commercial property manager

About Daniel Watney

Welcome to Daniel Watney, a leading property consultancy based in London. Established in 1859, we have a long and proud history of providing expert advice to clients across a range of property services. With a team of over 80 dedicated professionals, we offer a bespoke and tailored service to each of our clients, whether they are individuals, companies, or institutions.

Our services cover a broad range of property-related areas, including commercial and residential property management, investment and agency, lease advisory, and valuation. Our goal is to help our clients maximize the value of their property assets, and we do this by offering expert advice and guidance that is informed by our deep knowledge of the London property market.

At Daniel Watney, we are committed to providing the highest level of service to our clients. We pride ourselves on our integrity, professionalism, and commitment to excellence.

We offer a dynamic, supportive and flexible working environment that encourages personal and professional growth. We are committed to helping our talented and motivated people reach their full potential, by supporting and encouraging career progression through training, development and promotion. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in property consultancy, we would love to hear from you.

The role

An exciting opportunity with excellent career potential to join a professional and dynamic commercial property management department as a qualified surveyor. With an emphasis on the importance of reaping the reward of hard work the working environment within this department would lend itself to an individual with a desire to grow their professional profile.

The successful candidate will have responsibility for managing the assets on a day-to-day basis, whilst instructing and managing associated workflows and liaising with our in-house accounts team on accounting-based requirements.

About you

The ideal candidate will be a member of the RICS with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience working in a similar role managing commercial property in London preferably for a small to medium sized consultancy. They will be organised, enthusiastic, and well presented, and have a genuine interest in the commercial property industry and want to provide an exceptional service to our clients and tenants. This is a client facing role and therefore the candidate must be comfortable communicating with clients both at a written level and at meetings.

This is a superb opportunity to join a reputable and progressive firm of chartered surveyors. We offer excellent training and support and the chance to progress in a growing team.

The role will involve

• Responsibility for the comprehensive property management of a selection of buildings within the portfolio.
• Self-sufficient in their use of our property accounting software, Propman. To run and prepare client reports using data from this system.
• Be familiar with health and safety software and work closely with the FM team to ensure compliance.
• Work with the accounts team to ensure all rent and service charge demands are collected in accordance with KPIs
• Work closely with the FM to specify and procure service contracts and reactive works
• Liaise with FM to ensure building services are provided in accordance with lease obligations and prevailing legislation.
• Ensure that the building insurance is procured in a timely manner and tenants are recharged
• Liaise with DW utility consultant to procure and where necessary recharge electricity recharges to occupiers.
• Prepare service charge budgets and present to clients for their approval ahead of the new service charge yea.
• To assist the accounts team with the preparation of audited end of year accounts.
• Fielding enquiries and reporting on general maintenance and repairs with an emphasis on proactive management.
• Ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction is maintained by effective communication and co-ordination.
• Liaising with our established Agency and Landlord and Tenant teams in accordance with lease events to best manage the client's portfolios.
• Oversee and direct (where required) graduate members of the team.
• Assisting with securing new business opportunities.

Key skills and characteristics.

• An excellent team worker who can build positive working relationships with all key stakeholders
• A good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
• Articulate with strong written and verbal communication skills
• A good knowledge of Landlord and Tenancy legislation.
• Ability to work on their own initiative, problem solve and exercise sound judgement and apply common sense in decision making
• Extremely well organised and ability to manage a complex and changing workload
• Be self-motivated and self-sufficient
• Can work well under pressure and within a close team.
• Accustomed to working in a fast-paced and deadline driven environment

Qualifications and Experience.

• The successful candidate will ideally be MRICS qualified
• A proven track record and relevant property management experience
• Working knowledge of technical and statutory legislation
• Knowledge of property management software and systems is preferred

Direct applicants only - No recruitment agencies required.