Corporate and Workplace

Consisting of Corporate Services and Real Estate (CSRE) and the Office of Global Security (OGS), our teams drive productivity and enable the firm’s flow of business while ensuring its safety and security. CSRE acquires, develops and manages the firm’s global real estate portfolio and delivers innovative market development, document management and hospitality related services to internal partners in the firm. CSRE’s vision is to provide the world’s best workplace to the people of Goldman Sachs. OGS’s mission is to protect the firm's people, assets, and reputation and in doing so provides people protection, physical security, fire safety and crisis management. We look for achievement-oriented, creative individuals who perform at their best in a diverse team environment and are motivated by tangible results.

**OUR IMPACT**
Reporting to the regional Capital Management Lead who is based in London, we are looking for a highly motivated professional to join our regional Capital Management team providing and supporting all real estate planning activities and capital project execution for Goldman Sachs in the EMEA region. Role will be based out of our UK Birmingham office.

**HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL**
The Capital Management team is a sub-function of the Product Finance team within Spend Management. Capital Management consists of Project Controls and Project Accounting. This role will focus on the Project Controls side of the team with opportunities to also get involved in some procurement activities. Project Controls oversees the ‘day to day’ management of estimating, cost management, risk management, support scheduling (program / timescales), reporting and other related control functions for all capital projects within the EMEA region.

This role will report to the Regional Lead of EMEA Capital Management and will partner with team members from Real Estate Development, Real Estate Strategy, Facilities Management, Strategic Sourcing and Project Accounting.

The role will be assigned multiple projects within the EMEA region and will be the lead from Project Controls on those projects. The role will partner most closely with the Real Estate Development (Project Management) and Strategic Sourcing (Procurement) to deliver assigned projects on time and on budget. This role will also be asked to own various business processes and/or initiatives that span across Capital Management global regions.

The role includes, but is not limited to:

- Ownership of various capital projects across the EMEA region from a Project Controls perspective including but not limited to estimating, cost control, scheduling support during the project execution.
- Manage projects with supplementary external resources from inception to occupation.
- Management of third party vendor staff working on behalf of Project Controls.
- Manage overall EMEA Capital expenditure 5 year forecasts.
- Manage insurance portfolio and lease dilapidations forecasting.
- Attend project meetings and follow up on actionable items and deliverables. Report on key issues to Regional Lead on an ongoing basis.
- Involvement in business processes and/or reports that cover the entirety of the EMEA/global regions

**SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR**
**Qualifications / Experience**
- Bachelor’s Degree with major course work in construction and / or finance related field
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant work based construction cost control and estimating experience
- MRICS PQE 2+ years desirable
- Broad understanding of commercial construction industry practices
- Ability to think analytically
- Exceptional time management skills and ability to adapt style as the situation requires
- Strong interpersonal skills, teamwork and consensus building ability
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining high quality standards
- Strong sense of commerciality and value and with sound negotiation skills
- Strong vendor management skills
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills

**DIVISION DESCRIPTION**:
**Who We Are**

The Corporate and Workplace Solutions Division (CWS) focuses on commercial management, client support, advisory solutions, strategic planning, risk management, people security, real estate strategy and the enablement of collaboration and productivity tools across the firm.

We deliver a world-class work experience and environment, managing the firm’s corporate real estate strategy, client engagement solutions, essential commercial and risk management functions and flexible digital workstyles that drive the firm’s operating efficiency and productivity.

**How We’re Organized**

Workplace Experience - Encompasses the comprehensive onsite workplace experience, how people interact with the workplace, on and off-site events and our overall location strategy. Departments include Events, Real Estate Strategy, Real Estate Development and On-Site Solutions, which is compris