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Kier Group; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Kier Group is seeking a Commercial Lead (SQS Level) to support Workplace Solutions PFI contracts across the North West and Midlands from Salford with hybrid working. Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will provide practical commercial support, manage payment reporting, and safeguard contractual compliance while coordinating with SPVs, authorities and clients.

The role requires strong experience in PFI/FM, robust budgeting and forecasting skills, and the ability to advise on disputes and

Qualifications

• Essential experience in PFI and FM, with knowledge of payment mechanisms, deductions, relief events and contract change.
• Experience operating across multiple operational contracts in a similar commercial role.
• Strong commercial acumen including value for money, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, cash and monthly reporting.
• Ability to provide clear commercial advice, support disputes and work autonomously across competing priorities.
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills across finance, lifecycle, operations, SPVs, authorities and clients.

Responsibilities

• Manage payment mechanism reporting, deductions, relief events and contractual adjustments including annual reconciliations.
• Provide commercial support for business-as-usual FM delivery, protecting entitlements and supporting debt recovery.
• Manage contract change and variations from instruction to agreement and recovery.
• Support budgets, forecasts, accruals, cost control and monthly commercial reporting with finance and contract teams.
• Build effective relationships with SPVs, Authorities, clients and operational stakeholders.

Skills

PFI experience

FM knowledge

Payments reporting

Contract change

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Forecasting

Collaborative working

Job description

We're looking for a Commercial Lead (SQS Level) to join our Workplace Solutions PFI team based in North/Midlands.

Location: Salford, Greater Manchester (hybrid working available)
Hours: 40 hours per week

We are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

Kier Places are recruiting for a Commercial Lead (SQS Level) to support our Workplace Solutions PFI contracts across the North West and Midlands region. Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you'll provide practical commercial support to the Regional Manager, Contract Managers and contract teams, with a strong focus on business-as-usual performance, payment mechanism reporting and contractual compliance. Working autonomously and collaboratively with finance, lifecycle and operations, you'll help protect Kier's commercial position while developing effective relationships with SPVs, Authorities and clients.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Commercial Lead (SQS Level), you'll be working within the Workplace Solutions PFI team, supporting them in delivering commercial excellence across contracts. Your day to day will include:

• Managing payment mechanism reporting, deductions, relief events and contractual adjustments including annual reconciliations
• Providing commercial support for business-as-usual FM delivery, protecting contractual entitlement and supporting debt recovery
• Managing contract change and variations from instruction and quotation through to agreement and recovery
• Supporting budgets, forecasts, accruals, cost control and monthly commercial reporting with finance and contract teams
• Building effective working relationships with SPVs, Authorities, clients and operational stakeholders

What are we looking for?

This role of Commercial Lead (SQS Level) is great for you if:

• You have essential experience in PFI and FM, with practical knowledge of payment mechanisms, deductions, relief events and contract change
• You have demonstrable experience operating across multiple operational contracts in a similar commercial role
• You bring strong commercial acumen, including value for money, budgeting, forecasting, cost control, cash, debt and monthly reporting
• You can provide clear commercial advice, support disputes and operate autonomously across competing priorities
• You have strong collaborative-working and stakeholder-management skills across finance, lifecycle, operations, SPVs, Authorities and clients

Rewards and benefits

We're proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs. You can see more information of benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

Due to the nature of this role, you will also be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check (applicants with convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis. We do not discriminate based on an applicant's conviction history or the details of any convictions disclosed to us). Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.