Sda Junior Cost Controller

3 days ago

Helensburgh, United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 266939**Salary**:

- £32,500 - £35,000-
**Job grade**:

- Other- Senior Technical Specialist I**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Submarine Delivery Agency - Project Delivery**Type of role**:

- Project Delivery**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute G84 0EHAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) is a part of the Ministry of Defence responsible for the procurement, in-service support, and disposal of the UK’s nuclear submarines. Our work is of unparalleled strategic importance nationally and internationally, ensuring the security of the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent, and delivering some of the most technically complex programmes in defence.
- At the SDA, it’s our people that make us great. We believe that everyone should feel comfortable to be themselves and be supported to do their best work. As part of a diverse and inclusive workforce, our team will find a community to belong to - whether that’s alongside project teams with a shared vision or as part of an employee network of like-minded individuals. We believe that, by celebrating different backgrounds and different perspectives, together we’ll achieve the extraordinary.**Job description**:
Are you interested in becoming a Junior Cost Controller - Finance excited by the opportunity to shape and define the project delivery of some of the biggest and complex defence programmes in the UK today? The Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) are currently seeking an enthusiastic, driven and dynamic Junior Cost Controller to join our ever-expanding team at HMNB Clyde.

Project Delivery is a key function within SDA and plays a vital role in ensuring the success of projects by providing Estimating, Cost Control, Planning and Scheduling, Risk Management and Project Management. What makes us unique is that we are involved in all phases of a project from the proposal through to completion and then decommission, ensuring work is delivered on time and within budget.

Want to hear what one of our Level 2 Cost Controller - Finance thinks of their role?

“The work is interesting and challenging due to number & complexity of on-going and new projects.’’

As a Cost Controller you will be responsible for the consistency and accuracy of management cost information and financial performance reporting the purchase of submarine equipment, as well as the support for it once it is in use. The main part of this role is to record, analyse and report project costs and undertake related cost control activities, ensuring all financial and performance reporting requirements are met. You will also be required to provide assurance that projects comply with SDA and Departmental policy in respect of all cost activities, providing support to, and working under the guidance of the Cost Control Finance Lead and the wider team.

You will be expected to work on site 3 times a week, however this is being constantly reviewed so could change.

**About the role**
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

- Work with Project Delivery Team to produce and report financial forecasting for 12-month and 10-year periods, collaborating with project managers, providing challenge, conducting variance analysis including financial risk commentary.
- Monitoring and recording spend using a variety of financial reports and systems; and reconciliation with accounting systems to produce month end management accounts. Ensuring a clear audit trail and consistently monitor project cost spend against these approvals.
- Produce accrual and general journals to ensure robust supporting evidence is included. Actively support the Cost Control Finance lead with any audit and compliance requests
- Provide Financial input, challenge and information at the Monthly Financial Performance review with the wider delivery team to empower stakeholder decision making.
- To be able to communicate complex financial performance data in a simple and understandable form to key members of the Project Delivery Team and non-financiers.

**Person specification**:

- Previous experience in cost or budgeting and forecasting
- Experience of working independently and within a team

In addition to the responsibilities above, the following technical competences and behaviours will be assessed at interview:

- Cost Management
- Financial Planning, Reporting and Resource Allocation
- Working Together
- Delivering at Pace

**Benefits**:
We're pleased to offer a generous benefits package to support everything from your work-life balance to your bank balance, including:

- 25 days’ holiday a year, plus 1 day a year up to 30 days, 8 bank holidays and a day off for the King’s birthday
- A market-leading employer pension contribution of a

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