Commercial Leasing Executive

**Job no**: 498140
**Work type**: Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Sydney
**Categories**: Leasing

**Commercial Leasing Executive - SYD**

**Your opportunity**

Our Leasing team carefully curate the total Westfield experience, ensuring each destination delivers a powerful mix of fashion, dining, fresh food and entertainment - each playing a critical role in the overall customer experience.

You will be responsible for the leasing and delivery of the Scentre Group commercial and sundry properties comprising over 70,000sqm of office space, contribute to the financial performance of the assets, deliver exceptional customer experience, and ensure safe and compliant workplaces.
- In conjunction with the Asset Team and broader team, establish the strategic direction, annual plans and budgets for leasing of the commercial properties and sundry properties.
- Drive performance to deliver the goals and objectives of the strategic plan and budgets.
- Develop and maintain a high degree of expertise in lease management including liaison with existing and prospective tenants to enhance retention and minimise downtime.
- Develop and maintain a leasing and marketing strategy for each property.
- Prepare timely and accurate monthly leasing reports with commentary.
- Monitor and control tenant rental arrears and ensure rent reviews are actioned in a timely manner.
- Prepare full business cases, cash flow analyses and commercially sound recommendations for any leasing proposal including operating capital and tenant incentives.
- Manage the leasing process including negotiation of terms with tenants, and appointment and management of external leasing agents.
- Liaise with tenants on fitout and make good as part of contractual negotiations.
- Keep current with all major property markets and regularly meet with agents to understand emerging trends.
- Develop and manage key tenant/stakeholder/service provider partnerships to ensure delivery, on time and on budget, and an exceptional customer experience.
- Provide regular formal communications to tenants/occupants on leasing matters.

This role is permanent, full-time.

**What will set**you**apart from the rest?**
- Diploma or tertiary qualifications in a property or facilities related discipline.
- 5 + years’ experience in commercial leasing, property or facilities management and building services operations.
- Commercial acumen and demonstrated experience balancing financial needs with a sound understanding of base building and technical issues.
- Practical knowledge of property-related compliance including Work Health and Safety.
- Demonstrated stakeholder management, multitasking and management of priorities.
- IT literate and able to use current business and building management systems and software.
- Strong leasing experience and demonstrated results in negotiating and finalising lease transactions, as well as effective and impactful communication skills
- Customer experience environment.
- Contract management.

**About us**

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period, and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

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Applications close: Friday 24th January unless filled prior

**Advertised**: 13 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 24 Jan 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

**_Scentre Group exclusively recruits for roles based in Australia and New Zealand. If you are contacted regarding employment opportunities with Scentre Group based in any other country, we encourage you not to disclose any personal information. _