Cost Controller

Aldwych Consulting; Bedford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Financial Administrator for a construction business in Bedford. This role involves logging GRNs, matching invoices, and maintaining trackers, with a hybrid work schedule of 4 days in-office and 1 day remote. The ideal candidate should have relevant experience, a driving license, and strong IT skills. This is a long-term contract position, perfect for someone looking to contribute to innovative projects in a reputable company.

Qualifications

• Experience working as a financial administrator or in an invoicing team.
• Driving licence essential.
• Proficient in using IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Logging and tracking GRN for material and plant delivery notes.
• Matching invoices with receipts in a timely manner.
• Deleting obsolete GRNs ensuring month end accruals are accurate.

Skills

Attention to detail

IT literate

Experience in a similar role

Driving licence

Job description

Job ref : BBBH4310_1764701019

Published : about 8 hours ago

Startdate : 5 / 1 / 2026

Do you have experience working as a financial administrator or in an invoicing team? Are you looking for your next long term contract position? If so then we may have the right role for you!

Our client is a large construction business and is looking to add to their team assisting with goods received notes for materials and plant deliveries and logging these onto their in-house IT system. The role will involve 4 days in the office (Mon-Thursday) with Friday working from home in a hybrid basis.

The job duties will include

• Logging and tracking GRN (Good Receipt Note) for material and plant delivery notes and time sheets onto system.
• Keeping the A / P , Aggregates and Materials Trackers up to date.
• Delete obsolete GRNs ensuring month end accruals are accurate.
• Matching invoices with receipts in a timely manner and resolve not passed invoice queries promptly.
• Use the cost reporting dashboard to enter invoices into our cost management system
• Attend weekly accounts meetings
• Complete requisitions if required for any amendments needed.

The client is looking for someone who has

• Experience in a similar role previously
• Driving licence essential
• Someone who is IT literate
• Attention to detail.

You'd be working as part of a large busy team helping to deliver modern innovative projects for an excellent company with a market leading reputation in their industry.

If this role sounds of interest then apply with a copy of your CV ASAP.

Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and / or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary / contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.