The public sector client is looking to recruit a Assistant Commercial Manager for a 6 month temporary contract which enables you to work from home or London Stratford – 50% of the time.

You will be: Working on projects for overhead line for works delivery. Financial reporting.

The successful candidate will have a valid DBS or be willing to apply for one on CV submission or when a job offer has been made and accepted.

Please Note: This assignment sits inside IR35.

About the Rates of Pay:  Please note: The higher pay rate advertised in our job advert/s will always be the highest Ltd or Umbrella Company pay rate that the client is willing to pay up to and the lower pay rate advertised in our job advert/s will always be the highest PAYE pay rate, that the client is willing to pay up to, unless otherwise specified. If the PAYE rate is not indicated in the job advert then please contact us for confirmation of the PAYE daily pay rate.

Minimum Requirement:
MUST HAVE RAIL EXPERIENCE
• Team player
• Rail
• Overhead line experience
• Excel
• Oracle projects
• Construction or rail contract experience would be good
• Quantity surveying background

Commercial Duties that this role will undertake:
1. Commercial reporting as required against varied and complex contracts for the relevant Project Managers
2. Assist with the general procurement/commercial management on a range of contracts
3. Manage day to day commercial issues including local tender / evaluation documents, preparing estimates, identifying variations to contracts; contribute towards final account agreements, collating any necessary records relative to supplier costs and supplier management through meetings and feedback.
4. Measure and evaluate the commercial value of payments to enable correct certification of works prior to authorisation in accordance with contractual obligations.
5. Assist in the processing claims for and against contractors, collating financial and other information as required or directed.
6. Establish whether instructions are variations to contract and manage in accordance with company processes.
7. Agree Supplier Final Accounts and manage the Supplier Payment Process
8. Liaise with other NR project teams as required. Seek to continually improve the processes behind data capturing to accurately monitor / report project costs and forecasts.
9. Act as Corporate Governance advisor within the delivery unit for all financial/commercial/procurement systems
10. Collect data and contribute towards processing claims for and against contractors including third party and insurance claims when required.
11. Support where necessary tender and evaluation process
12. To be responsible for timely payments to all suppliers who undertake works on behalf of the delivery unit, in accordance with Contract terms using the approved process
13. Visiting work locations as necessary to support estimating process and validating that works are correctly completed.
14. Understand / Review cost base to identify and monitor commercial opportunities and efficiencies. Target high cost aspects of delivery to identify how they could be undertaken more economically.
15. Support the team as required to deliver comprehensive support, guidance and challenge to budget holders.
16. Act as a supplier champion; be able to manage call-off contracts and build-up good working relations with the suppliers.
17. Review, analyse and provide an evaluation of costs incurred
18. Where required work to understand and be willing and able to work within other areas of the Commercial team
19. To provide the period COWD reports and forecast costs for future periods.

You will have: Solid Excel skills are essential. Oracle experience is highly desirable.