Commercial Property Manager

Commercial Property Manager
Worthing - Brighton Salary: £45K
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm (1 hour lunch)

Hunters are pleased to be recruiting for an experienced Commercial Property Manager to oversee a portfolio of office buildings. This role will focus on the day-to-day management of commercial properties, ensuring strong tenant relationships, effective financial management, compliance with statutory obligations, and the preservation of asset value.
The successful candidate will play a key role in managing service charge operations, coordinating maintenance and compliance activity, and working closely with tenants, contractors and internal teams to ensure the smooth operation of the portfolio.

Commercial Property Manager Key Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of a commercial property portfolio, ensuring buildings are maintained to a high standard.
• Prepare and manage service charge budgets, working closely with finance teams on reconciliations and responding to tenant or auditor queries.
• Monitor service charge accounts and assist with debt management and recovery where required.
• Coordinate planned and reactive maintenance works, ensuring statutory and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee health and safety compliance across all managed properties.
• Carry out regular property inspections to identify repair requirements and monitor building condition.
• Manage vacant units, ensuring properties are well-presented for marketing purposes and supporting rates mitigation strategies.
• Maintain accurate records of maintenance activity, inspections, and contractor performance.
• Produce monthly and quarterly property management reports for senior management.
• Procure and manage external contractors and service providers, ensuring performance meets agreed standards and KPIs.
• Respond promptly to tenant enquiries, including matters relating to service charges, building maintenance, and insurance.
• Review and interpret commercial leases, ensuring landlord and tenant obligations are met.
• Manage repair obligations where required, including preparing draft Notices to Repair for review by asset management teams.
• Identify landlord works required and ensure costs are appropriately recovered through service charge arrangements.
• Coordinate contractor access and site works across the portfolio.
• Manage and monitor insurance claims relating to managed properties.

Commercial Property Manager Key Skills & Experience

• Experience managing commercial property portfolios, ideally including office buildings.
• Strong understanding of service charge management and financial oversight.
• Knowledge of facilities management, statutory compliance, and health & safety regulations.
• Experience managing maintenance programmes and contractor relationships.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills when working with tenants, contractors and internal teams.
• Strong organisational and reporting abilities with attention to detail.
• Proactive and responsive approach to resolving property and tenant-related issues.

Commercial Property Manager Qualifications
Relevant commercial property management experience is essential. Professional or academic property qualifications are desirable but not essential.