Cost & Commercial Analyst - Hard Services

JLL; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global provider of real estate and investment management services is seeking a Cost & Commercial Analyst for their Birmingham office. The role involves analyzing M&E Services and Building Fabric costs, supporting commercial directors, and managing stakeholder relationships. Ideal candidates will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, a client-focused attitude, and familiarity with MS Office. JLL offers a dynamic and inclusive culture where you can develop your career and achieve your ambitions.

Benefits

Total Rewards program

Qualifications

• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments and handle high-pressure environments.
• Fluent English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Support M&E Services and Building Fabric analysis with maintenance cost control.
• Manage collaborative relationships with clients and suppliers.
• Conduct commercial assurance on costs and best value approaches.

Skills

Analytical ability

Client focus

Problem-solving

Time management

Positive communication

Willingness to learn

Tools

MS Office

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.

Our people at JLL and JLL Technologies are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

We are looking for a Cost & Commercial Analyst

M&E Services and Building Fabric for our Work Dynamics business line.

About JLL

JLL are one of the leading professional services and investment management firms specialising in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by investing, owning, occupying, and maintaining real estate.

If you’re looking to develop your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses and public bodies, put your expertise into action on landmark projects, and work on game-changing real estate initiatives. You’ll also make long-lasting professional connections through sharing different perspectives, where you will have a chance to inspire and be inspired by the best. We’re focused on opportunity and want to help you make the most of yours. Achieve your ambitions – join us at JLL!

UK, exact location not specific – candidate could work remotely with periodic travel to client sites and / or JLL offices

Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cost & Commercial Analyst to join JLL’s Work Dynamics business in a specific public sector client account. The role will provide support to the following areas:

• M&E Services and Building Fabric analysis with the review and control of engineering related maintenance cost.
• Supporting the soft service analyst with the review and control of cleaning and security costs.
• Supporting the commercial director with contract administration, claims, and other commercial matters.
• Ad hoc support with cost and commercial matters.

This role is for an experienced professional and will support multiple areas as part of staff development. Appointment to this role would suit:

• A M&E estimator with building fabric experience, looking to move into an intermediate role in real estate consultancy.
• A facilities management estimator looking to move into an intermediate role in real estate consultancy.
• A facilities management surveyor who has completed or is completing their RICS APC
• A quantity surveyor looking to move into an intermediate role in real estate consultancy.

What this job involves

Collaborative Stakeholder Relationships

• Develop and manage collaborative partnering relationships with the client, the client’s appointed suppliers, the departments occupying the client’s sites, JLL’s account team and other internal colleagues across the wider JLL business
• Work closely with the client’s FM services suppliers to help them resolve commercial challenges
• Share commercial best practice across the client’s FM services suppliers to improve the overall commercial service the client receives
• Lead collaboration workshops and process review sessions to unlock potential cost saving opportunities, identify added commercial value and innovation across all the client’s FM services suppliers, helping to maximise the commercial benefits the client sees from its supplier partners
• Tapping into the client’s digital platform to foster data-based decision-making with the client and client’s soft services suppliers
• Support the cost and commercial lead in sense checking work by other analysts.

Commercial & Cost Audit

• Commercial assurance of for the costs and best value approach from the client’s FM services suppliers for chargeable works.
• Commercial assurance of monthly contractor applications for payment.
• Commercial assurance of reactive costs.
• Commercial assurance of potential contract variations
• Management of disputed costs.

Savings

• Manage and support work with the client and client’s FM services suppliers to find cost efficiencies and savings, (ie. real terms net spend reduction from the agreed baseline)
• Support the value engineering process on the account.

Benchmarking

• Support the benchmarking process.

Sound like you? To apply you need to be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Strong analytical ability and attention to detail.
• Client focussed individual
• Excellent problem solving
• Ability to manage multiple work assignments simultaneously, manage multiple or conflicting priorities, and handle a high-pressure working environment.
• Fluent English language skills.
• Familiar with MS Office
• Positive, solution-oriented communications with a willingness to take responsibility and a talent for getting things done
• Focus on personal development and desire to learn

What you can expect from us

You’ll join an entrepreneurial, inclusive culture. One where we succeed together – across the desk and around the globe. Where like-minded people work naturally together to achieve great things.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your ambitions in career, recognition, wellbeing, benefits and pay.

Join us to develop your strengths and enjoy a fulfilling career full of varied experiences. Keep those ambitions in sights and imagine where JLL can take you...

Apply today at jll.com/careers.

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Location:

On-site –Birmingham, GBR, London, GBR

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table! If you require any changes to the application process, please email [e-mail] or call [phone] to contact one of our team members to discuss how to best support you throughout the process. Please note, the contact details provided are to discuss or request for adjustments to be made to the hiring process. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

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