Associate / Associate Director - Healthcare

Role Overview

Savills Healthcare & Senior Living is a fast-growing, sector-specialist team based in London working with clients in the UK as well as continental Europe. The team sits within the market-leading, 140-person strong Operational Capital Markets (OCM) division.
We are looking to hire an experienced professional at Associate or Associate Director level to join our growing transactional team, based in London (West End). The new team member will assist us in delivering on our existing, varied pipeline of work – as well as helping us to drive growth.
The primary objective of the role is to provide transactional advisory and consultancy services to clients in the Healthcare & Senior Living sectors. The workload and the environment will be varied, fast paced, exciting and rewarding. Passion for delivering advice and outputs of the highest standard is a must.
The successful candidate will have at least 3 years of experience, either in Real Estate or in Financial Services and have experience working and transacting with institutional clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing transaction deliverables, including marketing materials, pitches / proposals, investment memorandums, and other client and market-facing collateral;
• Analysing and presenting complex financial data and real estate due diligence;
• Conducting financial analysis and preparing bespoke financial models for real estate backed operating businesses and development joint ventures;
• Conducting market analyses including demographic and competitive analyses and market research assignments;
• Assisting on executing transactions across healthcare and senior housing and working on buy-side and sell-side marketing processes;
• Taking responsibility for project management and administration to support team members in executing transactions and delivering exceptional client service and deliverables;
• Delegating work to and helping to develop Analysts
• Liaising and negotiating with clients, investors, and other industry stakeholders
• Collaborating with colleagues across the business on client mandates and pitches;
• Building strong business relationships, both internally and externally;
• Contributing to business development effort, identifying and supporting in winning new mandates;
• Participating in divisional and sector working group meetings and follow ups;
• Contributing to improving internal processes to drive efficiencies; and
• Willing to get involved in all aspects of the department and evidence good team working skills is a necessity. 

Key Skills

• Transactional experience within the living sectors (advantageous but not essential)
• Proven track record of working and transacting with institutional clients on investment, development, and/or capital raising opportunities
• Strong financial modelling skills are essential
• Experience of project management is required
• Self-starting and ambitious
• Excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, deadline-driven environment
• Excellent organisational and work prioritisation skills, managing multiple projects through to delivery
• Confident in assisting with pitches, transactions, discussions and negotiations with clients
• Ability to take initiative to troubleshoot / offer alternative solutions
• Strong analytical skills in either finance, real estate or both
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, with a proven ability to build relationships
• Organised, diligent and hardworking
• Additional skills in financial structuring and capital raising would be advantageous.
• Degree/Master’s Degree educated. Desired subjects: STEM, Economics, Finance
• Professional Qualifications (preferred, not essential) – RICS, CFA, ACA

Team Overview 

Our team leverages Savills’ powerful network of 38 commercial offices across the UK and 43 in Europe, to execute Healthcare & Senior Living development, investment, capital raising and financing opportunities.
Our geographic coverage, sector specialism, sophisticated structuring and financing capabilities and global investor reach is what adds value for our clients and sets us apart from our competitors.

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