Associate Director Investments

POSITION: Associate Director, Investment, The Czech Republic
LOCATION:
Prague, The Czech Republic
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP: This Position will report directly to:
Head Of Investment
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COMPANY
BACKGROUND: Our client is one of the world's leading real estate advisers, providing innovative real estate and business solutions. Our client is a leading name in all the world's major business centres, with 10,000 people operating from 200 offices in 40 countries.
THE OPPORTUNITY: OUR Client’s global team of over 10,000 people is key to the Company’s success. It is through their professional and expert skills, detailed property and consultancy knowledge and a client-driven philosophy that OUR CLIENT maintains its position as a leading property advisory business. Equally important are the teams that support their strategy, in finance, human resources, marketing, information technology and facilities.
The backbone of this success is OUR Client’s ‘people proposition’. The Company aspires to be recognised internationally as the best employer in its industry because OUR CLIENT empowers their people to excel both for clients and themselves. The Company’s core values of teamwork, creativity, service excellence, integrity, enjoyment, and making it happen are in everything OUR CLIENT does, enabling it to deliver leading-edge, quality-driven solutions to a range of prestigious clients around the world.
The Company is always looking for the most talented and motivated people to join their diverse team, and develop a rewarding career. Global mobility of OUR Client’s people is key to its growth and success, and to an individual's development for the future.

KEY OBJECTIVES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Purpose
To assist with the management of services enabling clients to meet their expectations and maximize the investment potential of their property.
Context
 Closer working relationships required with other parts of the business e.g. consulting and research, agency teams and valuation
 Good knowledge of market and understanding of investment criteria
 Ability to source a product and put a deal together
 Requirement for wider awareness of local area (e.g. demographics, infrastructure, local education facilities as well as information on physical premises)
 Changing profile of occupiers (and hence clients) – e.g. call centres, dot.com distribution networks and co-location operations – surveyors need to become used to handling different types of client and satisfying their needs (e.g. broad-band telephone links)

Dimensions
 Reports to Director
 Supervisory responsibility for between 1 & 4 team members at junior level in relation to specific projects
 No budgetary responsibility
CANDIDATE PROFILE: Core responsibilities
 Manage and deliver institutional client investment requirements
 Manage existing client accounts, build and maintain relationships with existing and new clients
 Carry out activities to develop and maintain interest in properties, developments and financial services
 Lead and co-ordinate the activities of team members in delivering client solutions
 Provide opportunities for junior staff to develop knowledge and skill
 Personally undertake research and implementation activities
 Support Director in providing advice to clients

Key Performance Indicators
 Client satisfaction and/or feedback
 Fee income levels
 Performance of fund/ returns on properties
 Repeat business and referrals
 Shadow income
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Relationships (External)
 Interaction with clients
 Obtain strong links with European investors
 Others specialists and/or contractors e.g. architects, surveyors, solicitors
 Interactions with clients relating to instructions – keeping them constantly updated
 Liaison with other agencies to maintain market knowledge
 A wide range of local business contacts to gather relevant services (e.g. identify a good fit-out contractor, removals companies)
 Liaise with a range of professionals – e.g. lawyers, bank managers, local councilors, pressure groups to identify useful local intelligence
Skills & Knowledge
 Client/ account management and consulting skills
 General desktop IT skills
 Presentation skills
 Sound numerical reasoning ability
 Cash flow and property analysis
 Interpretation of company reports/ accounts
 Financial modeling – e.g. DCF, debt modeling
 Detailed understanding of property and investment markets
 Negotiating skills
 Presentation skills
 People management skills

Experience
 Not likely to have less than 2-3 years’ post-qualification experience in a property/ investment related field of work
 Could have worked in a range of areas – e.g. corporate, bank, industry

EDUCATION:  Degree (cognate) OR
 Degree (non-cognate) plus post-graduate qualification in relevant technical specialism – e.g. economics, strategy, accountancy, banking, property management or OUR CLIENT distance learning programme
 OR Relevant professional body qualification – e.g. MRICS, FRICS etc.

COMPENSATION: The successful candidate will receive a highly competitive and attractive compensation package, which includes a base salary, a performance-based bonus and equity.

Agency/Employer: Connaught
Town or City: Prague
Location: Abroad
Sector: Real Estate
Related Job Titles: Director of Client Services
Permanent/Contract: Permanent, Full time
Experience: 2 years
Date: 25-01-2007
Salary: 30000 British Pound / Year

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