Assistant Commercial Manager

Job Description • Leads commercial analysis, ensures data accuracy and integrity, and provides insights that enable informed decision-making, effective risk management, and improved project outcomes. • Serves as a senior advisor on projects and initiatives of large scope and complexity. • Leads the delivery of accurate and timely commercial reporting, analysis, and forecasting. • Drives earned value management (EVM) and performance index reporting, ensuring alignment between cost and schedule data. • Provides detailed analysis of cost, revenue, margin, and cash performance, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities. • Analyzes complex margin erosion drivers, cash performance, and change recovery trends. • Enables disciplined change, cost, and risk tracking, including proper monetization and impact assessment. • Ensures data integrity across commercial systems and tools, supporting audits, reconciliation, and compliance. • Supports governance reviews and approval workflows, ensuring compliance with commercial policies and procedures. • Leads contract compliance monitoring, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations. • Drives the development, review, and challenge of EAC (Estimate at Completion) and ETC (Estimate to Complete) forecasts. • Provides insights to support margin enhancement initiatives and overall business performance improvement. Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business Administration, Finance, or related field. • Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in commercial analysis, project controls, or cost management within the built environment industry (construction, engineering, or infrastructure sectors). • Demonstrated expertise in Earned Value Management (EVM) principles, methodologies, and best practices. • Proficiency with commercial analysis software and tools (e.g., Primavera, Deltek, SAP, or equivalent project controls platforms). • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with proven experience in financial forecasting, variance analysis, and trend identification. • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data visualization tools for complex financial reporting and analysis. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex commercial data to senior leadership and stakeholders. • Demonstrated experience in contract compliance monitoring, change management, and risk assessment. • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deliverables. • Proven ability to work effectively under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and maintain data integrity in fast-paced environments. • Experience with audit preparation, reconciliation processes, and compliance with commercial policies and procedures.