Region Real Estate Leader

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.Would you like to work for a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services with over 250.000 people around the world? Would you like to be part of a global Supply Chain Services - Real Estate Services team that employs innovation and technology to disrupt the status quo and generate business value? Would you like to play a role in building a better working world every day? If so, you will want to read this. About Supply Chain Services Our global Procurement team includes more than 300 people working across 31 countries. We are relentless trendsetters, employing the latest in innovation and technology to better service the business. In a world of disruption, we embrace transformation and work to find best-in-class services and suppliers to help us stay ahead of the curve. We are responsible for sourcing across four categories of spend:

Real Estate (including Workplace Services and Real Estate Technology and Innovation)

Technology Sourcing & External Content

Travel, Meetings & Events (including Brand, Marketing and Communications)

Talent

The opportunity The Regional Real Estate Leader is responsible for providing comprehensive real estate services in support of the firm’s business activities. These activities include real estate portfolio management, acquisition and disposition of office space, lease administration, sublease administration, design and construction services, facility management, and portfolio benchmarking for Americas locations. Works with the Americas Area Real Estate Leader and other Region and Area leaders to proactively manage the firm’s real estate portfolio, including developing guidelines for workplace standards and alternative workplace strategies, benchmarking space usage against those guidelines, developing strategies to redeploy under-utilized assets, and developing strategies to take advantage of unique market conditions. The Region Real Estate Leader portfolio consists of approximately 100,000m of office space and manages a combined spend of > $40 million per annum.Your key responsibilities

Work with area and global real estate leaders to develop the real estate strategy. Provide thought leadership, leading practices and supporting technology, to optimize the real estate portfolio. Develop global guidelines for improving metrics, and produce alternative workplace strategies, to drive efficient plans that maximize space utilization

Proactively manage the organization’s real estate portfolio. This will involve establishing processes for acquiring and disposing of office space, including lease renewal, reconfiguration, renegotiation, and relocation. Develop and maintain a leading class process for real estate implementation and identify where improvements can be made

Manage business relationships, confirming that these comply with EYs procurement and independence policies

Lead key initiatives for the region(s), to improve processes, reduce occupancy costs and maximize space utilization

Benchmark space usage against guidelines. Develop strategies to redeploy under-utilized assets, and to take advantage of unique market conditions

Identify surplus real estate assets and develop strategies for disposing of these. This will include sub-leasing, renegotiating lease terms, early terminations, lease assignments or landlord recaptures

Monitor the functionality and efficiency of the organization’s model and benchmarks. Confirm that these are comparable with competitors and other industry leaders

Select new office space. Analyze alternative locations (financially and subjectively), negotiate business terms and legal terms, and develop the approval process.

Oversee sub-lease administration and rent collection

Manage regional occupancy costs, by negotiating competitive lease agreements with beneficial rental rates.

Work closely with the Region Design and Projects Leaders who are responsible for the management of project costs and capital expenditure, with full responsibility for budgets

Establish project timelines and monitor lease requirements and project timing. Confirm that staffing and external vendors are performing tasks on time. Monitor lease expiration dates, and confirm that all projects are completed on time

Manage ongoing relationships with brokers, attorneys, architects, project managers, facility management providers, contractors, and furniture and material providers. Confirm that these parties comply with EYs procurement and independence policies. Encourage new thinking in the organization, and support innovative learning processes. coach team members and give them feedback

Negotiate and coordinate the legal review of all leases

Perform ad hoc real estate services, as requested by the organization’s Area and Global Real Estate Leaders

Moderate travel across the Americas area and may be required to travel outside of Americas annually

To qualify for the role you must have

Real Estate Industry designations such as CCIM, MCR, SLCR, RICS

Advanced degree in a related discipline, or equivalent work experience

Approximately 10 or more years of experience

Real Estate and Legal experience required

Ideally, you’ll also have

Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as presentation skills

Exceptional management skills

Exceptional teaming skills and ability to work across categories and functions

Exceptional influencing skills

Exceptional negotiating skills

Experience of working in a virtual team

Strong relationship building skills and ability to interact and manage extended teams and external vendors

Ability to manage or direct multiple complex projects with direct impact to the organisation and member firms

Microsoft office required

Supervision Responsibilities

Manages and oversees regional team(s) – inclusive of extended teams e.g. Corporates Services, Brokers, PMs etc.

Manages supplier / vendor and service provider relationships

What we offer The compensation ranges below are provided in order to comply with United States pay transparency laws. Other geographies will follow their local salary guidelines, which may not be a direct conversion of published US salary range/sWe offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $127,300 to $245,000. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $152,700 to $278,400. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.EY is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com