Cost Manager in Eastbourne

We Do What We Say and We Care. That's why we need people like you to help us deliver on our promises. People who enjoy getting things done and who appreciate their role in helping others to be successful.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cost Manager to join our team, you'll play a key role in providing cost assurance across the contract, helping the wider team deliver projects efficiently, accurately and commercially. Working closely with operational and commercial colleagues, you'll provide valuable financial insight, ensuring costs are well managed and supporting informed decision-making throughout project delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, has a keen eye for detail and wants to develop their career within a fast-paced operational environment.

Here are some of the activities you will be involved in:

• Providing cost assurance support to the wider operational and commercial teams
• Producing weekly cost and revenue reports to monitor commercial performance
• Managing journals and providing detailed cost information to the Commercial team
• Analysing weekly and monthly cost and revenue data to identify trends and support decision-making
• Taking ownership of the cost and invoicing process, ensuring accuracy and efficiency
• Working closely with the Commercial team to investigate queries and provide financial insight
• Ensuring compliance with Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) requirements and implementing effective financial controls
• Producing financial reports and supporting commercial forecasting

We would love to hear from you if:

• You have previous experience in a Cost Manager, Cost Analyst or similar commercial support role, ideally within construction, utilities, infrastructure or civil engineering.
• Alternatively, you may be recently qualified with a degree in Business, Accountancy or Quantity Surveying and be looking to build your career in a commercial environment.
• You'll have excellent attention to detail, be highly organised and confident interpreting financial data.
• Strong Excel skills are essential, including experience using formulas, pivot tables and VLOOKUPs.
• Experience with cost forecasting, Power BI and an understanding of Quantity Surveying principles would be highly beneficial.
• If you don't already have experience in these areas but are keen to develop your skills, we'd still love to hear from you.

Most importantly, you'll enjoy working collaboratively, supporting colleagues and providing accurate financial information that helps projects succeed. A full UK driving licence is required.

Our Company: Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations. Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone's growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more. We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next: You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don't receive feedback within that timescale, please don't be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits: In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.