Position Title: Business Support Officer

Duration: Contract

Location: Whitley

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities:

Governance & Assurance:

• Ensure compliance with standards, document control, and assurance processes across capital and operational expenditure.
• Support implementation of governance structures across the portfolio.

Capital Project Evaluation:

• Collaborate with the Strategic Technical Specialist to assess the feasibility of capital investment on projects and support in business case development.
• Regularly review project rankings based on strategic value, financial return and resource availability.

Project Budgeting & Monitoring:

• Assist in the development of project budgets, supporting stakeholders in the appropriate allocation of spend type.
• Monitor project performance to identify and flag budget overruns or delays.

Operational Expenditure Planning:

• Support with building operational budgets in conjunction with customers and operations teams.
• Identify operational improvement opportunities to support budget alignment and cost risk mitigation.

Assets & Lifecycle Planning:

• Support with asset management and tagging across local area.
• Support asset lifecycle planning by identifying risks and opportunities for investment, both capital and operational.

Tools & Techniques:

• Maintain capital and operational budgets and expenditure in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain Tableau dashboards to visualise KPIs, timelines, and budget drawdown.

Risk, Opportunity & Issue Management:

• Support with maintaining risk and opportunity registers, support workshops, and ensure timely escalation and reporting.
• Help identify and mitigate delivery risks.

Change Control:

• Adhere to change control processes, ensuring accurate documentation and tracking.
• Support review and approval workflows per governance protocols.

Stakeholder & Communications Management:

• Ensure effective engagement with project stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration, including central business and buyer teams

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential:

• Experience in a Business Planning or Finance function; strong business acumen
• Experience working with Capital and / or Operational budgets
• Proven budget and forecasting skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong stakeholder reporting and engagement skills
• High attention to detail and organisational skills
• Understanding of planning cycles with ability to adapt to local business context
• Experience with cost management processes (e.g. QCRA, VfM)
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
• Experience with Tableau or similar tools
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint
• Good understanding of MS Office and project planning tools
• Knowledge of risk, issue, and change control processes

Desirable:

• Experience with SAP or similar finance tool
• Experience in engineering, infrastructure, or technical projects
• Knowledge of lifecycle frameworks (e.g. RIBA, V-model) including costing
• Familiarity with project methodologies (e.g. APM, PRINCE2)
• Exposure to portfolio-level reporting
• Degree or equivalent experience in Business / Finance / Accounting
• Familiarity with Confluence and collaborative platforms
• Experience supporting lessons learned and continuous improvement
• Understanding of financial tracking and budget reporting
• Asset management experience
• Experience with leading or supporting internal / external audits

Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available

*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.*