Cost Assurance Specialist

Turner & Townsend • Toronto, ON

21h • CA$75,000 - CA$120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Cost Assurance team has extensive experience conducting cost and commercial audits to review supply chain compliance and performance. Our team combines financial / accounting, commercial, technology and quantity surveying skills to form a targeted and bespoke assurance approach for our clients and their challenges and needs. Cost assurance provides an independent verification of cost that supports construction project governance and ensures adherence to contract.

Requirements

• 3 - 5 years of Audit/Accounting experience
• Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
• Holds or working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent (i.e., ACCA, CPA,CFA etc.)
• Demonstrable experience of delivering service excellence to clients.
• The ability to extract, interrogate and assess large data sets to problem solve and produce outputs that can be used in the decision-making process.
• Ability to work autonomously and in fast-paced environment, and able to adapt and meet challenges as they develop during the delivery stage.
• Assurance or audit - in a construction, commercial or accountancy setting
• Assessment of accuracy and entitlement to cost.
• Data analysis – ability to review and draw insights from large quantities of data in various formats – PowerBi/Tableau experience preferred
• Supporting on report writing – communicating complex messages succinctly to maximize impact in written formats.

Nice To Haves

• PowerBi/Tableau experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Reviewing construction contractor systems, controls, and processes to provide an assessment on their ways of working, using intelligence from around the industry to build a view on best practice.
• Analysis and understanding of complex construction contracts.
• Perform actual cost audits on monthly invoices.
• Supporting on Payroll Audits.
• Reviewing financial systems and reporting on the contractors ERP.
• Performing testing of data and information using smart techniques and tools such as data visualization and trend / pattern analysis – PowerBi/Tableau
• Production of written findings reports that deliver key findings, recommendations and messages in a succinct and professional manner.
• Fostering good quality working relationships with clients and those being reviewed built around trust and professionalism.
• Engaging with the supply chain to take them on the journey of assurance and encourage collaboration at project/program level.

Benefits

• 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
• Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
• RRSP option with company matching
• Annual learning and development budget
• Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
• Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
• Vacation, flex and sick days
• A flexible, hybrid work approach
• Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level