Overview

Finance Assurance Consultant at AECOM. Join to apply for the Finance Assurance Consultant role at AECOM.

The role supports end-to-end service delivery for large and complex infrastructure commissions, covering private and public sector clients. You will help deliver a value-added commercial assurance service to ensure client objectives are met, with a focus on cost & commercial assurance, timely delivery, reporting, and presenting results. The Commercial Assurance Team is based across the UK and you will be based in a regional office (e.g., London, Bristol, Birmingham). Travel may be required within the UK and internationally to support delivery.

Responsibilities

• Finance system management, including SAP; analyzing and monthly reporting; creating and managing Purchase Orders, Goods Receipt process, project creation, budget maintenance, forecasting, vendor management, aged debt reporting, and invoice handling.
• Evaluate cost data and structures against contractual/commercial principles.
• Analyze cost data to identify patterns, trends and risks.
• Appraise cost capture and commercial management processes.
• Perform detailed cost verification, payroll audits, and data sampling.
• Identify process improvement opportunities for cost controls and governance.
• Engage with project and finance staff to complete cost verification and substantiate data with key documentation.
• Manage stakeholders and communications to align expectations.
• Support the production of close-out reports.
• Present outputs and recommendations to clients and their supply chain.
• Lead engagements when travelling to different sites nationally and internationally.
• Mentor junior staff and upskill internal/external stakeholders in cost and commercial assurance.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering service excellence to clients.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in delivering cost and commercial assurance/audit activities.
• Ability to interpret a wide range of contracts and apply cost component principles.
• Experience analyzing large data sets, primarily Excel-driven, with exposure to different cost systems.
• Ability to extract, interrogate and assess large data sets to support decision making.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment and adapt to evolving delivery challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to maintain relationships with clients.
• Commitment to professional competence and client service excellence.
• Experience working within a client organization, directly or through secondment.
• Desirable: knowledge of NEC3/NEC4 contracts (PSC, ECC).
• Degree qualification in a relevant discipline; professional memberships are an advantage but not essential.
• Ability to obtain relevant security clearance is desired.

Additional Information

• About AECOM: A Fortune 500 firm, global infrastructure consulting with a focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, and ESG priorities.
• Flexible/hybrid work options; emphasis on integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and a pioneering mindset.
• We promote a safe, respectful workplace and welcome diverse talents to create transformational outcomes.
• Reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.
• All information kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance and Sales

Industries

• Architecture and Planning
• Civil Engineering
• Construction

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