Cost Manager - EMEA Occupier Services

Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 62 countries, our 17,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert real estate and investment advice to clients.

For more than 27 years, our experienced leadership with significant inside ownership has delivered compound annual investment returns of 20% for shareholders. With annual revenues of $4.1 billion and more than $50 billion of assets under management, Colliers maximizes the potential of property and real assets to accelerate the success of our clients, our investors and our people.

The EMEA Occupier Services business is headquartered in London, with over 100 specialists delivering a range of services to corporate occupier clients. Our Occupier Services team works as an extension of a client’s own real estate team. We bring a unique combination of deep expertise within each integrated service area and an enterprising culture. Our people make a difference through our passion for flexibility, innovation and speed. We have the experience in tenant representation transaction and project management, developing cost-saving strategies to implementing technology and workplace solutions to fuel growth. Our team works to maximize efficiencies for our clients’ businesses

A Cost Manager within the Enterprise Project Management Team at Colliers provides excellent professional advice and service to clients and is a member of a key talent pool within the organisation.

A Cost Manager at Colliers is entrusted with the organisation’s reputation and is expected to live its values.

• Be enterprising to exceed expectations.
• Collaborate to drive exceptional results.
• Invest in relationships to deliver enduring value.
• Be experts to lead our industry into the future.
• Do what's right for our clients, people and communities.

The Colliers competency framework outlines who our people need to be and the behaviours they should display to meet the expectations of clients, colleagues and stakeholders. The 3 competencies encapsulate what a successful professional at Colliers looks like for each: knowledge, skills, mindset.

Position Summary

• To undertake cost management services for our UK & EMEA corporate clients.
• Providing budgeting advice during the feasibility stage for new potential projects.
• To assist with bids for Cost Management multi-market mandates, across the UK and EMEA.
• Provide best in class cost reporting, and being able to present these to corporate clients
• This role helps ensure that Project Management & Cost Management instructions are undertaken in a consistent manner and in line with our service agreements.
• To work with the Enterprise Project Management team to create and maintain best practice for Occupier Services across EMEA for Project Management & Cost Management services.
• We regularly interact with 650 Project managers, Building Surveyors and Cost Managers across EMEA and our OS EMEA team (130) which includes transaction managers, account managers, workplace advisors and other corporate real estate specialists.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide pre and post contract cost management services for clients.
• Ensure that work is conducted within Colliers Best Practice standards.
• Supporting colleagues working on your accounts to ensure their activities and deliverables are consistent and in line with contract service levels and governance frameworks.
• Develop direct client relationships and contribute to activities and events organised by Colliers Occupier Services.
• Deliver benchmarking intel for our clients and help keep them up to date with industry best practice.
• Work diligently to meet team and Business Group targets.
• Proactively promote cross team collaboration to ensure client’s success; this could be suggesting continuous improvement actions based upon project outcomes.

• Prior experience within a relevant role within a similar real estate industry.
• Essential that the candidate possesses excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Be able to demonstrate excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Must possess sound IT skills, particularly MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Project.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Must be able to implement and monitor governance systems.

At Colliers, we are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. In line with the Equality Act 2010, we will accommodate any suitable candidate requiring assistance to attend or conduct an interview. If you need any adjustments or support, please let us know when either scheduling your interview or in your application cover letter. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed and are here to support you throughout the process.