Cost & Commercial Analyst – Soft Services

JLL; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

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 – soft services for our Work Dynamics business line.

About JLL

We’re JLL. We’re a professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We help organizations around the world achieve their ambitions by owning, occupying, and investing in real estate.

If you’re looking to step up your career, JLL is the perfect professional home. At JLL, you’ll have a chance to innovate with the world’s leading businesses, put that 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, and you’ll 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 Junior Cost & Commercial Analyst to join JLL’s Work Dynamics business in a specific client account. The role will provide support to the following areas:

• Supporting the hard service analyst 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 entry level analyst and will support multiple areas as part of staff development. Appointment to this role would suit:

• A recent university graduate seeking to pursue a career in facilities management.
• Someone employed in facilities management seeking a career change.

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.

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.
• 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

Line management and personal attention from a commercial director with a focus on developing well balanced commercial professionals (pathways to professional accreditation are encouraged for the right candidate).

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.

The Successful candidate will be subject to SC clearance

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Location:

Remote – Birmingham, GBR, Bristol, GBR, Cardiff, GBR, Glasgow, 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!