Colliers
Senior Cost Manager - Occupier Services
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Senior Cost Manager – Enterprise Project Management (Occupier Services)
Company Description
Colliers is a leading commercial real estate services company, providing a full range of services to real estate occupiers, developers, and investors on a local, national, and international basis. Our expertise spans:
- Brokerage sales and leasing (both landlord and tenant representation)
- Real estate management
- Valuation and consulting
- Project management
- Project marketing
- Research
- Core sectors: office, industrial, retail, and hotel, plus specialised property types
The UK business operates from London, with over 1,200 specialists across 16 offices in the UK and Ireland.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Cost Manager to join our Enterprise Project Management team, specialising in corporate fit-out and occupier-led projects.
This is a senior, client-facing role, focused on:
- Leading cost management for UK and EMEA corporate portfolios.
- Shaping commercial strategy to deliver consistent, best-in-class outcomes for global occupier clients.
- Mentoring colleagues, contributing to multi-market bid submissions, and driving best practice across the EMEA Occupier Services platform.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage cost management services for UK & EMEA corporate clients, including:
- Feasibility-stage budgeting advice.
- Preparing bids for Cost Management multi-market mandates.
- Providing best-in-class cost reporting suitable for client presentation.
- Ensure consistent project management & cost management instructions align with service agreements.
- Work with the Enterprise Project Management team to establish best practice for Occupier Services (EMEA) in both Project Management & Cost Management.
- Regular engagement with 650+ Project Managers, Building Surveyors, and Cost Managers across EMEA, as well as a specialist OS (Occupier Services) EMEA team of 130 (including Transaction Managers, Account Managers, Workplace Advisors, and Corporate Real Estate specialists).
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Core Accountabilities:
- Lead pre- and post-contract cost management for corporate fit-outs, including:
- Offices, labs, call centres, and flexible workplace environments.
- Provide strategic cost advice at feasibility and business case stages, covering:
- Option appraisals, cost planning, and value engineering.
- Produce clear, robust, and commercially focused cost reports for senior corporate stakeholders.
- Oversee project financials from inception to close-out, including:
- Change control, risk management, and final account settlements.
- Act as a trusted commercial advisor, balancing cost, quality, programme, and risk.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in cost management for corporate fit-out / occupier projects, ideally within a consultancy or professional services environment.
- Proven ability to engage confidently with blue-chip corporate clients and senior stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of commercial offices and workplace delivery in the UK and/or EMEA regions.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strong commercial acumen, with outstanding organisation and time management.
- High-level IT proficiency, including MS Excel (advanced capabilities), Word, and PowerPoint.
- Experience supporting multi-country or global client portfolios.
- Familiarity with governance-led delivery models and service-level agreements.
- Professional qualification (e.g., MRICS or equivalent).
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Additional Information
Reasonable Adjustments Requests To facilitate participation in our selection process, please share any reasonable adjustments you may require (e.g., extra time, rest breaks, step-free access, alternative interview formats). We handle all requests confidentially under the Equality Act 2010.
Colliers Trainings and Advantages:
- As a Disability Confident Employer, we prioritise inclusion and welcome all candidates.
- We are an equal opportunities employer, ensuring no discrimination based on:
- Age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership
- Pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic origins)
- Religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation
- We celebrate diversity of experience and neurodiversity.
Note: We are not engaging with recruitment agencies at this time. Unsolicited CVs will not be considered.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location