Careers Costing Manager

As a member of our delivery team, you will work with Programme Managers, Project Managers, and other stakeholders to develop the costing and pricing of new opportunities, resource planning, and the transition of new contracts into live delivery, as well as developing and delivering financial reporting for projects and leading on the management and development of our Cost and Pricing Tool.,

• Managing the resource planning and costing for new education reform opportunities, working closely with the Partnership's commercial team and other teams across CUP&A
• Maintaining and developing the Cost and Pricing Tool, including working with stakeholders to develop a product roadmap
• Financial analysis of projects across the Partnership, including reporting against budgets and original costing to inform future costing
• Analysis of supplier costs across the Partnership, working closely with the Supplier Manager
  
  As our Costing Manager, you have a proven track record of financial reporting and costing of opportunities.
You have a can-do approach and remain calm under pressure. You demonstrate proficiency in financial management, the ability to negotiate competing requests among multiple stakeholders, and are comfortable negotiating with senior colleagues. You are highly collaborative, work with the utmost integrity and commitment, and are absolutely focused on working with other colleagues to deliver the best possible outcomes for the Partnership and for our customers. You enjoy international travel and are prepared to travel when required.

Are you an innovative, collaborative, and decisive Costing Manager who is looking for a new challenge where you can work with many different stakeholders, both internal and external, to develop new opportunities in education reform? The Partnership for Education works with ministries of education and other organisations around the world to improve their education systems through coherent reform strategies. Our vision is to enable more people to achieve better educational outcomes for the benefit of themselves and society, and to transform societies through education. We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation, and a proud part of the University of Cambridge., Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. Please note that Cambridge University Press & Assessment will not ordinarily be able to provide sponsorship for vacancies of less than 12-months in duration. Applicants must therefore have an existing right to work in the UK to be eligible for this position. Why join us Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities. Documents

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes