Commercial Investment Manager

Are you a commercially minded property professional with a strong understanding of property investment, contractor performance and delivering value for money?

We're looking for a Commercial Investment Manager to join our Property Investment team, helping ensure our planned maintenance and major component replacement programmes deliver high-quality work, commercial assurance and value for money.

Reporting directly to our Director of Property Investment, you'll play a key role in overseeing contractor costs, monitoring performance and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, compliance and service delivery.

This is an opportunity to use your commercial and analytical expertise to influence how we manage our property investment programmes and ensure our investment delivers the best possible outcomes for our tenants.

What will you be doing?

As our Commercial Investment Manager, you will lead the Quantity Surveying and Commercial Assurance function within Property Investment, providing independent oversight of contractor costs, valuations, payments and value for money across our investment programmes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Commercial Assurance & Cost Control - Leading the commercial assurance function, providing robust challenge to contractor valuations, variations, claims and costs to ensure expenditure is justified, contractually compliant and delivers value for money.
• Valuation & Payment Management - Managing the end-to-end contractor valuation and payment process, reviewing supporting records, completion evidence and commercial documentation to ensure payments are accurate, auditable and supported by a clear evidence trail.
• Audit, Inspection & Verification - Undertaking targeted, risk-based and random audits of completed works, including site inspections and records reviews, to verify completion, quality and compliance before payment is authorised.
• Performance & Commercial Oversight - Monitoring contractor delivery, cost, quality and productivity performance, identifying risks, delays and underperformance, and driving timely corrective action.
• Process Improvement & Governance - Reviewing commercial, delivery and payment processes to identify weaknesses, strengthen controls and improve efficiency, consistency and assurance.
• Stakeholder Collaboration - Working closely with operational, finance, commercial and data teams, contractors and external partners to resolve discrepancies, improve information quality and support effective programme delivery.

What are we looking for?

We're looking for a commercially minded property professional with experience in quantity surveying, commercial management, contract assurance and / or planned investment programmes.

You'll be confident reviewing contractor valuations, analysing commercial and performance data, challenging costs where appropriate and holding stakeholders to account. You'll combine strong attention to detail with a practical, solutions-focused approach and a commitment to delivering quality, compliance and value for money.

Our ideal candidate?

Your CV will clearly demonstrate:

• Experience working within property investment, planned maintenance or major works, including the commercial management or assurance of contracts.
• Experience working with stakeholders, clients and contractors to manage performance and support successful contract delivery.
• Experience using schedules of rates (such as M3NHF) and/or contractor frameworks to review and validate costs.
• Experience monitoring contractor performance, analysing commercial information or undertaking quality assurance activities to identify improvements and achieve value for money.

Applications close: Tuesday 20th October

Assessments: Tuesday 27th October

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Please feel free to contact us if you'd like to discuss any adjustments you may need to support you through our recruitment process.

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