Cost Controller

Full job description
Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Cost Controller within the Finance team. This role will be based on site in Coleshill. The sublot is situated between Birmingham and Coventry covering a 6km stretch, running north from the River Blythe to Coleshill, crossing three major highways - the A45, M42 and M6. The assets in this sublot will take 45-50 million hours to construct. Initial work includes the construction of a service road and improvements to the A45. This section will extend to the M42 twin boxes including the construction of three earthworks assets – two embankments and one cutting.


Role description:

Prepares or arranges the preparation of financial reports for managers by running systems for collecting, analysing, verifying, and reporting cost and financial performance.


Experienced required:

Relevant experience gained within a contracting/projects environment, ideally as a Project Cost Accountant or Project Cost Controller.
Excellent knowledge of cost accounting, budgeting and forecasting.
Develop and maintain project budgets in collaboration with project managers, commercials, and other stakeholders.
Analyse cost variances and discrepancies, investigating and providing explanations for any deviations.
Communicate financial updates to relevant stakeholders, highlighting potential risks and opportunities for cost savings.
Collaborate with project teams to identify potential cost overruns and implement proactive measures to mitigate risks.
Advanced Excel and analytical skills.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.


Benefits of working with us

Flexible working available for some roles
Free parking
Travel allowance for eligible candidates
Family friendly leave policies
Excellent pension contributions
Healthcare
Health risk assessments
Access to employee assistance programmes
Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

9.3km of viaducts
62 overbridges
35 cuttings
56 culverts
62 embankments
2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels
28 underbridges and 11 underpasses