Associate Director, Cost Assurance (R...

Turner & Townsend Plc.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Associate Director in Cost Assurance, leading a dynamic team to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients in the construction sector. This role offers the opportunity to influence the growth of the Supply Chain Assurance service while working with diverse clients on major projects. You will play a key role in strategic decision-making, performance reporting, and fostering a culture of teamwork and innovation. If you are passionate about making a difference and have a strong background in assurance and leadership, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Health and wellness programs

Opportunities for professional development

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Experience in leading teams in consultancy environments.
• Technical expertise in construction industry assurance/audit.

Responsibilities

• Lead the South East Supply Chain Assurance team and support business growth.
• Deliver successful Cost & Supply Chain Assurance commissions.

Skills

Leadership

Performance reporting

Assurance/audit in construction

Contract Management (NEC3/4)

Report writing

People and organizational management

Presentation skills

Professional Scepticism

Education

Degree in relevant subject

Professional body membership (MRICS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Associate Director, Cost Assurance (Regional Lead)

• Full-time
• Department: Infrastructure

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

For 75 years we have been leading the delivery of major transformational programmes. Our success at realising outcomes for clients has resulted in significant growth. Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious Net Zero programmes from over 118 offices worldwide.

Further to this success we are now facing a new wave of growth to achieve our ambitious 2025 vision. To achieve this, we need great people who are passionate about both delivering great outcomes to our clients and contributing to our future vision. This is made entirely possible through our entrepreneurial culture, allowing employees of all levels to directly influence the business and to own their career.

The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it.

Through the commitment, capability and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society. Delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us.

We work smarter to face the challenges of the future; bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors.

We are seeking an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic Associate Director to join our specialist Supply Chain Assurance team to lead our South East Regional team and assist our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and our clients. Our Supply Chain Assurance service offers clients a range of audit/assurance support including commercial assurance, cost verification, contract compliance and supply chain capability reviews.

You will be an Associate Director within our UK Infrastructure business working within our specialist Supply Chain Assurance team to be accountable for a diverse, skilled and growing team to provide our services to a wide range of clients including major programmes and projects. The main purpose of the role is:

• Lead our South East Supply Chain Assurance team providing experience, leadership and support the UK National Supply Chain Assurance service lead to develop the service.
• Lead commissions with expertise and authority with minimal support to strategically guide and navigate the completion of our service.
• Work with a diverse team of backgrounds and skillsets, leading and aiding members to facilitate their development and growth including taking line management responsibility.
• Deliver successful Cost & Supply Chain Assurance commissions on behalf of Turner & Townsend acting as the key contact for clients including senior stakeholders.
• Take a lead in the ongoing refinement of internal training and product management in relation to the service line.
• Take a prominent and leading role in regional bids and business generation activities.
• Take a prominent and leading role in strategically shaping the clients and opportunities in our South East region by engaging with our key client leads, other service leads and South East Cost Centre Lead.

Job Objectives:

• Support the UK Supply Chain Assurance service lead to present performance and opportunities for the South East region reporting on revenue, margin performance and opportunities.
• Provide technical expertise and support to the South East team for technical matters and also peer review of significant or complex outputs.
• Provide proactive leadership to the team to promote teamwork, innovation and best practice ways of working.
• Engage with senior leaders in the South East region to represent the Supply Chain Assurance service positively and to help identify new opportunities.
• Provide a senior level of engagement and expertise to support new clients in a strategic way to open up audit/assurance work for the wider team and foster good quality working relationships with them based on trust, professionalism and quality of service outputs.
• The role will also include the requirement for the individual to support the team with undertaking elements of cost/commercial assurance and audit work and as such a robust understanding of the work is critical.

Required Skills:

• Leadership – experience in leading a team in a consultancy environment.
• Performance reporting – experience in recording and presenting on performance (such as revenue, costs, margin and utilisation).
• Assurance/audit within the construction industry.
• Construction industry technical matters - such as different procurement routes, disallowed cost areas, target price setting, calculation of pain/gain amounts etc.
• Contract Management - NEC3/4 (Option C, E) preferred.
• Assessment of accuracy and entitlement to cost.
• Report writing – communicating complex messages succinctly to maximise impact in written formats.
• People and organisational management – experience of working in a team environment and handling a variable workload through peaks and troughs.
• Presentation skills – be a confident speaker who can influence and engage with a multitude of stakeholders including senior individuals both internally and within client organisations.
• Professional Scepticism – Can challenge in a professional and constructive way to safeguard the completion of our services, maintaining independence and integrity, ensuring consistent quality.

Qualifications:

• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
• Holds an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent (i.e. MRICS, ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc.).

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.