Cost Verification

Vacancy Title: Cost Verification & Audit Manager

Location: SDC, Bridgwater

Hours: Part time 24 hours per week

Hourly rate: £24.83

Holiday allowance: 33 days per year including bank holidays

Contract type: Long term temporary

Our client, a leading energy company in the UK have an exciting opportunity to work within?their Alliance Performance and Assurance Function (APAF)?Department. A team, directly reporting to the MEH Programme Director, responsible for performance assurancefor the operational activities and to ensure that HPC shareholders' interests are protected within MEH programme. The scope for APAF is broad, spanning both assurance and performance improvement.

Under the direction of the MEH Cost Verification & Audit Lead, the primary role?of the Cost Verification & Audit Manager is to perform independent verifications and audits within the MEH programme and its diversity of contracts:

- Undertake cost verification and audit duties and deliverables
- Perform pre and post Application for Payment (AfP) verification checks and reports, and ensure required adjustments are incorporated into the Partners and Contractors' submissions
- Liaising with Partners and Contractors Commercial Audit Support resource to complete quarterly, annual, and final account audit requirements and reports
- Support and manage the PAAF (Personnel Assignment Authority Form) review, verification, and approval process in accordance with the contracts' requirements
- Assist the MEH Cost Verification & Audit Lead in collation of data and production of reports to complete and report KPIs for the APAF Dashboard
- Managing & maintaining the Non-Recoverable Cost and Commercial Sensitive Cost registers

The?Cost Verification & Audit Manager is responsible for carrying out verification and audit assurance activities as directed by the MEH Cost Verification & Audit Lead on the MEH Alliance contract. The role holder will be required to visit Partners and Contractorspremises to undertake some of the audit requirements (i.e. payroll audits).

There?is?a critical and significant interface with HPC Partners and Contractors so that the costs included within their Application for Payments can be reviewed, verified, certified and subsequently audited.

The Cost Verification & Audit Manager supports ensuring that the costs claimed by the Contractors are in accordance with the contracts' Schedule of Cost Components and Alliance/NNB policies and procedures.

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Accountancy and/or Quantity surveyance experience
- Knowledge of 'what good looks like' based on knowledge gained from partners and supply chain organisations integrated management systems;?
- Confident and articulate communicator, able to prepare presentation material, and comfortable addressing individuals, small?groups;?
- Act as a strong advocate for best practice, able to support and defend practical deployment and solutions, whilst remaining open to the ideas of others;?
- Experience of interfacing with project teams and?with supply chain organisations;?
- Analysis of data, preparing reports and making recommendations;?
- The ability to influence and to provide constructive challenge which is accepted by others;?
- The ability to build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including 3rd?party certification bodies and EDF Group entities;?
- Pro-active and flexible, being prepared to?plan and?work?on own initiative;?
- Fluent in English language;?
- Ability to manipulate and analyse large volumes of data and produce succinct and informative analysis using MS Excel to an advanced level.

**Qualifications & Experience**

**Essential**
- Educated to tertiary level and either working towards or obtained a CCAB and/or QSi qualification.
- Good communication and numerical skills, both verbal and written, and able to work with senior stakeholders with an inquisitive approach.
- Ability and willingness to travel, primarily within the United Kingdom

**Desirable**
- Experience of working within large, complex and multidisciplinary companies/projects, construction being an advantage.
- Knowledge/experience working on NEC contracts and reviewing, verifying and auditing costs in accordance with the works information and schedule of cost components would be a distinct advantage.