Our continued growth across the Crown Dependencies has created the need for someone dedicated to help ensure our offices are operating effectively, meet regulatory standards and provide an environment our people can thrive in.

At KPMG we do our best work together and invest in relationships with each other across teams, functions and borders.  The successful candidate will be based in either Jersey, Guernsey or the Isle of Man and will be responsible for leading facilities management in all three locations, which will include managing our facilities and reception team members.

As our Crown Dependencies Head of Property and Facilities the successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the facilities function across all locations, ensuring consistency in standards, compliance, and service delivery. The role will lead on the development of policies and procedures. Ensure that office space needs are monitored and that medium-to-long-term plans are established to meet the organisation’s needs.
• Operational Management: Oversee the office level facilities teams who have remit to handle their local level: planned preventive maintenance; oversight of and responding to reactive maintenance or repairs; IT-infrastructure; site-security; archiving arrangements; cleaning; and provision of front-of-house reception facilities.
• Performance managing for the Facilities and Receptionist staff in each office.
• Financial and Supplier Management: Develop and maintain facilities budgets; negotiate and manage contracts with vendors and suppliers.
• Project Management: Lead office fit-outs, refurbishments, and relocations as needed.
• Compliance & Risk: Ensure that all offices comply with local health, safety and environmental regulations.  Form and chair a health and safety committee which will report to the firm’s Management Committee and ensure it meets its statutory obligations.
• Build lasting, trusted relationships with key stakeholders in each location and represent KPMG in all lease and tenancy matters.

Other responsibilities:

• Ensuring appropriate cover of core tasks in times of absence
• Overseeing tenant obligations
• Ensuring insurance coverage is maintained suitable for the sites and in line with occupational risk management
• Ensuring health and safety and occupancy requirements are met and appropriate records maintained
• Ensuring first aid and fire marshal resources are in place to meet the needs of each site
• Initiate and implement ESG changes to support KPMG in meeting environmental targets

Travel to other locations will be required.

• Proven experience in a senior facilities management role across multiple site locations.
• Strong team leadership, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent organisational, project management and budgeting skills
• The ability to work with teams across borders and build lasting, trusted relationships
• Proven track record of monitoring and managing Health and Safety matters
• Experience working to deadlines and prioritising unexpected demands
• Excellent spoken and written English