Commercial Finance Manager

Role Overview:
You will be capable of managing the day to day commercial work of FM contracts to a value of c£25m.
Experience in Operating and mobilising/demobilising PFI, JCT, LIFTco, NEC3/4 and other complex FM contracts in the education and healthcare frameworks would be preferable.
This role is open to remote working however there will be the requirement to commute to the office and also to visit various projects on occasion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain GTFM s commercial processes and procedures and apply best practice and a continuous improvement approach, to maximise returns
• Analysis of payment mechanisms and identifying practical operational solutions for risk mitigations; review of KPI metrics and ensuring any exposure is mitigated
• Working with the contract management teams to identify opportunities for further work
• Meeting with clients where needed for commercial matters
• Administering and/or advising on Main Contract and Subcontract conditions, dealing with variations and managing disputes as they arise.
• Supporting the contract management team to negotiate subcontractor appointments and agree standard terms
• Working with the Operations team to ensure systems and processes meet the contractual obligations and lead to capturing all billable events for additional works and billable reactive works
• Monitoring payments made to ensure processing protocols are followed; monitoring and intervening in overdue debt when necessary
• Monitoring and keeping invoicing WIP to a minimum and ensuring this does not age
• Review of use of systems and identification of improvements and adjustments needed to meet contractual and financial requirements (Concept(CAFM); Orbit(finance); HFM(finance); Builders Profile(subcontractors management
• Support the preparation of lifecycle plans with the contract management team
• Provide input to the annual budgets and forecasts for the finance business partner and contract management team.
• Managing the monthly Profit reporting / cost value reconciliation production for c15 contracts ensuring accurate cost / revenue capture and review of same with operations
• Production of MPR dashboard
• Contract review explaining turnover/profit/margin variances
• Managing and reporting on risks and opportunities
• Supporting the bid team in the review of contractual documents and critically assessing the estimating proposal to ensure we have a robust proposal.

Experience and Qualifications:

• You will preferably have experience of working within the Facilities Management industry for specifically on PFI, JCT and similar complex contracts at a senior level
• A good understanding of PPM (hard and soft services), cleaning standards, catering methodologies, lifecycle planning
• A degree or professionally qualified and a member of a professional body preferred