Job Opportunities at Macdonald & Company

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Our client, established in the early 70's offers a comprehensive range of property related services. With their proven track record in managing residential, commercial, retail and mixed used sectional titles, they have been growing their portfolio. They have recently launched their own Go-Green campaign making sure they manage all properties with a "green" attitude reducing operational costs. To join their well established team in Cape Town they are looking for a highly skilled Sectional Title Property Manager. You will look after 15 buildings, making sure they are performing and looked after keeping in mind the green building principals. Looking after the all financials including authorization of creditor invoices, releasing payment batches and last but not least managing the annual budget for your buildings. With the help of the Facilities Administrator you will have to ensure daily liaison with all owners, trustees, insurance companies and contractors. Resolving all disputes, queries and give guidance to owners, as part of your role you will also need to manage all negotiations with insurance companies and professionals on behalf of your clients. Keeping record of all meetings taking place with Trustees, giving feedback on how the portfolio is performing and conducting business on behalf of the Sectional Title Services. The ideal candidate for this role will have at least 5 years property management experience working on a Sectional Title portfolio combined with a tertiary qualification in Property. Travelling is not extensive but you will need to your own transport to attended meetings afterhours on behalf of the Trustees. You will also need to have a good understanding of the Green Building Principals and Sectional Title Scheme. If you are registered with the Estate Agency Affairs or in possession of a Fidelity Fund Certificate please don't wait to apply, send your MS Word CV today.

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Work for the team that wins the awards! With constant recognition backing their credentials, our client has taken the lead in Project management for Africa. Consulting for more than a decade, they have established offices and teams in Sub-Saharan Africa, West and East Africa, and Mauritius. As a leading project management team, they offer their clients full construction and property solutions for their diverse needs. From tenants co-ordination and representation on site, new build projects, high specification fit-out, to refurbishment, restorations, due diligence and feasibility studies: they have it covered. Their portfolio includes projects in commercial, retail, mixed-use, hotel, healthcare and residential schemes. To be based in their Johannesburg-North office, they require a strong and experienced Human Resource Manager. The main purpose of your job will be to provide leadership, direction, management and guidance at a strategic level in all staff related initiatives. This means implementing and maintaining a smooth proactive processes through the organization, provide IR support and advice, developing and overseeing drafting of ISO compliant HR policies and procedures, as well as maintaining professional memberships and qualifications staying current and ahead of trend in the industry. Performance Management will also fall under your responsibilities, by providing guidance support and training throughout the performance management process for management as well as all staff members. You will also implement and uphold an annual moderation panel to review staff and performance rating annually. As the work loads expands, you will be required to implement and maintain effective recruiting processes and documents including employment contracts, guiding and coaching line management to empower them to make effective recruitment choices. To ensure the best possible candidates are put forward for new vacancies you must advertise internally and on social media, also delegate to Recruitment Agencies that will be able to source the correct candidates before putting them through an effective screening process. To be successful in this role, your 8+years experience combined with a HR-degree is essential. This paired with your Hands-on, Internal HR experience dealing with IR, ISO and Recruitment-processes along with your understanding of small to medium business environments, will secure the deal.

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PA required for Retail Team in Cape-Town. Our Cape Town based client has set itself apart to be the preferred Landlord. Their focus and energetic team allows them to offer their Commercial and Retail tenants a personable service. With their portfolio spread across South Africa, they own predominantly retail centres with a handful of commercial-offering as well. Currently estimated above R2 Billion, their Asset Management team currently requires a Personal Assistant. Supporting the team your function will start from Diary and Task management, from co-ordinating diaries for meetings and events, scheduling meetings; organizing travel arrangements, and taking messages from missed calls. You will also be in charge of document control for Dropbox and MDA-systems. Working closely with the Asset Managers, you will also need to liaise with the various property managers. This will have you alerting them of upcoming vacancies, receipt and printing of documents for signatures, checking of calculations, completing all paperwork on MDA and obtaining inspection reports after tenant occupation. Industry events are essential, and you will therefore need to book functions, networking events and workshops, as well as ensuring that all professional memberships are managed and up to date. If you have extensive computer skills, and have worked on MDA and Dropbox, combined with a financial background, and great organizational skills, please send through your CV today.

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For the last 5 decades our client has offered a variety of services to Landlords and Tenants in the Property Sector of South Arica and Sub-Saharan Africa. Being one of the leading service providers our client offers advisory services on Developments, Asset, Property and Facilities Management and retail services. With a strong financial offering to clients, they require an experienced Financial Manager to join their Johannesburg team. You will be responsible for the full financial function of all property portfolios under management. This includes reviewing monthly recons of ledgers, performing month and year-end procedures to ensure that all client requirements and deadlines are met. Reviewing of monthly management packs, reviewing and authorising of balance sheet recons, vat submissions, as well as coordination and supervision of the accounting administration and net income flows of the properties under management, will all fall under your responsibilities. You will also need to project manage the take on of new clients and property acquisitions. If you have been a Financial Manager or Property Accountant for a Minimum of 5 years in the Property Industry, with a BCom Honours degree in Accounting, and have worked on Word, Excel, Great Plains Accounting Software and Internet software, please send along your Word CV today.

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Managing a small office! With Property Development penetrating the African continent, our private client is one of the leading small companies to join this high risk high reward market. Established only 6 a few years ago, they have already grown their Retail Portfolio to include close to 10 6 Retail Developments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their close knit team manages all development functions needed to plan, design, lease and build shopping centres; and they are now looking for someone to take responsibility for the ongoing management of these assets. With their current 6 centres ranging between 2,000sm and 7,000sm, they need someone who will ensure that their (to date fairly loose) administration of leases and property management issues is set up and maintained. Their expansion plan and business model has them adding a variety of projects to their portfolio in the next few years, and therefore they require a highly organized person to join their Johannesburg Office. With successful centres in Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe you will be required to assist the Management and Facilities Team with all administration and travel duties. Not limited to anything you will be managing the office ensuring management has the right documentation for their trip or meeting, as part of your role you will also be assisting the Tenants with all their requirements. There are limited systems currently in place, so you will almost have carte blanche to establish all development, lease and financial administration and ensure that there is a central-hub for all Portfolio information. Starting with leases, your organizational skills will have you assisting with the drafting of leases, dealing with renewals or adjustments and ensuring that all is loaded onto the system. Financially you will allocate payments, chase up on quotes, get invoices ready for payment and ensure that all final billings are correct. Looking after tenants spread across the portfolio means that you will resolve their queries, adjust/update their accounts and get involved in ensuring that they are satisfied and looking to extend their leases. Although you will be able to consult directly with the owners on management issues, you will essentially be running the asset administration by yourself. This means you will need a minimum of 3 years retail Property Administration or Office Management experience to add real value to this team. This opportunity is for someone looking to make a change in a company, and can see the endless growth opportunity to work with an African based portfolio. You shouldn't be afraid of hard work or of travel into Africa.