Associate

Position Title:  Associate 

Department: Valuation & Advisory  

Reports To: I&L Lead Partner  

Location:  London – 125 Old Broad Street 

This exciting opportunity is within our high performing industrial and logistics team, which has grown in headcount by 25% over the last 12 months and continues to develop.The team specialises in providing valuations, pricing and strategic advice to a range of clients including investors, banks, REITS, insurance companies, institutional funds, as well as public and private companies.  We advise some of the biggest clients in the sector, including SEGRO, Blackstone, Prologis and Panattoni to name but a few. 

The team is professional, nimble and collaborative, supporting on high profile transactional advisory projects involving a range of C&W services.  The team has embraced strategic technology deployment on these projects and will continue to improve the way in which we operate to improve speed and quality of service in advising clients on large scale portfolio transactions. 

You will have an eye for detail, be highly numerate and able to work both independently and as part of a team to meet tight deadlines. You will have experience in both understanding and building complex cash flows and investment scenarios in Excel and Argus Enterprise/Developer, as well as a good working knowledge of the industrial markets and its key players.   

With many property sectors facing unprecedented challenges, our Valuations team, in collaboration with other C&W skill lines, is at the forefront of advising clients on the impact of cyclical and structural change affecting their property interests.  

Responsibilities 

• Provide sector expertise and insight to clients 

• Build strong client relationships, both existing and prospective 

• Manage existing mandates 

• Attract and develop new business  

• Take responsibility for accurate execution of instructions with minimal supervision 

• Coordinate the use of larger teams across the valuation department (UK and Europe) 

• Develop your profile in the marketplace 

• Play an active role in the development of more junior team members. 

Skills 

• Proven ability to build client relationships and generate new business 

• Ability to see things from the client’s viewpoint 

• Willingness to think ‘outside the box’ and work flexibly when required 

• Analytical skills to be able to draw out market trends and key information 

• Able to form and justify opinions on property values 

• Confidence in prioritisation and working to deadlines 

• Accountable for maintaining strong job profitability 

• Implementation of strategic priorities. 

Experience 

• MRICS qualified with at least 5 years post-qualification experience 

• Advanced industrial sector insight 

• Advanced Argus software user 

• Competent in Excel, Word and PowerPoint. 

Please note this is a direct search led by Cushman & Wakefield. We only work with recruitment agencies on our preferred supplier list, and only where a signed and in date agreement is in place and the agency has been directly instructed on the role by a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

We do not accept speculative or unsolicited CVs submitted to any of our employees or outside of our agreed process. No agency fees will be payable in these circumstances.