Real Estate Investment Apprentice with M&G plc

Duration of Apprenticeship:

 18 months fixed term contract

Job Description:

The role’s responsibilities will include:

• Supporting investment professionals in the appraisal of real estate and to creatively seek out both conventional and innovative new investment opportunities.
• Assisting in the preparation of cashflows
• Assisting in reviewing externally provided cashflows and extracting the relevant information.
• Assisting in the preparation of Investment Papers and be part of the Deal Team presenting the analysis to the investment committees.
• Interacting with the Property Research Team to ensure consistency in the use of forward-looking assumptions and forecasts
• Supporting the ‘Deal Owner’ on major complex transactions, working with other teams across the business.
• Attending ‘Take on Meetings’ with the ‘Deal Owner’ and ensuring financial modelling reflects findings through the due diligence process.
• Attending the weekly investment meeting.
• Sharing relevant research material received from the property market and where appropriate extending invitations to presentations and seminars to PRT colleagues.
• Sharing market information within M&G Real Estate to ensure all Client Funds benefit

Training Provided:

 As an Investments Operations Specialist with BPP, you will undertake the Level 4 Investment Operations Specialist Apprenticeship. The apprenticeship will be delivered through a blend of live online learning, pre-recorded lectures, and face to face inductions and masterclasses

Qualification Requirements:

 As a minimum, candidate will have either 5 GCSEs or 2 A levels with good grades in Maths and English 4+. Alternatively, you will have 2 years of work experience in financial services industry.

 Personal Qualities & Skills:

We are looking for a confident individual with a positive outlook, can-do attitude and aspiration to want to progress.

The successful applicant will have strong desire to learn and a genuine interest in business and the financial services industry.

Applicants who succeed with us are self-motivated, capable of building and maintaining relationships and work effectively as part of a team.

The applicant would ideally have an inquisitive nature and be curious.

• Confident communication skills, both written and verbal with the whole team and stakeholders both internal and external.
• Capacity to deal with client and offer high level of service even with tight deadlines (previous experiences in customer facing roles are a plus but not essential).
• Efficient and proactive. Ability to manage processes and coordinating with different people.
• High level of accuracy and good attention to detail.
• Structured approach to work and very well organised. Works well off of checklists & time blocking/time management.
• Can effectively manage day to day work, alongside apprenticeship qualification.
• Moderate understanding of the MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• A proactive team player who is confident about working with others but also independently and can promptly escalate any issue and work remotely where required.
• Logical and analytical approach coupled with intelligence, passion and a drive to learn.
• Ability to formulate own opinions by thinking analytically about problems, thinking “outside the box” to resolve issues where required.
• Empathy and good listening skills.

Future Prospects:

This is a fixed term contract for 18 months upon which the business may decide to retain, subject to the Apprentice performance, headcount and available funding. If recruited into a permanent role, the individual will follow the career progression applicable to the specific role/department.