Commercial Team Manager - Cost Audit

About the role

At Scottish Water, we look after Scotland’s most precious natural resource. From source to tap, we’re safeguarding Scotland’s reputation for refreshingly pure water and caring for our environment at the same time. If making a positive difference to people, communities and the environment sounds like something you'd enjoy, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team responsible for carrying out cost, compliance and commercial audits across both internal operations and key framework partners.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, internal policies and commercial procedures.
• Identify areas of risk, validate costs and highlight potential disallowed expenditure.
• Provide clear recommendations for improvement and influence positive change through the presentation of findings and contractual requirements.
• Lead, develop and support the team to achieve business objectives, fostering a high-performance culture through coaching, mentoring, training and effective people management (including recruitment, performance, attendance and disciplinary management).
• Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance on complex contractual, estimating, costing and audit matters.
• Lead negotiations and resolve escalated commercial disputes to deliver successful outcomes.

Requirements

• Significant experience in commercial, cost and compliance auditing.
• Strong knowledge of financial systems, commercial management and contract interpretation.
• Skilled at identifying and mitigating commercial risk, validating costs, challenging expenditure and ensuring compliance with contractual and governance requirements.
• Strong leadership, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and communicate complex findings to drive positive business outcomes.

Benefits

• Full-time role (35 hours per week).
• 38 days of holiday every year (including public holidays), with the option to buy five additional days.
• Volunteering leave.
• Family-friendly policies around adoption, maternity, and parental leave.
• Flexible working.
• Pension (defined benefit).
• Life assurance.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Access to SW Splash rewards for savings on holidays, bills, and shopping.

Pay

• Grade 8 role.
• Starting salary of £54,776 for candidates new to Scottish Water.
• Performance-driven pay progression up to a maximum of £74,386.

Schedule

• Balanced Hybrid working encouraged, with half of working time in a Scottish Water location.

Candidates should be aware that a valid UK driving licence is required for driving on Scottish Water business and claiming business mileage expenses. Scottish Water may require Drug & Alcohol testing in line with policy.