Property Governance Manager

Phoenix Group

Property Commercial Governance Manager ensuring commercial governance and financial assurance across property and people-related spend with Standard Life.

Posted 5/7/2026full-timeEdinburgh • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £45,000 - £60,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establishing and maintaining commercial governance and financial assurance frameworks across Property & Workspace
Monitoring spend against budget, providing variance analysis, insight and challenge to support cost discipline
Leading core financial control processes including forecasting, reconciliations, month-end reviews and budget preparation
Supporting the governance and quality assurance of property investment proposals and business cases
Maintaining accurate, evidence-based reporting to support informed decision-making and prioritisation
Providing oversight of property cost tracking, financial risks and compliance activities
Ensuring property and people-related financial data is accurate, consistent and aligned across reporting systems
Acting as a central coordination point for property commercial governance, reporting and assurance activity
Supporting audit, assurance and continuous improvement activity across property programmes

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in commercial governance, cost control, financial assurance or performance roles
Strong understanding of governance frameworks, financial controls and structured approval processes
Experience working with financial and performance data, reporting tools and dashboards
Experience operating within structured, corporate or multi-site environments
Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills
Experience within property, real estate or facilities management environments (desirable)
Experience supporting investment governance or business case development (desirable)
Familiarity with property portfolio cost and performance metrics (desirable)
Relevant qualifications or professional membership (e.g. IWFM, RICS, finance or governance disciplines) (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

private medical cover
38 days annual leave
excellent pension
12x salary life assurance
income protection
career breaks
3 volunteering days

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Hard Skills & Tools

commercial governancefinancial assurancecost controlforecastingreconciliationsbudget preparationvariance analysisreporting toolsperformance datafinancial controls

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcoordination skillsinsightchallengedecision-makingprioritisationoversightcontinuous improvement

Certifications

IWFMRICS