Cost Controller

Our client an oil and gas Operator is seeking a Cost Controller to join their Finance team for a 2- year contract position based in Barrow-in-Furness location. Hybrid working is in place for this role.

Purpose of Role:

Responsible for supporting the Cost Control Lead in providing control to budget holders; supporting cost control of key services contracts and assuring the procure to pay process is being followed and for supporting all elements of procurement, variation control, time-writing and cost forecasting to ensure proactive cost management and alignment with workscopes requirements as well as provide SAP administration support.

Key Role Deliverables:

Working closely with the Cost Control Lead, the Cost Controller will be responsible to

Deliver cost reporting and cost control on nominated categories of spend and create baselines.

Support the preparation of monthly accruals and OPEX forecasts, maintaining cost trackers to support month-end close

Extract and analyse SAP data, including Value of Work Done (VOWD), liaising with JREs (Job Responsible Engineers) and Finance teams

With support provide variance analysis to baselines, control estimates, business plan and monthly forecasts.

Support the cost control lead in the review of monthly contract cost reports against Business Plan, analysing variances and highlighting waste, risks, and errors ...