Consultant, Advisory

Job Category:

Valuations & Appraisals

Pay Grade Range:

£30,375.00 - £70,875.00

Disclaimer: The base salary range represents the low and high end of Altus Group’s “Pay Grade Range” for this position in the primary work location. Actual hiring salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to work experience, and geographic market data for the role. The Pay Grade Range listed above does not reflect Altus Group’s total compensation for employees. Other rewards may include an annual bonus, flexible work arrangements, and region-specific benefits.

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If you’re looking to advance your career in data analytics, expertise, and technology for the rapidly growing global CRE market, there’s no better place than Altus Group. At Altus, our work is purposeful. Every day, our employees drive impact, innovate, and shape the global commercial real estate (CRE) and PropTech industry.

Our people-centric culture empowers you to deliver in a high trust, high performance culture, surrounded by an inclusive team that’s collaborating to modernize our industry. We invest in our people with training and growth opportunities designed to propel you further in your career while providing a flexible and progressive workplace that reflects our values and teams.

Job Summary:

Altus Group has an immediate opening for a Consultant within our Advisory business unit in London. The Consultant will provide analytical and appraisal review support for portfolios of commercial properties located across Europe. Each quarter, the Consultant will assist in the review and update of ARGUS and/or MS-Excel models for all property types, as well as assist in the preparation of client deliverables.

Key Responsibilities :

• Taking an active and leading role in the execution of valuation management mandates, coordinating the process internally and externally.

• Analysing and reviewing ARGUS and MS-Excel valuations models for accuracy and reasonableness.

• Communicating and meeting with clients to successfully perform appraisal management and review work.

• Assisting in gathering market research for the most comprehensive and accurate data for support.

• Understanding the standard appraisal methods and steps, type of assets covered will be mainly real estate, infrastructure and debt products. .

• Assisting in gathering and drafting communication to third-party appraisers and clients discussing quarterly valuation reviews.

• Tracking changes between valuations from quarter to quarter.

• Preparing portfolio metric presentations.

• Identification and measurement of property risk metrics.

• Providing assistance in researching and understanding inconsistencies and discrepancies in appraisal reports.

• Assisting Director(s) and Manager(s) in the review of quarterly portfolio valuation.

• Understanding key fundamentals of the real estate industry in order to calculate industry key ratios.

• Verifying and confirming accuracy of key data points which supply industry leading proprietary database.

Key Qualifications:

• University degree in finance, real estate or related field is required.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the real estate industry.

• Proficiency in MS-Excel. Proficiency in ARGUS is an asset.

• Strong financial modelling skills in order to model and analyse complex assets in ARGUS and MS-Excel.

• Appraisal experience or prior exposure in appraisal is a plus.

• Interest in property risk management.

• Willingness to support teammates in tackling the group’s workload.

• Willingness to integrate a fast growing and global group.

• High attention to detail.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Ability to multi-task and prioritise projects and portfolios; strong time-management skills.

• Ability to represent the organisation and team by projecting a positive and professional image at all times.

• High level of integrity and intellectual curiosity.

• Ability to work flexible hours and to travel across Europe when required.

What Altus Group offers:

• Rewarding performance: We are pleased to be able to provide employees competitive compensation, incentive and bonus plans, and a total rewards package that prioritizes their mental, physical and overall financial health. 
• Growth and development: As a destination for top industry talent, we’re investing in you to meet the evolving needs of our clients and deliver on your professional goals. Our Altus Intelligence Academy offers over 150,000 hours of learning materials catering to diverse stages of an employee’s career journey.
• Flexible work model: We’re modernizing our employee programs to reflect the new world of work. Our Activity-Based Work model provides you with flexibility to align your work location to the work being performed - office for connecting and collaborating, and remote for focused work.

Altus Group is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment where all clients and employees feel welcomed, accepted and valued. We provide an atmosphere free from barriers to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourage equal opportunities for all employees. We’re seeking candidates with diverse experiences and provide accessible candidate experiences throughout the selection process. If you need accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] or +1 888 692 7487.

We appreciate all applicants who take the time to apply to Altus Group. Please note that only those who are selected to move forward in the process will be contacted. Thank you.