An exciting opportunity has arisen for an MEP Senior Cost Manager, to join our busy Real Estate team in our Melbourne office. Supporting our Developer, Occupier, Governmental, Health, Education and Tech clients to deliver complicated projects. 

The individual must be self-motivated and Client facing (both internal & external) with the ability to manage multiple projects and clients. This will involve establishing early budgets, early estimating, and cost planning, managing a design team to the budget, tendering and procurement (single and two stage) and post contract reporting to the Client. 

A good knowledge of MEP systems and supply chain is fundamental with the ability to work both collaboratively but robustly with any main contractor and their MEP supply chain.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Commission Management, to include the following, either as part of a larger project or leading an MEP direct commission:

• Assisting on feasibility studies and writing procurement reports
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan to internal & external clients
• Tendering (single and two stage) and procuring, including managing the pre-qualification stage
• Dealing effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Taking personal responsibility for making cost checks and carrying out valuations on larger projects and in all cases ensuring that timely and accurate cost checking and valuation takes place
• Producing monthly post contract cost reports and presenting them to the client
• Inputting into value engineering
• Negotiating and agreeing final accounts
• Interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages
• Where appropriate, leading a cost management team, ensuring that they deliver on all of the above accountabilities

As a high-growth tech company selling software in a competitive global market, the work is not easy. But it’s interesting and super fun. As the Customer Success Consultant, your primary purpose is to ensure our customers get, and keep getting value from their investment in Phocas. You strive to retain our customers, turn them into advocates for Phocas and proactively identify opportunities for further revenue growth within our existing customer base.

It’s what our consultants love about the work. Because it gives meaning to their roles. Oh, and did we mention it was fun?
No? Well, you’re in for a good time.

Here’s how you’ll do that

• Proactively drive activities that increase brand awareness, product presence and user adoption. This could be through regular customer account reviews, product demonstration, customer training, events and other marketing activities
• Provide exceptional service and support, and ensure the customer is gaining value from their investment through coaching, advice and training
• Guiding clients through onboarding, issue resolution, and adoption phases with your fantastic communication and training abilities
• Identify new business opportunities within the account for revenue growth
• Collaborate with global colleagues to continuously improve products, internal processes and documentation as they relate to customer success

This is what you’ll need to do it

• A love of working with customers and developing long-term value
• Excellent presentation, training and communication skills
• You enjoy building rapport with your customers, and staying up to date with product enhancements and features
• Financial planning, accounting, or financial modeling knowledge, as well as an understanding of ERPs is essential
• Solid understanding of business needs and customer focus with a dedication to customer experience
• Previous experience within a Customer Success role within SaaS

A bit about us to see if we’re a match for your enthusiasm

We’re a business planning and analytics company on a mission to make people feel good about data. We’ve been hard at it for 20+ years, helping 2,300 companies turn complex business data into performance boosting results. Despite our global status, we’ve held on to our start-up roots. The result is a workplace that’s fast, exciting and designed for fun.

Create your happy place!

We are a 2024 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

Phocas is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology or another related subject. In lieu of degree, relevant equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 3 years’ prior experience working in Customer Success or Account Management roles
• Proven track record of meeting or exceeding retention goals / customer satisfaction metrics
• Experience with Phocas or related products – other BI, CRM, ERP software products

• Previous experience working within the SaaS/IT industry
• Familiarity with financial planning, accounting, or financial modeling is essential

We’re Civica and we help governments deliver critical services for citizens all around the World. From local government to federal government, to education, to health and care, over 5000 public bodies across the globe engage Civica to help provide critical services to over 100 million citizens.

About the role:

Civica is currently recruiting talented individuals to join the team at Fines Victoria supporting the Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Our Customer Service Representatives are the first point of contact for customers who need help understanding their options or taking action to manage their fines.

Fines can be scary or confusing for some customers and this critically important role provides you with the opportunity to make a positive difference in a customer’s day. We absolutely love the feedback we get from our customers telling us how our team have helped support them!  

• Start Date: Monday 3rd of February 2025
• Rotating Roster - Monday to Friday 8:00am – 6:30pm- No weekend, public holiday or night shifts.
• Commence training and working in our Melbourne CBD office conveniently located next to Flagstaff station and then Work from Home after successful completion of training and having reached base performance standards.
• Hybrid Work Environment – Come and enjoy our newly renovated office space with your workmates and/or spend up to 90% of your time working from home. Whatever the right balance is for YOU.
• Permanent, Full-time role offering a starting salary of $70052 (Inclusive of super).
• Guaranteed generous salary increases for the next year.
• Terrific benefits including up to 15 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Skilled and friendly support network including Team Leaders and subject matter experts.
• We grow our own! Fantastic opportunity for future career development in either operations or software development.

 What we are looking for:

• A passion for providing outstanding customer service.
• Comfortable navigating computer systems or programs.
• Can understand and follow a documented process.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Self-motivated and driven to achieve goals.
• Team focused and flexible.

 These roles will be filled quickly. Don’t miss out, apply today!