Cost Assurance Consultant — Hybrid & Data-Driven Audit

AtkinsRéalis UK Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is hiring a Cost Assurance Consultant – Cost Verification and Assurance to support complex infrastructure projects in our Delivery Partner team. You will provide cost verification, audit and assurance activities across NEC4 contracts, analyse large data sets, and deliver findings to senior stakeholders.

The role requires experience in cost and commercial assurance, strong data analysis skills, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering cost and commercial assurance/audit activities.
• Ability to interpret a wide range of contracts and cost components.
• Comfort with analysing large data sets and different costing systems.
• Ability to interrogate data and produce decision-ready outputs.
• Strong report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Experience working within a client organisation or through secondment.

Responsibilities

• Provide cost verification, audit and assurance activities for large-scale projects.
• Evaluate cost data against contractual and commercial principles.
• Analyse supplier costs to identify patterns, risks and opportunities.
• Deliver detailed payroll audits and data sampling for targeted reviews.
• Assess cost capture processes and advise on contract documentation (NEC4).
• Engage with client teams and stakeholders to substantiation data and findings.
• Present high-quality assurance reports to senior stakeholders and clients.
• Support integration of digital tools for data analysis and reporting.

Skills

Cost verification

Audit activities

Contract interpretation

Data analysis

Data interrogation

Report writing

Communication

Client engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Estimating/QS/Engineering/Construction or equivalent

Tools

NEC3/4 contracts

Job description

AtkinsRéalis is hiring a Cost Assurance Consultant – Cost Verification and Assurance to support complex infrastructure projects in our Delivery Partner team. You will provide cost verification, audit and assurance activities across NEC4 contracts, analyse large data sets, and deliver findings to senior stakeholders.

The role requires experience in cost and commercial assurance, strong data analysis skills, and excellent communication.