Commercial & Revenue Assurance Director

• Lead commercial and revenue assurance across UCC's construction portfolio, protecting cash flow, collections, profitability, and working capital. • Independently challenge reported WIP, cash flow, IPC, revenue, and collections data to identify risks and discrepancies before escalation. • Drive portfolio-wide assurance of cost value reconciliation (CVR), earned value, forecasting, and project commercial performance. • Review and challenge variations, claims, and entitlement positions across projects under FIDIC and GCOC contract frameworks. • Identify commercial leakage, margin erosion, delayed collections, and cash flow deterioration, driving corrective actions with project teams. • Provide executive-level commercial insights and risk reporting to senior leadership, translating complex issues into actionable recommendations. • Leverage AI to identify anomalies, cash flow risks, revenue leakage, and emerging commercial issues across large project portfolios. • Utilize AI-assisted analysis for contract reviews, claims assessments, correspondence reviews, and risk identification. • Drive automation and AI adoption across commercial assurance, reporting, and performance management processes. • Establish proactive early-warning mechanisms that highlight commercial and financial risks before they appear in standard reporting. • Lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance commercial governance, portfolio visibility, and decision-making. • Bachelor's Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline. • 10+ years of commercial, quantity surveying, commercial management, or revenue assurance experience within major contractors, EPC contractors, or large construction organizations. • Strong experience with WIP management, CVR, IPC cycles, BOQ management, earned value analysis, forecasting, cost control, and revenue assurance. • Sound knowledge of FIDIC and GCOC contract mechanisms, variations, claims, and contractual entitlement. • Proven track record of improving cash flow, collections, profitability, working capital, and commercial outcomes on large-scale construction projects. • Strong analytical capability with the confidence to challenge reported figures and identify underlying commercial risks. • Demonstrated use of AI tools to improve commercial analysis, reporting, risk management, or operational decision-making. • Able to articulate how AI can transform commercial assurance, improve productivity, and proactively prevent revenue and cash flow leakage. • Comfortable collaborating with data, analytics, and technology teams to develop AI-enabled commercial solutions. • Excellent stakeholder management, executive communication, and influencing skills. • Experience working within large, complex project portfolios and interacting with senior leadership teams.