.

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