Job Description
Join a global professional services leader. We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanization.
GHD's Real Estate team is looking for a passionate corporate real estate professional that is driven by numbers, negotiation, and achieving the best deal on behalf of the enterprise. You understand what it takes to capture an accurate requirement and ask the right questions from your user group. You have a strong background in transaction management and can complete a deal from requirement through lease execution with little to no oversight. You are both analytical and creative in your problem solving and can build or modify a financial model in your sleep. Complex deals don't scare you, they excite you! You are comfortable making recommendations to user groups and presenting to senior leadership.
We are looking for someone who is proficient in office/industrial transaction management to be responsible for the transaction process for our Corporate Real Estate team. As Transaction Manager, you will report into the North America Real Estate Leader and work closely with our finance and project management team, ensuring proper handoff from procurement to the construction team. You will be responsible for managing our co-sourced broker partner, using your knowledge of industry standards to evaluate their performance. You'll need to be able to read a lease, front to back, and fully interpret the business terms and conditions in order to discern tenant favorability.
This position is based remotely in either the United States or Canada. Preferred locations are Vancouver, Calgary, Waterloo, Toronto, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, and Atlanta.
Additional responsibilities will include:
- Initiate and complete real estate transactions of varying degrees of difficulty
- Take the ownership of leases, legal documentation, project coordination, project tracking, and reporting
- Manage critical dates for all locations
- Ensure the negotiation brought by broker partner aligns with requirement and budget
- Coordinate with AP, Lease Admin, Construction Team, and other groups as required
- Build new or modify existing financial models to set an indicator baseline for the feasibility of a real estate deal
- Prepare accurate financial and contextual recommendations for leadership to review
What we're looking for:
- Proactive self-starter
- Critical problem solver
- Highly developed analytic skills
- Ability to partner with and influence user groups
- Advanced computer skills in Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook)
- Smartsheet experience preferred
If you're passionate about this position, please submit your application via the link below.
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.
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