Cost Data Analyst: GSK
Location: Stevenage
Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical and petrochemical, nuclear, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and biopharma, power and energy, utilities, renewables and food and beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.
We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.
This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.
The position holder is employed as a Cost Data Analysts for a major Oil and Gas Client and is required to execute identified job tasks in a diligent and efficient way as directed by the Commercial Manager.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- To produce reports from the analysis of cost reports, and forecasts in order to facilitate improved cost control/reduction, and support the Operations team in delivering work scopes within budget and cost recover where appropriate.
- To provide the commercial manager with 'cost reports' and 'value of work done summaries' in order to advise on progress against budgets, and also 'forecasts' of cost to completion
- To provide advice and support to Delivery Managers regarding commercial aspects of managing contracts based on early interrogation of financial and cost data
- To assist with the identification and management of contract variations
- To assist in providing visibility on Contract Financial Performance including the preparation of required elements for monthly management accounts
- To carry out audits and reviews as necessary, to assist with the identification and implementation of potential commercial improvements
- To ensure suitable controls are in place in support of financial deliverables
- To ensure compliance with company policies, processes and procedures related to the management of commercial aspects
- In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the position holder is required to perform other duties as may arise in connection with the successful operation of the Company or assigned by Commercial Manager from time to time
- To interface with Business Managers, Invoicing, Accounts, Procurement, Tendering
SPECIFIC TASKS
- Analysis and production of cost report in a format to meet the needs of the client and client agents, the project management team, and the wider management team
- Produce weekly cost reports data in order to inform clients, operations, and management of progress against budgets
- Analyse any variances and advise the operations team of the reasons and any required actions e.g. revise estimates or request variation orders
- Produce forecasts for individual work scopes and ensure these are updated to reflect any changes to the scope, duration or timing of the job
- Provide the client and client agents with monthly 'value of work done' summaries, in order to highlight costs to date, uninvoiced costs to come, plus additional costs to complete the work scope
- Collation of Contract Budgeting/Forecasting information and check on the integrity of the information provided to ensure the dependability of information provided
- To collate all relevant start:up information for jobs/phases and to set up in the company database
- To facilitate inter:dept. communication regarding the start:up of new jobs/phases
- To study and familiarise oneself with relevant Contract Commercial Terms and Conditions and monitor to ensure compliance with these
- To review all invoices for completeness and correctness prior to submission to the Client
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