Business Manager (12 months FTC)

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Business Manager - Products & Sectors

Service Line: Property Management

Location: Hybrid (flexible/national)

Reporting to Head of Products & Sectors

We are recruiting a Business Manager (12 months FTC) to join the Products & Sectors teams. The primary purpose of this role is to provide high level support to the Head of Products & Sectors to enable them to seek and pursue growth opportunities. This role requires someone who can work under pressure and is confident and experienced in dealing with staff at a senior level based across multiple countries/regions within the business.

Responsibilities:

Support to Head of Products & Sectors:

• Support in a fast paced/high growth environment
• Understand changing priorities and be able to act quickly and efficiently
• Proactive inbox/diary management
• Arranging travel and undergoing correct process to do so
• Expense management
• Coordinate all meeting scheduling
• Assist with the creation, review & tracking of yearly Business Plans
• Support Head of Products & Sectors & wider team in the delivery of yearly budgets
• Support Head of Products & Sectors in the preparation and presentation of monthly fees and targets with the finance team
• Ownership of the Products Tracker, ensuring accuracy by holding monthly meetings with Products leads to ensure responsibility
• Ownership of CIQ data entry, accuracy & reporting for Products Leads
• Creation and refinement of Powerpoint presentations for shareholder meetings/townhalls
• Managing client invoicing for Design for Management team
• Support in securing payment dates from clients
• Liaising with surveyors to ensure debt is being actively managed
• Support to Products Leads with processes & correct ways of working. To include but not limited to: Contract billing, K2, AML processes, onboarding new starters, recruitment, Conflicts of interest, CBRE policies, contracts check lists.
• Project manage and responsible to tracking progress of team initiatives and projects.
• Coordinate and track Sector lead team across engagement, meetings and outcomes and leads working with Head of Products and Sectors.
• Coding invoices via MyBuy/Coupa
• Arranging team days, content, presentations, activities etc
• Organise, run & manage monthly Products meetings, responsible for agenda, timings, actions & inputs of the wider business updates
• Supporting Head of Products & Sectors in securing signed legal documents from Clients & supporting with obtaining client agreements/documents from CBRE Legal

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Experience of a similar role, in a fast-paced, client facing environment essential.
• Confidential approach and discrete. Must be able to influence others, and engender confidence in senior managers through both face-to-face, telephone and written communication.
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills enabling the individual to work with staff of all levels and abilities.
• Ability to multitask and remain calm and work under pressure against rapidly changing demands and priorities.
• Strong organisational skills- must be detail conscious, accurate and methodical in approach.
• Able to work systematically and use own initiative.
• Very proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint. Experience of using Project Management tools such as Monday.com and CRM software Salesforce (beneficial but not essential).

Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it's like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations