Senior Associate/VP - Real Estate Operations & Reporting

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The Role

The role is based in London and will report to the Managing Director and will have the following accountabilities in supporting the real estate investment team:

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Reporting & operations

• Leading quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting for the REI Europe portfolio including related portfolio data maintenance and oversight

• Coordination of annual strategic asset planning process for the real estate investment portfolio

• Oversight of equity commitments tracking, capital management, debt management and down-turn readiness schedules

• Ad-hoc portfolio analysis to provide insight into portfolio analytics, portfolio evolution pro-forma

• Maintain other internal information tracking - such as guarantees & indemnities and directorships

• Principal point of contact with Real Assets Strategy and Operations team for recurring or ad hoc enterprise initiatives

• Oversight of sustainable investing initiatives for the REI Europe portfolio

• Principal point of contact with valuation teams for quarterly valuation reporting

• Co-ordination of portfolio year end performance reporting and returns attribution, in collaboration with Real Assets Strategy and Operations team

• Management of research and market updates from third party research providers and support on market analytics for strategy papers and sector insights

• Over time, the role may include assisting / taking on elements of direct asset management alongside investment professionals

Transaction support

• Review/prepare documents for compliance with internal investment processes, administrative procedures and compliance policies

• Accurate reporting of transactions within REI internal systems

• Transaction closing binder administration and managing post-closing follow ups

• Monitoring expenses reconciliation associated with each transaction

• Working with external counterparties to ensure ongoing accurate and timely quarterly reporting

The Candidate

• Investment management and reporting experience in Europe

• Real estate knowledge, including direct, indirect and debt transactions

• University degree in relevant field (business, accounting, property, or similar)

• Strong financial and analytical skills, detail-oriented with ability to work independently and manage workstreams

• Service-focused, with a desire to be a strong partner to investment teams, core services and other stakeholders

• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills

• Inquisitive self-starter, with ability to work in a high performing culture, under pressure and with time-sensitive deadlines

• Ability to drive co-ordination and project manage amongst multiple stakeholders

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and comfort with learning new applications.

• Comfortable managing a significant volume of data