Cost Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Morson Talent
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Reading
Summary: The role of Cost Manager involves leading cost control initiatives within a regulated water framework, focusing on establishing cost baselines and managing financial oversight. The position requires technical mastery in cost control and Earned Value Analysis, ensuring alignment with strategic programme lifecycles. The successful candidate will implement and assure cost control processes across the Directorate. This role is classified as inside IR35 and offers hybrid working arrangements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establishing the development of cost baselines and managing cost reporting.
- Maintaining structured governance to support accurate forecasting and financial oversight.
- Setting, managing, and change controlling the AMP8 cost baseline throughout the strategic programme lifecycle.
- Leading the adoption, implementation, and assurance of cost control processes, methods, tools, procedures, and work instructions across the Directorate.
Key Skills:
- Higher education in Business Management, Commercial, Engineering, Project Management, or Finance related subject.
- APM qualification - APM PPQ, APM PMQ, or APM Major Project.
- Technical mastery of cost control and Earned Value Analysis.
Salary (Rate): £550/day
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
Quantity surveyor required with regulated water experience
Role: Cost Control Lead x3
Framework grade: B1 (Director) or B2 (Leader) / Arcadis Level: L8 -10
Responsibilities of the Secondee:
- Cost Control Lead roles x 3
- Establishing the development of cost baselines, managing cost reporting, and maintaining structured governance to support accurate forecasting and financial oversight.
- Setting, managing and change controlling the AMP8 cost baseline throughout the strategic programme lifecycle to ensure alignment to the Hub PMO and Portfolio Baseline, enabling the production of value-add reports and insights.
- Leading the adoption, implementation and assurance of cost control processes, methods, tools, procedures and work instructions across the Directorate.
Qualifications/Certification Required:
- Higher education in Business Management, Commercial, Engineering, Project Management or Finance related subject.
- APM qualification - APM PPQ, APM PMQ or APM Major Project.
- Cost Control lead roles - Technical mastery of cost control and Earned Value Analysis
Inside IR35
12 month contract
Hybrid working