**Job Title**
Transaction Manager (ASEAN)
**Job Description Summary**
The Transaction Manager role is responsible for the end-to-end management of Lease Events and providing Strategic Leasing Advice. This role will work closely with client/s and Leasing Executive/s to ensure the best possible transactions outcomes are achieved whilst supporting the operations of the Integrated Portfolio Management - Transaction Management service line for Cushman & Wakefield on behalf of the client.
This role may be geographically based or co-located within a Portfolio Services Centre managing transactions for one or multiple client portfolios.
**About The Role**:
- Receive or request instructions to source new site from the client
- Prepare requirement specifications
- Engage with Integrated Workplace Solutions when relevant
- Seek initial instructions from the client (12-24mths in advance - relevant to asset type)
- Ensure successful lease re-negotiation to provide value and savings for the client
- Liaise with the client to confirm vacate date
- Inform relevant C&W team/s of site vacate date
- Ensure a cost-effective exit is completed in a timely manner
- Ensure site is returned according to lease requirements
- Portfolio Strategy: meet with the client to understand clients' objectives, procure C&W specialists to provide input on best practice and manage the timeline, execution, and deliverables of the client approved strategy
- Project Strategy: manage the end-to-end deliverables of a client-initiated project including clear understanding of client needs and project requirements, liaise with specialists to provide best practice inputs and document project strategy for client endorsement prior to execution
- As required provide reporting on leasehold and freehold expenditure against the premises allocated budget and provide appropriate support to C&W Finance team for monthly reporting
- Prepare high quality, clear, succinct, and timely recommendations, and approvals for client endorsement
- Develop effective relationships and ensure all Lease Transaction matters are addressed in a timely manner and coordinate communication between landlord and other C&W team members
- Manage client escalations in a timely manner and constantly strive to improve delivery of services and value-add to the client portfolio
- Ensure 100% delivery of client KPI's and SLA's - Represent Cushman & Wakefield professionally, accurately, and consistently. Attend regular team, partner, and stakeholder meetings with "Service Excellence' always in mind
- Manages appropriate workload and priority setting for team members
- Ensures the team/s ability to provide the appropriate focus to deliver the best financial and compliance outcomes to the client.
- Supervises and leads team members with a focus on engagement and high performance by ensuring individual goal setting, development plans and career conversations are in place and updated regularly
- Liaise with client account directors to gain feedback on Transaction Management team members performance at regular times throughout the year
- Ensure that everyone under your leadership has role clarity, the team is operating at optimal capacity and any HR issues are managed in a timely and professional manner
**About You**:
- Tertiary qualification in real estate or a business-related discipline preferred
- Experience in transactional leasing and commercial real estate property management
- Proven experience in property leasing/transaction management; working with major landlords
- Strong commercial real estate industry related experience
- Experience in managing a geographically diverse portfolio
- Demonstrated ability to work, interact and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels and build positive, lasting professional relationships
- Proven experience in strategic portfolio management
**Why join Cushman & Wakefield?**
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from:
- Being part of a growing global company
- Career development and a promote from within culture
- An organization committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions.
We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent.
We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional, and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
**We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.**
- That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout