Copy of Senior Cost Manager – Occupier Services

Overview

In this Senior Cost Manager role, you will lead cost management for UK & EMEA corporate portfolios, shaping commercial strategy and delivering best-in-class outcomes for global occupier clients. You’ll work within the Enterprise Project Management team, mentoring peers and driving multi-market bids and best practices. You provide strategic cost advice from feasibility through to close-out, balancing cost, quality, and risk. This role offers impact across corporate fit-out and workplace projects, partnering with senior stakeholders to enable successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre- and post-contract cost management for corporate fit-out and workplace projects (offices, labs, call centres, flexible spaces)
• Provide strategic cost advice at feasibility and business case stages, including option appraisals, cost planning and value engineering
• Produce and present clear, robust cost reports to senior corporate stakeholders
• Manage project financials from inception to close-out, including change control and final account settlement
• Act as trusted commercial advisor to clients, balancing cost, quality, programme and risk
• Collaborate with the EPM team to maintain best practice for Occupier Services across EMEA
• Support multi-market bids and mentoring within the Cost Management community

Key requirements

• Significant experience in cost management for corporate fit-out/occupier projects
• Proven ability to engage blue-chip corporate clients and senior stakeholders
• Strong understanding of commercial offices and workplace delivery in UK and/or EMEA
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills
• Strong commercial acumen, organization and time management
• High IT literacy, particularly MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Experience supporting multi-country or global client portfolios
• Familiarity with governance-led delivery models and service-level agreements
• Professional qualification (MRICS or equivalent)

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Stakeholder management
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Cost management
• Cost planning
• Value engineering

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