Cost and Risk Analyst - Aberdeen

Aberdeen  ‐ Onsite
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Cost and Risk Analyst - Aberdeen - Competitive Rate - 12 months + Contract
My oil and gas client is looking for a cost and risk analyst to join them on a minimum 12 month contract to provide analysis and support to management to facilitate decision making.

Activities
* Anticipate and identify risks and opportunities to project delivery
* Liaise and Monitor contractors to ensure that they manage project risk and capture those contractor risks that constitute a wider risk to the project.
* Liaise with Third Party Contractor providing Risk Analysis, modelling and reporting
* Co-ordinate, administer and maintain the project risk register
* Monitor risk through life of project to highlight high and growing risks
* Communicate risks to the project management team and assist them in managing those risks
* Assist in the preparation of budgets and forecasts ensuring that appropriate levels of costs are included and be prepared to challenge cost estimates where appropriate.
* Analyse actual costs and forecast expenditure as directed and provide details on variances between budget and previous forecast.
* Responsible for AFE control and reporting
* Review cost allocation & charge-back mechanisms periodically, in conjunction with customers to ensure these remain equitable in a changing business environment.
* Responsible for the management of the Project Organisation Costs; allocation and monitoring under/over recovery.
* Responsible for the management of minor Contracts (less than £100m) as delegated; providing contract compliance and cost control to the Contract Managers
* Regular reviews with the Project Control Manager of the Project Manpower Headcount and Forecasts; liaising with HR and Package mangers to revise and update Organisation Budgets, including the direct contracted personnel within each package: comparing forecast expenditure against budget, highlighting anomalies, whilst helping promote cost consciousness
* Work proactively with peers within the department to ensure that data sent from the department is validated, timely and approved by the relevant personnel and in turn that data used from external departments is approved by the relevant authority in those areas.
* Responsible for providing back up to the Cost Administrators with Contract Representatives for amendments to commitments as and when required.
* Progress invoice approval with technical and financial authorities
* Ensure correct coding is applied to all cost commitments
* Provide support in each of the areas within Cost Control as required
* Assisting in the preparation of departmental budgets and review of the Budgets for the Packages as delegated by the Senior Cost Controller
* Providing financial information and support to management

Qualifications Experience required
* Graduate relevant experience in the oil/gas industry
* Detailed understanding of risk and costing.
* General understanding of the oil and gas industry
* Analytical skills with a knowledge of financial analysis techniques and economic measures
* Computer literate, with experience of SAP, Excel and PowerPoint)

Please send your CV in application for this role ASAP.

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Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 months+
(extension possible)
From
Generic Network
Published at
20.10.2011
Project ID:
257253
Contract type
Freelance
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