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Cost Controller

  1. North West
Remote work
  1. Contract
Competitive
  1. Life Sciences
12-08-2024
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Cost Controller - Pharmaceuticals - Remote/Cheshire, UK - 12-Month Contract 

Would you like to work for an established global pharmaceutical organisation investing heavily in CapEx in Northern Europe? If yes, then this is the assignment for you!

Our client with manufacturing facilities in Northern Europe, is currently investing significantly in their manufacturing programme.  This state-of-the-art facility houses high-technology and next-gen processes to produce drugs that are distributed throughout the Globe. The site is easily reachable by Road, Rail and Air and has excellent transport links throughout.

The client is currently seeking the expertise of a Cost Controller. 


Key Responsibilities
  • Leads all project cost control activities supporting various site capital projects for the BioPharma campus.
  • Expected to work with A/E, CM, CQV firms, and other vendors/contractors as needed, to leverage or align cost control processes and deliverables with owner’s project services operating model
  • Supports the procurement process, working pre-contract with client Procurement as required and ensuring budget checks are carried out prior to committing purchase orders and contracts. Supports bid analysis in conjunction with GERE estimating resources along with any value engineering exercises
  • Responsible for the cost reporting and forecasting processes on site projects, including change management and internal resource forecasting and control. Supports change order evaluations in conjunction with GERE estimating resources
  • Responsible for monitoring project progress, productivity, and earned value, identifying, and communicating deviations from plan.
  • Responsible for reviewing applications for payment / invoices in accordance with client requirements, enabling verified and timely payment to suppliers. Facilitates agreement of the final cost account with key members of the supply chain
  • Contributes to the risk management process (led by the PM) to ensure risks are correctly identified and evaluated / quantified, thus informing contingency requirements moving forwards
  • Establishes and maintain SAP WBS for cost accounting purposes
  • Establish original control budget and maintain current control budget, including budget changes and transfers.

Additional responsibilities
  • Prepare monthly cost reports, aligned to owner’s standard format. Monthly cost report presented to the PM as a minimum to agree the position and identify any corrective actions needed
  • Prepare and maintain a cash flow forecast for the duration of the project, aligned to client's standard format. Frequency of forecast update to be Monthly unless otherwise agreed with client.
  • Monthly capex actuals (value of work done / VOWD) including variance commentary versus planned values in most recent business update. Liaison with client Finance as required
  • Quarterly cashflow forecast (long range plan, rolling business updates etc.) including any ad-hoc update requests typically towards year-end
  • Monthly cost-related components of the GERE monthly project progress report
  • Set up and maintain a staffing forecast which shows planned, actual, and forecast expenditure. The plan shall reflect changes approved by the client.
  • Monthly resource plan review and update with the Project Manager and other contributors as needed.
  • Change log completed with cost impacts and funding sources, reviewed at a frequency no less than monthly albeit probably more frequently with the project team
  • Monthly contingency drawdown profile, identifying planned, actual, and pending usage
  • Data capture form(s) at project close-out. Prepare a cost analysis at final account based on agreed format or special requirements.
  • Prepare capitalisation of construction costs for the purpose of preparing an asset register in a format agreed with client.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now! 

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