Asset Management Roles - Real Estate Investment and Asset Manager

The Valesco Group is a London headquartered, UK and European specialist real estate investment and asset manager, backed by sovereign and institutional capital from Asia and increasingly so from other parts of the globe. It started deploying capital in April 2018 and has amassed an AUM of more than €2bn during this time. The Valesco Group is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom and the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier in Luxembourg. Its central philosophy is to deliver investors consistently strong risk adjusted returns at all points of the market cycle across a diverse set of investment product offerings.

Responsibilities (dependent on seniority of candidate):

• Creation and implementation of business plans, asset management models and related initiatives
• Directing and implementing short, medium and long-term strategies to optimize value-creation for each asset and the post-acquisition aspects of the platform at large
• Working closely with local property managers to ensure seamless property operations, including but not limited to oversight and monitoring of service charge budgets and rent collection
• Managing key value creation initiatives such as but not limited to leasing, ESG initiatives and capex programmes and making appropriate recommendations to management where required
• Participation in refinancing and sales processes
• Conducting market research and understanding the competitive dynamics in each market to help formulate and revise the business plan for each asset
• Creation of investor presentations and assisting with investor queries and reporting
• Contribute to the production of monthly/quarterly/annual performance reports and business plan /budget updates
• Assist the acquisitions team in pre-acquisition due diligence and analysis

Key Requirements:

• Minimum three years' experience for the mid-level role and minimum ten years' experience for the senior role, specifically within real estate asset management
• Tried and tested leadership, platform building and management skills for the senior level role
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with emphasis on financial modelling capabilities for the mid-level role
• Organised, diligent and detail oriented, able to effectively manage multiple projects and workstreams simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Personable, team player with an entrepreneurial mindset
• Highly motivated with solid work ethic