Senior Cost Analyst - Transportation & Logistics

Senior Analyst - Cost - T&L Roles & responsibilities This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals. Key Responsibilities • Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts. • Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre. • Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement. • Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres • Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution. • Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required. • Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off. • Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. • Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. Roles & responsibilities This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals. Key Responsibilities • Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts. • Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre. • Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement. • Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres • Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution. • Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required. • Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off. • Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. • Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. Roles & responsibilities This role involves interpreting complex financial data to provide actionable insights and recommendations, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals. Key Responsibilities • Develop an understanding of the business area supported, proactively learning the services it provides, client issues it seeks to address, sectors it operates in and key clients / client contracts. • Lead on shared delivery centre (KDN) cost accounting, acting as the central liaison between the business and the delivery centre. • Resolve auto‑settled inter‑office (KPMG network) invoices, ensuring costs are accurately coded to the correct engagement. • Manage disbursement costs in ‘KPMG Law’, including monthly corporate card statement reconciliations and cost recharging to engagements and other internal cost centres • Review recharges from Corporate Services, identifying and flagging anomalies for investigation and resolution. • Review the cost base, including classification across ledger accounts and cost centres, validating accuracy and correcting issues as required. • Prepare monthly accruals and prepayments, including pre‑ and post‑close reconciliations, for review and sign‑off. • Perform monthly cost variance analysis (YoY, MoM, and vs budget), investigating and preparing commentary on significant variances. • Monitor and challenge sundry fees, including settlement thereof. Experience Level Senior Level