Commercial Management Lead - Rail

Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries. 

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and program as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success. 

Our capabilities include program, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions. 

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier program, project and cost management offering in markets around the world. 

Job Description

Due to continued growth, Turner & Townsend is seeking to appoint a Commercial Management Lead to lead the commercial function on major rail infrastructure projects, ensuring effective cost management, contract administration, risk mitigation, and commercial strategy alignment. The Commercial Management Lead will play a key role in delivering value, managing stakeholder expectations, and ensuring project profitability and compliance.

Responsibilities: 

General Support 

• Supporting the wider SAP team with ad hoc data requests and collating financial information for incomplete data sets 
• Reviewing & validating data supplier data such as addresses and providing vendors with support on new systems 
• Identification of / troubleshooting user issues 
• Facilitating and tracking the resolution of system issues using the client's internal ticketing systems 
• Submitting, tracking and providing updates on feature requests using the client’s internal ticketing systems 
• Reporting on volume and status of issues on a weekly basis 
• Presentation of status reports to clients and internal teams 
• Coordinate and prepare presentation material. 
• Developing an updating process documentation following the roll out of new systems and processes 
• Support team trainings & demonstration of features 
• Present high-level metrics in a simple, accessible way. 
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable. 

Contract Execution 

• Review contracts for accuracy and completion, route contracts for signature and upload to contract depository. Also assist in dealing with legal approvals, etc. 
• Contract Tracking - Track all contracts and facilitate business and legal approvals; proactively follow up with approvers during contract life cycle. Ensure contracts are submitted through correct workflow. 
• PO Funding - Assist teams in creating purchase orders for all global regions. 
• Invoice Review - Validate vendor invoices and payments against contract, purchase order and supporting documents to ensure adherence to agreed terms as well as checking for billing errors such as duplication, math errors, missing back up or expense overages. 
• Support in team wide continuous improvement initiative in relation to contract execution processes and program wide training sessions for site teams / vendors 

Invoice Overview

• Review and validation of vendors / suppliers and General Contractor’s invoices against the contract 
• Assist in resolving issues related to invoices, purchase orders and payments by working closely with vendors and internal Accounts Payable (AP) team. 
• Track invoices from submission for review to payment to ensure vendors follow invoice submission requirements and AP processes the invoices correctly and timely. 
• Log all invoices received and reviewed, tracking issues and cost savings.
• Reporting and Analysis – Help to generate reporting to analyze invoice review and contract management to help improve the team’s performance and improve our service offerings. 
• Support site wide trainings and provide invoicing support to teams and vendors across the program. 

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• Chartered status (e.g., MRICS, MCIOB, or equivalent) preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of commercial experience in large-scale infrastructure or rail projects.
• Proven track record in managing multi-million-dollar contracts and commercial teams.
• 5 years working experience with SAP systems and /or other financial management software is desirable. 
• Understanding of procurement/sourcing and contract activities. 
• Understanding of the construction invoicing process, Accounts Payable, etc.
• Experience in reporting and analysis and openness and interest to learn new data analysis & reporting. 
• Advanced skills with spreadsheets, charts, and presentations of data.
• Advanced presentation skills and ability to thrive in a client-facing role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft and Google Suite of applications. 
• Ability to coordinate & organize multiple sources of data. 
• Ability to develop good working relationships within different client cultures and across multiple project teams. 
• High attention to detail.
• Good organization skills, ability to multitask, prioritize, and be a team player.
• Drive to be proactive and self-motivated and customer centric. 
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills. 
• The tenacity and ambition inject value and create solutions.

Additional Information

*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our client's needs*

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. 

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/ and https://www.heery.com/

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