Job Description

The Role & Key Responsibilities:

• Determine forecasts
• Ensure budgetary and performance targets are met
• Relaying of forecasts and projections to the finance department
• Ensure the buying department is procuring goods and services and estimated allowables
• Ensure claims/certificates are drafted, checked; optimised and submitted timeously
• Financial tracking of each project (with the operations manager) to determine the current state of profitability
• Drafting/submission of invoices based on approved certificates/claims
• Identifying financial opportunities on individual sites and ensuring that they are implemented
• Appointment of sub-contractors; monitoring and certification of sub-contractors claims
• Comparing and managing contractual processes side by side with the estimation department
• Site specific assessments to assist tendering team
• Determining future workload through communication with the estimation department
• Record keeping/Ledgers on project finances
• With information provided by the operations manager conduct project post mortems to identify how the project tracked against the estimation departments strategy and predictions
• Fostering clear and decisive communications with the various departments
• Contracts: (As a support to the estimation department) You will need to be well versed in commercial contract administration to negotiate/manage contracts within specified agreement terms/contracts [JBCC (full suite of contracts), GCC, NEC, FIDIC, COLTO]
• Relationships: Foster productive relationships with Clients; Landscape Architects; Designers, Principal Contractors, Suppliers, Service providers
• Upsell: (As a support to the operations department) Identify & negotiate upselling opportunities ensuring increasing of revenue and exceeding of net profit
• Site visits: Site visits to ensure that you keep in touch with site progress in relation to claims and program
• Industrial Relations: Attend Discipline; Grievances; Appraisals & Counselling services should the need arise.
• Recruitment: Participate in interview, selection, hiring, evaluation, training and up-skilling of staff that report to you, where and when required

Requirements:

• MSc Project Management / BSc (Honours) Quantity Surveying / BSc (Honours) Construction Management Degree
• Minimum of 10 years work experience in a similar role
• Computer literate (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Projects, CCS Cady/Buildsmart) Pastel Accounting and SAGE VIP will be an advantage
• Valid Drivers Licence (Code B)
• Understanding how to set and deliver Quality Customer Services and Manage Client
• Deadline driven
• Ability to multi Task
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced and stressful environment whilst remaining functional, approachable and polite
• Detail orientated
• Disciplined
• Organized
• Ability to prioritize tasks
• Confident
• Reliable and trustworthy
• Good communication skills

In return, a competitive salary is on offer

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