Commercial Manager - T.Y. Lin International

Our Global Infrastructure team, including TYLin, Introba, Landrum & Brown, and Sam Schwartz form the Infrastructure Pillar of Dar Group, a leading, privately-owned professional services group with a diverse history and a global presence. Dar Group’s world-class planning, design, engineering, and project management firms are dedicated to achieving our clients’ ambitions and supporting sustainable communities worldwide. The Infrastructure Pillar companies are comprised of 4,250 people operating in twenty-one countries.

Our New York and Chicago locations are looking for a talented and experienced Commercial Manager to join our global operations team.  Experience as a Commercial Manager or Project Control Specialist in-house at a construction, engineering, architecture, or consulting services company where a wide variety of contract terms can be at issue is essential.  This role is focused on supporting Project Managers and Project Accountants with managing the commercial terms of our contracts as well as the cash cycle for a defined portfolio of projects for multiple clients and brands in the specific location.

• Responsible for addressing all project commercial and contractual issues and ensuring at all times the company's commercial and contractual position is protected and maximized.
• Responsible for ensuring the Project is commercially managed in accordance with the company's policies and procedures.
• Work directly with Project Managers to develop appropriate project set-up, implementation, and management of Project financial tracking and control systems, using Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Support operational leaders and Project Managers in an assigned segment of the business.
• Review of and recommendations to manage contract specific requirements regarding staffing expectations by project for titles/rate caps to optimize project profitability.
• Review of and recommendations to manage contract specific requirements regarding payment terms, invoicing cycle, and invoicing requirements to reduce DSO, short-pays, and inaccurate/incomplete invoicing.
• Foster billing and collections process set up at the project inception, including client’s requirements and procedures and ensuring proper level of responsibility for team members are assigned and action items or flow process defined before project starts.
• Work with Operations and Accounting groups and clients to track invoice progression, and assist in working towards reducing overall AR and WIP DSO.
• Recommend updates to project dashboards to increase visibility of project commercial performance to Project and Sector Managers.
• Support project teams with project financial reporting, development of Cost to Complete (CTC’s) estimates, billing rate updates/escalation processes, and invoicing and collections.
• Assist in contract administration, changes, subcontracts administration, changes order development as related to the commercial terms and cash cycle.
• Prepare and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations as needed.
• Meet regularly with appropriate project personnel to discuss support needs; and be deeply familiar with key client’s processes for billings approval and collections.
• Assist with compilation of CTC’s and project Estimates-to-Complete (EAC’s) on a monthly basis.

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of 10-15 years of similar or related work experience required.
• Must be proficient using Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Strong communication skills required, including verbal, written, and listening.
• Requires demonstrated ability to effectively interface with office and corporate staff, peers and superiors and coordinate externally with client staff and management, subconsultants, project team and other stakeholders.
• Client focused, always striving to give clients the best solutions.
• Strong commitment to innovation by creating new and better ways to solve clients’ toughest challenges.
• High levels of integrity, always doing the right thing in an ethical, fair, and sustainable way.
• Demonstrated experience in negotiations is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience of collaboration in a diverse and inclusive team, working together toward technical excellence.
• Client focused, always striving to give clients the best solutions.

TYLin offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Our benefits include extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage, continuing education benefits, paid time off, employee assistance program and a retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.

We encourage all candidates to explore our total rewards offering.

TYLIn is an equal opportunity employer, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  The company and its employees are required to comply with all local health authority, legal or lawful client requirements.