Director – Capital Planning

Director – Capital Planning

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Preference towards Finance, Engineering, or Construction Management.
• Expert understanding of building system (MEPFS and architectural)
• Aggregates and translates outputs into marketable deliverables (i.e., Case Studies, White Papers, and quarterly metrics.)
• 10+ years in real estate and construction program/process management.
• 10+ years of experience developing project charters (scope, schedules, budgets, business justifications and risk assessments) for a diverse set of real estate and construction projects.
• Ability to generate AACE level 4-5 cost evaluations; capable of working conceptually and qualifying unknowns leveraging established guidelines established by Project controls platform.
• Ability to work collaboratively, independently and through ambiguity to create structure and consensus.
• Stays informed on changes to the JLL PDS processes, systems and reporting innovations and contributes to strategic client initiatives.
• Demonstrated understanding of real estate and construction finance principles.
• Demonstrated ability to lead client engagements and advise senior executives via reports, written communications and oral presentations.

Responsibilities

• Takes responsibility for the activities and staff managing the tactical building of multi-year real estate capital plans, while strategically advising clients on the management, performance, and utilization of their plan.
• Leverage experience in cost and schedule management, financial planning, facilities management and construction project management to identify areas of opportunity for clients to save time, money, resources and reduce risk.
• Ownership of all data in the AdaptiveWork capital planning module, managing accuracy, and flow of accurate data to established AdaptiveWork and BI reports and dashboards.
• Ensure analysis of the client dataset to generate thoughtful insights such as opportunities for bundling, strategic sourcing and prioritization recommendations.
• Establishes a trusting partnership with both client and on-account leadership; builds immediate credibility, drives confidence, and deflects conflict under stressful and time sensitive situations.
• Collaborates effectively with the integrated JLL team to bring the full power of JLL capabilities to the client.
• Takes responsibility for activities in accordance with established client Capital Planning governance calendar/sand continuous improvement roadmap/s.
• Analyze client data for efficiency gains and bundling opportunities to combine requests across the different workstreams into one project i.e., infrastructure asset replacements incorporated into planned renovation.
• Ensure the development and review of business need/justification, scope, budget, and risks for project submissions.
• Ensures data is collected following completion of our service and feed this into our internal benchmarking system.
• Conduct review meetings with internal and stakeholders to review capital planning deliverables and KPIs.
• Work with internal and external clients to ensure the accuracy and continuous improvement of the capital forecast.
• Build rapport with internal and external client functional areas and ensure overall goals of the capital plan are fully understood.
• Effectively manages client and JLL on-account team expectations and instils confidence with clear, concise, and proactive communication.
• Drive technology enablement and adoptions with internal and external clients.
• Development and refinement of best practices and standards of excellence and ensure their incorporation into the Capital Planning process and procedures documentation.
• Stays informed on changes to the PDS processes, systems and reporting and contributes to strategic client initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AdaptiveWork Capital Planning module
• Expert level Excel, Smartsheet; BI principles
• Professional certification in project management (i.e., PMP)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Familiarity with procurement and tendering processes.