Cost & Commercial Analyst - Hard Services

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We are looking for a Cost & Commercial Analyst

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

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

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.

• 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 assurance of 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.

• Manage and support work with the client and client’s FM services suppliers to find…