Senior Property Manager- Belfast

Savills plc; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Savills plc in Belfast is seeking a Senior Property Manager with at least 3 years post-qualification experience to manage a portfolio of commercial assets. Based in Longbridge House, you will deliver day-to-day management, maintain client relationships, oversee lease events, and use Yardi for budgeting, cashflow and reporting.

A proactive, professional communicator with strong time management and attention to detail is essential.

Qualifications

• 3 years’ experience in commercial property management.
• Desire to become Chartered member of the SCSI.
• Fluent English and strong report writing ability.

Responsibilities

• Manage a mixed portfolio of commercial assets in Belfast.
• Oversee lease events, arrears, and service charges per practice.
• Develop client relationships and support business development.
• Produce high-quality reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Support senior management on large client projects.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Team player

Attention to detail

English proficiency

Tools

Yardi

Job description

The Role / Location

An opportunity has arisen in our growing Property Management division for a Senior Property Manager, who has at least 3 year's post qualification experience.

Longbridge House, 16-24 Waring Street, Belfast

Savills in a dynamic and exciting place to work offering a vast range of on-site facilities, staff benefits and career opportunities. The successful candidate will be joining a growing Property Management department and will be supported by a highly experienced team who strive to support career progression within the department and organisation.

Based in our Belfast office the successful candidate will deliver the day-to-day management services required in respect of a portfolio of commercial assets. They will be a self-motivated problem solver with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

The candidate will have responsibility for delivering our clients’ objectives and will therefore have excellent relationship management skills. They should be able to demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively with all levels and a drive to exceed expectation.

Key Responsibilities

• Key client management
• Dealing with day-to-day management of a mixed portfolio of commercial assets
• Oversight and management of critical lease dates and providing recommendations to clients in relation to lease events.
• Responsibility for property inspections, arrears collection, turnover rent management (where applicable) and cashflow management
• Responsibility for the management of service charge budgets in line with the SCSI Code of Practice
• Developing and maintaining good working relationships with retailers and occupiers, including leading discussions on debt management, trading performance, footfall etc
• Support the senior management team on larger client projects and accounts
• Support senior management in creating presentations for business development and pitching purposes
• Deliver written output ensuring excellent quality and attention to detail, producing bespoke client reports monthly/quarterly in line with client requirements
• Maintain regular contact with key stakeholders such as banks, receivers, financial institutions, state bodies, owners, tenants as well as other stakeholders, lawyers etc
• Writing reports ensuring timeliness, accuracy and completeness
• Maintain a fee-system analysis, client acceptance testing and money laundering checks
• Ongoing liaison with other Savills teams to support the delivery of client services.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Technically competent in their discipline with the ability to earn client trust
• 3 years’ experience in commercial property management
• A practical, proactive approach to property management is required, along with excellent time management and organisational skills and the ability to use personal initiative
• Have started, or be intending to start, the route to becoming a chartered member of the SCSI.
• Be able to identify opportunities and show signs of introducing business to areas within their sphere of influence
• Be IT competent and ideally have experience with the property management software system Yardi
• Able to demonstrate a basic understanding of ESG in the sphere of property management
• Be articulate, professional and persuasive with strong verbal, numerical and report writing skills
• Takes pride in all output with particular focus on accuracy and attention to detail
• Good communication and negotiation skills
• A team player
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Honesty, integrity and openness, high ethical standards
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Have a full valid driving licence, use of own car is desirable but not essential

Savills Ireland is an equal opportunity employer.
Savills aims to attract, recruit and retain the best people from the widest possible pool of talent. As such, we are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse working environment for all employees by striving at all times, to be an organisation which does not discriminate, values everyone’s talents and abilities and where diversity is positively promoted.