Cost Intelligence Manager

National Highways; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the infrastructure sector seeks a Cost Intelligence Manager to enhance commercial decision-making through detailed analysis and support. This hybrid role involves managing teams and improving efficiency in cost reporting and data interpretation, ensuring effective commercial oversight across projects. Candidates should possess a strong understanding of financial management, data analysis capabilities, and excellent stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Annual leave starting at 26 days + Bank Holidays

Flexible hours and hybrid working

Life assurance of 4 times annual salary

Health and wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Career development investment

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Discounts platform for various services

Paid leave for volunteering

Qualifications

• Studying for or holding a relevant degree/professional qualification.
• Understanding of commercial and financial management.
• Experience in process/system development with advanced data analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing and developing Cost Intelligence Analysts.
• Interpreting complex commercial data and identifying trends.
• Supporting design and implementation of cost capture processes.

Skills

Commercial analysis

Financial management

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree or professional qualification

Job description

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Job Description

About the job.

We're looking for a Cost Intelligence Manager to join our Business Services Directorate, to provide advice and support to the business on commercial issues to enhance National Highways capability as an informed and intelligent commercial client.

You'll provide support in evaluating and reporting the cost base, cost drivers and efficiency delivery across capital and revenue programmes and will interpret cost data and supporting the creation of information and intelligence and recommending how the use of cost intelligence can improve performance and investment decisions.

The role will be worked on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 40% of the working week in the office.

• Managing and developing the Cost Intelligence Analysts and Senior Intelligence Analysts as appropriate and ensuring that they comply with all relevant health and safety policies and procedures.
• Leading commercial work streams designed to enhance National Highways reputation and as informed and commercially intelligent client across capital programmes.
• Supporting the design and implementation of robust processes and systems for cost capture and cost base reporting. Supporting assurance of cost intelligence, ensuring the quality of reporting withstands scrutiny internally and externally.
• Interpreting complex commercial data and identifying trends and conclusions based on this analysis.
• Supporting the design and implementation of end-to-end sub processes for cost intelligence, and reporting on opportunities for improving sustainable value for money and investment decisions.

About you.

• Studying for an appropriate professional qualification or already have a degree.
• Commercial and financial management, and economic analysis understanding.
• Process and system development experience, with advanced data analysis capability.
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Experience of delivering commercial outcomes to all levels of a business.

About us.

Here at National Highways, we manage and improve England's motorways and major A roads, helping our customers have safer, smoother and more reliable journeys. Our priorities are safety, customers and delivery, and at the core of this, are our values of passion, integrity, safety, teamwork and ownership.

Business Services plays a crucial role in supporting the efficient operation and growth of the strategic road network. We provide a wide range of essential services across the organisation, ensuring that all functions run smoothly and effectively. We work behind the scenes to support the delivery of high-quality infrastructure and services, ensuring that National Highways meets its commitments to safety, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Our key areas of focus include procurement, finance, human resources, IT, and strategic planning. We ensure the company operates efficiently, delivers projects on time and within budget, and meets the needs of stakeholders. By offering expert advice, managing resources, and driving operational excellence, we support National Highways in achieving its mission of maintaining and improving the road network across the country.

External candidates will be offered a starting salary at the lower end of the pay scale, while current employees will be appointed in accordance with our established pay policy.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

About Us

Why you should join us

At National Highways we believe in a connected country. We are passionate about creating a culture where colleagues feel connected, included and enjoy greater wellbeing to achieve this. We're proud that as an organisation we are continually striving to do better and actively encourage and support our colleagues to do the same with their careers.

So, if you put safety first, take ownership of your work, show passion for what you do, work effectively in a team, and demonstrate integrity in how you do it - then you'll be a great fit for our organisation.

A connected and sustainable working approach has been adopted across National Highways. For some roles, this means being able to work in a hybrid way spending up to 60% of time working from a remote location such as home.

Please wait until the interview stage before asking us about flexibility, and we will explore what is possible.

Our benefits package

• Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
• Flexible hours and an approach driven by connected and sustainable working which includes hybrid working
• Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
• A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
• Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience

And we are

• Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
• Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
• Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year

If you are successful, it is key to know all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment checks which include:

• Right to work check
• 3 year employment history references
• DBS criminal record check
• Social media and adverse journalism check
• Driving licence check (if applicable)
• Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
• Qualifications and/or professional membership check (if applicable)

And finally

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