SAP Cost Planner

SAP Cost Planner

Reading - Client offices (1 day a week in the office, remote rest of the week)

Start Date: ASAP

End date: 2 month trial period contract, then a 6 month rolling contract up to 3 years.

Hours per week: 37.5 - 40 hours per week

Pay Rate per hour: Up to £550 per day.

Key Accountabilities:

• Update SAP with information pertaining to forecasts, actuals and slippage, as provided by consultants, tracking key milestones required by the business. Assuring both the quality of the data and compliance with financial and corporate policies on cost recognition.
• Work with Delivery Planners to maintain SAP milestones based on the correct outputs and outcomes and identify exceptions as part of the agreed quality and assurance processes. Provide challenge and insight where required.
• Manage project information during project brief, in line with project and programme information and business plan objectives.
• Work alongside the governance team to ensure that changes to funding reflect project initiatives and changes in governance.
• Maintain SAP. Work alongside the Programme Manager to ensure monitoring and forecasting of Unbriefed allocations and drawdowns to eliminate the risk of double counting.
• Support Budget setting and financial forecasting for their functional area of the business.
• Maintain a consistent Cost Breakdown Schedule (WBS) within SAP with Activity ID mapping and coding, to enable robust reporting and compliance with IFRS and other reporting and controlling standards.
• Ensure that changes to baseline performance are escalated.
• Ensure correct cost settlement and capitalisation.

Role requirements:

• Advanced SAP skills.