Strategic Defense Cost Consultant

Arcadis; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is growing its UK defence cost management capability. You will manage cost delivery for small/medium developments and significant components of larger projects, with strong emphasis on controls and technical expertise.

You will coach junior staff, manage budgets, and provide risk/compliance advice while delivering high-quality cost management services to clients in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects typically ranging between £5m and £150m.
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.
• Experience working with external stakeholders to build client relationships.
• Experience managing business relationships at middle-management level.
• Ability to take a project through from inception to completion.
• Ability to obtain BPSS clearance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in coaching and developing team members to raise service delivery.
• Work with budgets and systems to produce reports and forecasts and track costs.
• Deliver small to medium cost projects or components of larger assignments.
• Provide advice on risk management, compliance and behaviours.
• Present project risks to senior managers to avoid adverse impacts.
• Analyze data to identify themes and support decision making.
• Leverage industry best practices to improve processes.
• Share knowledge to drive service improvement and innovation.

Skills

Cost management

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Data analysis

Job description

Arcadis is growing its UK defence cost management capability. You will manage cost delivery for small/medium developments and significant components of larger projects, with strong emphasis on controls and technical expertise.

You will coach junior staff, manage budgets, and provide risk/compliance advice while delivering high-quality cost management services to clients in a dynamic environment.