At Skanska Building Services, we pride ourselves on delivering high-quality facilities management services across the UK. From critical infrastructure to daily operations, our work supports clients in defence, healthcare, and beyond.
We are now seeking a skilled Facilities Management Commercial Manager to be responsible for ensuring commercial governance and activity across a huge single site defence PFI contract near Watford.
What you’ll do:
* Responsible for all commercial aspects of the Project or portfolio.
* Responsible for production of Project or portfolio Forecast and month-end CVR, including cost management, recovery of cost, and commercial entitlements, in line with Skanska OU Guidance.
* Ensure commercial governance and procedures are adhered too.
* Escalate to the Senior Commercial Manager any disputes or any other commercial matters, and where necessary support the Senior Commercial Manager in providing internal Skanska updates on progress and status. Build rapport with client, customer and other stakeholders, and on behalf of the Senior Commercial Manager, when necessary, manage the commercial interface.
* The role will proactively seek process improvements to meet contract obligations and deliverables.
* The role will oversee compliance to company process to protect entitlements and mitigate risk exposure.
* Responsible for achieving the Governments’ Prompt Payment targets for supply chain payments on the Project or portfolio.
What you’ll bring to the role:
* Experience of working in a commercial role within the facilities management sector - ideally both hard and soft services
* Experience of working with client representatives
* Experience of Oracle or financial management system
* Experience of contract documents (PFI/Bespoke/JCT/NEC is preferred)
* IT proficiency e.g. MS Excel – pivot tables, data handling and manipulation via Power BI
* Mentoring junior team members in commercial awareness
* Strong governance and control applying relevant guidance as necessary.
This role requires a minimum level of security clearance and may also require a higher level of National Security Vetting.
Please be aware that certain levels of clearance or specific projects and/or sites have UK residency requirements; and any dual or multiple nationalities must be declared. Any persons who do not fulfil these residency requirements may be unable to obtain the required level of clearance and would not be eligible to undertake this role.
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