Senior Facilities Manager

Job Title: Senior Facilities Manager

Reports to: Regional Facilities Manager

Role type: Full-time

Location: London

Salary: £55,000

Key skills and requirements: Experienced FM coming from a management agent background and holds significant experience with Service Charge reconciliation and budget preparation.

Would you like to join an organisation that supports you through professional growth, flexibility, and personalized benefits to manage life in and outside of work? Then we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Facilities Manager to join a global leader in property consultancy. Our client is shaping the future of real estate by combining world class services, advisory and technology to our clients.

Role Purpose

This is a new role brought on by team growth. Reporting to the RFM, the SFM has line management responsibilities for FMs in the region and will be the Lead FM representative for specified key clients.

The SFM will work closely in a number of 'virtual teams' within the Property and Asset Management department including; Client Relationship Directors (CRDs), Contract Documents (CDs), Management Services, Client Financial Services (CFS) and will take direction from Client FM Leads.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the smooth transition of properties into management within your team.
• Support the IFM (Investor Facilities Management) central management team in respect of major initiatives (including functional initiatives), data collection and people management.
• To deliver the financial management of the property through the preparation of service charge budgets, the monitoring of agreed budgets to pre-defined cash limits, quarterly variance reporting and service charge reconciliation to agreed accounting practices. Also, to administer non-recoverable budgets.
• Monitor contractor performance against agreed standards. Review service contracts as appropriate.
• Establish and maintain high quality health and safety arrangements, in accordance with best practice guidelines from central support under the JLLs risk management programme and the RFM
• Manage the TUPE of staff in or out of your team working closely with the RFM and HR.
• Performance manage, set goals and complete year end assessment to be done in collaboration and agreement with your RFM and Client FM Leads.

Requirements

• Experienced FM coming from a management agent background.
• Significant experience with Service Charge reconciliation and budget preparation.
• High degree and knowledge reference of Health and Safety legislation, and environmental protection requirements.
• People management experience essential.
• IOSH qualification
• NEBOSH qualification desirable
• BIFM qualification desirable