Billing cum cost manager

Position: Billing cum cost Manager

Experience: 15+ Years

Qualification: B. Tech in Civil /Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Location: Ahmedabad

Employment Type: Permanent

Company Overview

The Client is a leading global infrastructure and engineering consultancy organization providing professional services across the project lifecycle, including advisory, planning, design, engineering, program management, and construction management. The organization has extensive experience in delivering complex infrastructure projects across transportation, highways, urban development, water, energy, and environmental sectors. With a strong multidisciplinary team and a commitment to innovation and sustainability.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Review, verify and certify contractor, consultant and vendor invoices, RA bills and payment applications in accordance with contractual provisions.

• Validate work progress, quantities executed, measurements and supporting records for payment certification.

• Ensure timely processing of payment certificates, invoices and financial approvals.

• Monitor billing cycles and identify potential delays affecting project cash flow and contractor performance.

• Maintain billing registers, payment records and certification logs.

• Establish and manage project cost monitoring, budget control and financial reporting systems.

• Monitor project costs against approved budgets and identify cost variances and emerging financial risks.

• Track expenditures, commitments, accruals, forecast costs and cash flow requirements.

• Prepare cost forecasts, budget updates and financial performance assessments.

• Support development and implementation of corrective actions to manage budget deviations.

• Verify quantities, measurements and progress valuation for all project packages.

• Review contractor submissions, change orders, variation proposals and additional cost claims.

• Assess commercial implications of design changes, scope modifications and site conditions.

• Support commercial teams in evaluation of variations, cost adjustments and contractual entitlements.

• Ensure consistency and transparency in measurement and valuation processes.

• Develop project cost dashboards, financial MIS reports and executive cost reports.

• Monitor project financial health, cost trends and expenditure forecasts.

• Establish cost reporting frameworks and performance indicators for management reviews.

• Provide periodic financial updates to the Project Director and Client.

• Develop early warning systems to identify cost overruns and budget risks.

• Strategic Cost Management & Decision Support

• Support the Project Director in cost-related strategic decision-making through data-driven analysis and forecasting.

• Identify opportunities for cost optimization, value engineering and commercial efficiencies.

• Assess financial impacts of project risks, delays, variations and implementation strategies.

• Undertake scenario analysis and cost modelling to support project planning and decision-making.

• Recommend mitigation measures to control project costs and improve financial performance.

Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in civil engineering/quantity surveying/commerce/finance/construction management or related discipline.

• MBA (Finance), master's degree in construction management/quantity surveying or equivalent qualification preferred.

• Professional certification in Quantity Surveying, Cost Engineering or Commercial Management shall be preferred.

• Overall, 15-20 years of professional experience in billing, quantity surveying, cost control, commercial management or project financial administration.

• Minimum 10 years of experience in aviation projects involving airport terminal buildings, airside works, landside infrastructure, utilities and airport support facilities.

• Demonstrated experience in managing billing and cost control functions for major infrastructure projects.

• Proven expertise in contractor billing, quantity verification, cost estimation, budget monitoring, forecasting and financial reporting.

• Experience in PMC, EPC, Design-Build or Client-side project management environments.

• Strong understanding of contract provisions relating to measurement, payment certification, variations, cost claims and commercial administration.

• Proficiency in cost management systems, ERP platforms, financial reporting tools, advanced Excel and project analytics platforms.

• Experience in at least one Greenfield or Brownfield airport project of minimum 10 MPPA capacity involving terminal, airside or major airport infrastructure works preferred.