Senior Asset Manager - France

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry’s best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients’ evolving needs:

• interactive investor, the UK’s second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.
• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.
• Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Role

Responsible for the active management of a number of real estate assets on property level: Optimising re-turns within the risk parameters of the fund mandate and in conjunction with the fund strategy. The role requires the detailed understanding and analysis of the portfolio of assets, setting individual asset plans with target and budgets for the next 12+ months and 3 / 5 years (depending on client requirements). The role may involve working with the transactions team and fund managers / deputy fund manager (FM/DFM) of to help source, acquire or sell assets.

Key Responsibilities:

Approach

• Work with the asset management (AM) team and wider Aberdeen Investments teams (i.a. fund management, development management, transactions, letting, legal, property management, ESG, insurance, treasury, research and property data) to deliver asset management initiatives and outcomes in accordance with agreed Investment Plans for client portfolios
• Oversee and co-ordinate the activities of the property managers and external service providers in delivering asset management and investment plans
• Provide support to the FM team in the formulation of fund strategy, IC paper preparation and where appropriate participate in investment plan or IC challenge

Process

• Support Property Data and FM to prepare Investment Plans
• Prepare asset management plans in line with requirements of the Investment Plan and client requirements
• To prepare budgets for client’s assets, and present to all internal relevant parties
• Work with the FM/DFM and research teams to prepare and present proposals for deals, finance arrangements and CAPEX to the IC
• Contribute to IC papers prior to presentation to the IC, mainly in regards of projects and capex.

Procedures

• Actively manage the properties for which they are responsible to the highest standards of professionalism and best market practice
• Ensure good tenant relation and active management of leasing out any available space
• Engage in and support negotiations regarding transactions, Capex, lettings, zoning/planning and other activities relating to the client’s assets
• To ensure legal documentation, statutory records, management records, property data room and other relevant data are up to date

Reporting

• Update the asset management plans in line with the agreed reporting timetable
• Ensure data quality of property managers in close cooperation with Property Data
• Support Property Controlling / Property Data in the preparation of client reports and provision of information for valuations as required
• Keep the line manager and FM/DFM updated on the progress on main targets in the appropriate Investment Plan

About the Candidate:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent
• Real estate asset management experience
• Strong knowledge of the French commercial RE market
• Proven ability to operate in lean teams
• Strong negotiation, communication, presentation & relationship building skills
• Analytical thinking & organisational skills
• Detailed working knowledge of in-house data bases and valuation software holding asset level details
• Strong proficiency in written and spoken English, with the ability to operate confidently in a professional environment

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.