The Role

The Occupier Management team work on a range of clients on their national property portfolios, and this role will be working across two client accounts, with a 50/50 allocation across the two large corporate accounts.

Responsibilities

•    Responsibility for coordination and proactive management of a significant part of the Client’s real estate portfolio. 

•    Manages existing client relationships at middle to senior management level on day to day basis 

•    Can work independently to prepare standard reports, valuations, submissions and on more complex issues with guidance

•    Active team player

•    Advises and guides graduates and administrative employees on an ad hoc basis

•    Liaison with admin and client finance team within Birmingham across both accounts

•    Inspections

•    Lease renewals

•    Transaction Management of some of Client’s acquisition and disposals.

•    Management of break options & events within the portfolios

•    Serviced office searches

•    Assisting with budgeting, quarterly reporting and monthly funding requests and preparation of all reports to clients.

•    Development and maintenance of Client relationships including formal and informal reporting.   

•    Reviewing strategic opportunities within relevant parts of the portfolio and identifying opportunities to add value.

•    Ensuring all activities are in line with Client’s and BNPPRE’s agreed process.

•    Ensuring property database is accurate and updated as soon as possible after transactions completed.

•    Reporting to the client directly on a day to day basis.

Person specification

Qualifications

•    Educated to degree level

•    MRICS or AssocRICS

Experience / Skill set 

•    Motivated self-starter with proven track record in delivering quality client service within tight timescales

•    An ability to handle a wide range of management and professional duties. A responsible lateral thinker with a eye for detail and the ability to complete tasks in a timely manner

•    Experience in managing assignments independently, emphasis should be placed on the candidate’s ability to solve problems without frequent re-course to a senior member of staff and/or the client

•    Highly communicative, an ability to report verbally and in writing to clients, to issue instructions to contractors and/or advise tenants/staff on client liabilities without being overly authoritarian

•    Experience in management of commercial property from a corporate real estate or landlord perspective.  A wide range of property experience will also be beneficial.

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

  • Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 
  • Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

Company Purpose:


Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.


Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

    Being a great place to work

    Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact

    Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business Area

Candidate will join our South Africa Structured Products Desk. We offer a full range of innovative cross asset, equity, index, fixed income, FX, commodity and fund-linked structured products. We focus on innovation and use of derivative instruments, we constantly strive to develop best investment solutions to our clients.

The Sales teams are pivotal on the trading floor. They play the vital role of establishing and maintaining strong relationships with our clients in order to win business for the bank.

We focus on coverage of distributor and institutional clients in the region (banks, insurance companies, asset management companies, pension funds). We are always at the forefront of innovation, always seeking new investment solutions across different asset classes and regions.

Candidate will be based in the London office.

Job Purpose 

The role is to assist senior team members in the day to day business activities and contribute to a variety of tasks allowing a general introduction to the business.

Candidate will be responsible for:

  • Pricing and booking of structured products (regular interactions with traders, structurers, MO/BO, Legal, Marketing) ;
  • Drafting of Term-Sheets, marketing materials, clients pitches ;
  • Tracking of structured products in terms of coupon payments, redemptions, secondary trading ;
  • Identifying new prospect clients and new strategies to undertake in order to gain market shares ;
  • Looking for new payoffs and new investment ideas in order to satisfy clients needs ;
  • Running specific studies according to sales and structurers needs ;
  • Carrying out various monthly tasks (performance reports, fact sheets, valuations).


Key Responsibilities

  • Participate in Technical and Business Skills Training 
  • Support senior team members with day to day activities
  • Complete specific assignments 

Requirements

  • Degree from a leading university with an excellent academic record; or equivalent work experience 
  • Good understanding of financial markets
  • Curious and eager to learn
  • Confident verbal, written communication and networking skills 
  • Proficient with MS Office tools, including Excel 
  • Great organisational, multitasking and time management skills 
  • Strong analysis and judgement 
  • Meticulous accuracy with a keen eye for detail 
  • Team player, proactive, independent, enthusiastic self-starter with strong interpersonal skills
  • Excellent spoken and written English.

Conduct

  • Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
  • Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.
  • Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.

And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).

PLEASE NOTE

•    You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year. These may be across any business area. 

•    Successful candidates for this long term internship will be considered for London ONLY.

•    Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.

Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles. In this way we hope to maximise opportunities for candidates and hiring teams. By submitting your CV for this role you agree to it being shared securely with other hiring teams within BNP Paribas for the relevant recruitment round.

Location: London

Duration: 6 months

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

•    Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.

•    Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.

•    Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.

•    Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.

•    Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year – in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

•    Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.

•    Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:

•    Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal Opportunities 

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

#LI-Onsite 

The role

Responsible for managing the delivery of an effective and compliant service through in-house staff, suppliers and consultants – primarily focussed on hard services – within a single building or group of buildings.

Responsibilities

•    Prepare, monitor and reconcile service charge budgets

•    Check and approve expenditure against service charge budgets

•    Provide best in class customer service to internal and external customer base

•    Maintain regular and effective communication with clients and tenants

•    Manage site based staff, ensuring all people related policies and procedures are followed

•    Maintain regular and effective communication with internal colleagues in Property Management, support functions and the wider Real Estate business

•    Monitor works conducted/service provided by suppliers

•    Audit and inspect supplier delivery

•    Measure and report supplier performance against agreed SLAs

•    Manage suppliers to ensure effective, safe and compliant delivery of all M&E related services, including: life safety systems, vertical transportation equipment and public health systems

•    Work effectively with a range of specialist consultants to deliver agreed outcomes

•    Procure goods and services, following procedures and policies

•    Develop, agree and manage capital replacement programmes

•    Prepare management reports for a variety of stakeholders and attend/chair management meetings as required

•    Undertake regular building inspections, complete reports and initiate/progress any required works

•    Ensure compliance with all current statutory legislation in respect of health and safety and the environment

•    Manage local environmental activities in order to meet statutory obligations and achieve/retain industry standards e.g. ISO14001 working with Sustainability Manager

•    Ensure compliance with all internal procedures and policies – e.g. Procurement, Finance, Compliance, HR

•    Ensure security and emergency procedures are robust and adhered to at all times, taking an active role in the event of emergency situations

Person specification

Qualifications/Key Skills

•    Degree or equivalent or by experience

•    Membership or Associate Membership of BIFM or IOSH

•    National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health – accredited by NEBOSH 

Experience

•    Previous experience in a similar role

•    Understanding of commercial leases and the landlord and tenant relationship

•    Good understanding of service charge budgets and accounting principles

•    Management of in-house and supplier staff

•    Management of supplier relationships

•    Good health and safety and environmental knowledge

•    Extensive mechanical and electrical services knowledge

•    Excellent English language skills – both written and spoken

•    IT literate – MS Office at intermediate level

•    Experience of managing multi-site environments

•    Experience of managing a single-site environment in excess of 100,000 square feet and/or service charge budgets in excess of £1m

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

  • Health & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 
  • Financial:  Pension, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

#LI-ONSITE 

Reporting and Analytics Team Leader

Swindon – Hybrid working – Full-time – Permanent

We’re Arval BNP Paribas – we’re a global leader in vehicle leasing and the fourth largest leasing company in the UK. Our passion for Service, Sustainability and Solutions is brought to life by each and every one of our people – who we call Journey Makers.

Culturally, we’re a friendly bunch – more human than corporate – and we serve a diverse customer base. From families choosing their first electric vehicle, to global brands seeking to switch their fleets to electric vehicles – whatever our customers’ mobility needs, we have a solution to offer.

Why join Arval?

In addition to the benefits and opportunities that come with being part of a progressive global banking group, we have a supportive and collaborative culture where wellbeing and work-life balance are taken seriously. Which is why we recently won the title of Employer of the Year in the South West Business of the Year Awards.

About the role

You’re stepping into a key managerial role that focuses on ensuring accurate and timely reporting for various teams. You’ll be responsible for supporting a small team of 2, overseeing their reporting and data analysis, providing essential insights that drive performance improvements across the wider onboarding and collections teams.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

  • Ensure accurate and timely completion of daily, weekly and monthly reports
  • Support the customer onboarding process and training for team members
  • Oversee the reporting on performance for team deliverables and external suppliers
  • Identify trends and provide actionable insights to management across the business

What we’re looking for

You’re a proactive and detail-oriented individual who thrives in a supportive leadership role. You’re passionate about data accuracy and enjoy helping your team succeed while driving results through effective reporting and communication.

You’ll also be able to demonstrate:

  • Experience in data analysis and reporting, ideally in a managerial capacity
  • Strong people management skills with the ability to train and support team members
  • Proven track record of delivering accurate reports and insights on time
  • Excellent communication skills for presenting data and trends to stakeholders

The package

We offer a basic starting salary of up to £40,000, plus a bonus of up to £1,900. We also offer 25 days holiday as standard, plus bank holidays, an extra day off for your birthday and the option to purchase an additional 5 days.

We also provide a comprehensive benefits package, including:

  • Private medical cover, including a digital GP service
  • Company pension with enhanced employer contribution of up to 10%
  • Discounts on our products and services and discounts in many high street brands
  • 2 paid volunteering days every year
  • Free on-site gym

Ready to make a difference?

Sound interesting? Click to apply and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will review your CV.

We’re passionate about being consciously inclusive employer, with a strong Speak Up culture. We’re also proud to be a Ban the Box employer as part of our commitment to a fair and inclusive society for all.

Interview process

  • Initial telephone screeening with a member of the Talent Acquisition team
  • First stage interview: Competency-based questions to assess your experience and skills
  • Second stage interview: A data-based task to evaluate your analytical capabilities

If you’re not shortlisted, we’ll still let you know the outcome of your application.

What are you waiting for? Apply today and we’ll be in touch.

#LI-Hybrid

The role

The opportunity has arisen for a Chartered Building Surveyor to join the London Building Consultancy Team of BNP Paribas Real Estate. Due to a steady increase in opportunities and workload, we are seeking to strengthen our team with a chartered surveyor who has recently qualified and has reached the stage where they are ready progress their career to the next level. 

The team is well established and highly respected in the market place, with an enviable client base and a broad portfolio of instructions. You can expect to be busy from day-one, working within an experienced team, predominantly undertaking professional services for our investor and occupier clients. The role offers real variety and career development, with continual training being embedded in the team philosophy. The team works across a range of property sectors and the role will cover the south east, with the potential to become involved in a wider range of services both nationally and, in time, internationally.

You will be involved with a range of work including technical due diligence surveys, dilapidations, building pathology, planned preventative maintenance, neighbourly matters, licences to alter and specifying and administering refurbishment projects. You will demonstrate an all-round appreciation of commercial building surveying and will be seeking the opportunity to develop the next stage of your career. 

From the outset there will be a high level of client contact and the opportunity to build strong networks throughout the national business. The role requires the candidate to be self-motivated, responsible for managing their own workload and able to work within multi-disciplinary teams delivering integrated services to clients.

By being part of BNP Paribas Real Estate, you will be joining a company that has global reach and offers class leading employee benefits.

Roles and responsibilities

The Building Consultancy team undertakes a wide range of professional and project services, and we are looking for someone who wants to take the next step in developing their career.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Supporting instructions, from inception through to completion, reporting to directors of the business.
  • Working as part of a local and national team for the delivery of instructions.
  • Responsible for managing your own workload on a day-to-day and longer-term basis.
  • Undertaking technical due diligence instructions with senior members of the team, working with internal and external specialist consultants.
  • Carrying out design and contract administration duties principally for refurbishment, repair, and maintenance projects.
  • Undertaking dilapidations instructions, acting for both landlords and tenants, covering assessments, schedule preparation and negotiation.
  • Supporting the appraisal and monitoring of new developments for owners, occupiers, and funders.
  • Undertaking reinstatement cost assessments.
  • Preparing planned preventative maintenance schedules.
  • Reviewing and approving tenant’s licences for alterations.
  • Providing technical building pathology advice.
  • Advising on neighbourly matters.

As well as the technical requirements of the role, you will support business development activities. You will quickly become involved in supporting client relationships, often at a senior level, and work within the department to build and maintain new business opportunities.

You will be required to: 

  • Work within clearly defined, well established processes.
  • Proactively solve problems and find solutions, consulting with more experienced colleagues on more difficult or unfamiliar situations.
  • Produce high quality written work.
  • Work within BNPPRE’s quality management processes and procedures.

It would be advantageous for the candidate to demonstrate the following skills and competencies: 

  • An interest in sustainability and wellbeing 
  • AutoCAD skills 
  • Microsoft project skills 
  • Microsoft Office suite skills 

You will possess strong inter-personal skills, be sociable and prepared to proactively work within a busy, friendly and highly professional team. You will support and work with colleagues at all levels, have strong IT, time management and communication skills, be accurate in your work and have an eye for detail. 

The role will be based in our head office at 7 Harewood Avenue, next to Marylebone Station, which offers an on-site restaurant and gym facilities; the team works in a flexible, hybrid manner.  

Qualifications

  • Degree in Building Surveying
  • MRICS qualified
  • The candidate should possess a full, clean driving licence.
We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:
  • Heath & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work
  • Financial: Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection, long term disability insurance, interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice
BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

The role

The opportunity has arisen for a Chartered or equivalent Project Manager to join the London Building Consultancy Team of BNP Paribas Real Estate. Due to a steady increase in opportunities and workload, we are seeking to strengthen our team with a qualified project manager or a Building Surveyor with a bias towards project work. 

The team is well established and highly respected in the marketplace, with an enviable client base and portfolio of instructions; you can expect to be busy from day-one. The role offers real variety and career development, with continual training being embedded in the team philosophy. The team works across a range of property sectors and initially the role will cover the London and the South East. 

You will be involved with a range of work supporting Cat A and Cat B project management instructions from concept through to completion. You will need a strong eye for detail, knowledge of landlord / tenant matters and a technical construction background. Through the role, you will gain an all-round appreciation of commercial project delivery with the opportunity to progress your career to the next level. 

From the outset there will be client contact and the opportunity to build strong networks throughout the national business. The role requires the candidate to be self-motivated, responsible for managing their own workload and able to work within multi-disciplinary teams delivering integrated services to clients. 

By being part of BNP Paribas Real Estate, you will be joining a company that has global reach and offers class leading employee benefits.

Roles and responsibilities

The Project Management team undertakes a wide range of professional and project services, and we are looking for someone who wants to take the next step in developing their career. 

Key responsibilities of the role include: 

  • Taking and being responsible for defined elements of instructions, from inception through to completion; 
  • Supporting senior members of the project team in the delivery of projects 
  • Working as part of a local team for the delivery of instructions, primarily to a range of Occupier and Investor clients; 
  • Responsible for managing own workload on day-to-day and longer term basis; 
  • Project Management duties for Cat A and Cat B fit out projects, including being involved with:
  • Supporting the delivery of projects following the RIBA plan of work, and assisting in managing the end of stage reporting and sign-off 
    • Working with and coordinating the activities of third party specialists 
    • Assessing and managing landlord and tenant matters relative to project delivery 
    • Preparing and managing programmes of work 
    • Preparing client reports and other project documentation, reflecting different stages of the project 
  • Contract administration duties for fit out, refurbishment, repair and maintenance projects, including: 
    • Activities relating to tendering of projects 
    • Preparing construction contracts 
    • Managing project change 
    • Setting up, contributing to and minuting project meetings 
    • Undertaking and certifying valuations 
    • Undertaking site inspections and preparing and issuing progress reports to advise of site activities, progress against programme and to identify any areas of concern 
    • Supporting the process around practical completion. 

As well as the technical requirements of the role, you will support business development activities. You will quickly become involved in supporting client relationships, often at a senior level, and work within the department to build and maintain new business opportunities.

You will be required to: 

  • Work within clearly defined, well established processes.
  • Proactively solve problems and find solutions, consulting with more experienced colleagues on more difficult or unfamiliar situations.
  • Produce high quality written work.
  • Work within BNPPRE’s quality management processes and procedures.

It would be advantageous for the candidate to demonstrate the following skills and competencies: 

  • An interest in sustainability and wellbeing 
  • AutoCAD skills 
  • Microsoft project skills 
  • Microsoft Office suite skills  

You will possess strong inter-personal skills, be sociable and prepared to proactively work within a busy, friendly and highly professional team. You will support and work with colleagues at all levels, have strong IT, time management and communication skills, be accurate in your work and have an eye for detail. 

The role will be based in our head office at 7 Harewood Avenue, next to Marylebone Station, which offers an on-site restaurant and gym facilities; the team works in a flexible, hybrid manner.  

Qualifications

  • Degree educated preferably in Building Surveying or similar accredited by the RICS. 
  • The candidate should ideally possess a full, clean driving licence.

 

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:
  • Heath & Leisure: Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work
  • Financial: Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection, long term disability insurance, interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice
BNP Paribas Real Estate is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

The role

As a member of the Farnham Residential office you will play an integral part in representing the firm’s brand and act as a first point of contact for our clients, alongside this there will be some administrative duties required in order to support our team.

The role is required predominantly on a rota and is Saturdays only and office based. The hours are 9am to 4pm. 

Key deliverables

•    Answering the phone, and speaking with clients who visit the branch

•    Registering applicants 

•    Booking viewings and market appraisals

•    Providing viewing feedback to vendors

•    Any other ad hoc duties required

Person specification

•    Similar experience is not essential but would be preferred

•    Experience in a customer facing role in an environment offering excellent levels of service to high end clientele

•    Professional approach and trustworthy

•    Excellent communication skills both over the telephone and in person

•    Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients

•    Good organisational and co-ordination skills

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

The role

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Sales Negotiator / Senior Negotiator to join our expanding and successful Estate Agency team in Chichester. This opportunity would suit a self-starting, highly motivated, individual seeking a career changing opportunity. This role offers career progression and a chance to excel at the top end of the property industry.

Responsibilities

•    Meet with clients and assess their particular needs

•    Register and manage applicants

•    Conduct market appraisals

•    Arrange and attend viewings around homes

•    Canvass for new business opportunities

•    Explain building issues and regulations to the clients

•    Respond to queries via e-mail and telephone

•    Liaise with solicitors

•    Close deals

Skills and Experience

•    Previous estate agency experience

•    Proficient in the use of Word, Excel & PowerPoint

•    Previous administration experience 

•    Previous experience of working to deadlines 

•    Excellent negotiating skills and rapport building skills 

•    Possess a composed manner in order to be able to work under pressure

•    Good time management and ability to prioritise workloads

•    Ability to meet deadlines

•    Accuracy and attention to detail

•    Excellent telephone manner and client facing skills 

•    Excellent communication skills – must be capable of building and maintaining good relationships with team members, other colleagues, clients and agents

•    Microsoft Office and Excel to a good level

•    An understanding of confidentiality issues and the use of discretion

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

•    Health & Leisure: Health Cash Plan, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 

•    Financial:  Pension, company car allowance, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

The Role

The LCOT Coordinator will report to the Head of COT, to create uniformity and process efficiency in the coordination between Strutt & Parker’s central Client Onboarding Team (‘COT’) and the Local Client Onboarding Team (‘LCOT’). 

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities for this role are to:

  • Manage the process and workflows between COT and LCOT 
  • Ensure optimisation of resource in LCOT to efficiently manage workflows
  • Ensure prioritisation of high importance items
  • Monitor the workflows of individuals in the LCOT team
  • Work with COT to minimise the frequency or number of individual requests on one file 
  • Ensuring adequate and reasonable chasing of RM’s and clients for outstanding information is occurring in a timely manner 
  • Highlight latencies and points of concern to Head of COT that could lead to inefficiency within the system and prevent either:
    • Agents’ ability to: 
      • Win instructions
      • Market properties in a timely fashion
    • Or COT’s ability to complete KYC and CAC forms in a timely fashion to allow the business to fully assess its risk prior to exchange on a deal 
  • Create consistency in LCOT operations throughout the S&P ecosystem, which includes:
    • Circa 50 Offices and Satellite Locations
    • Circa 35 LCOTs (The majority of which have a dual role as an office admin and an LCOT)
    • two Regional Facilitators
    • Circa 500 discrete workflow items per month
  • For the avoidance of doubt this role does not infer management responsibility for the LCOTs, who will report into the individual Office heads, but a dotted line reporting structure will exist from the LCOT’s for LCOT purposes
  • Management responsibility will however exist for the two Regional Facilitators
  • Reporting on a weekly basis the status on outstanding workflows through to Head of COT

Key Skills

  • Heightened organisational skills
  • Proven experience of managing processes and workflows with excellent planning, and co-ordination skills
  • Keen eye for improving processes and workflows
  • Able to clearly and coherently report to management
  • Ability to co-ordinate others in a collegiate but authoritative manner
  • Must possess a composed manner in order to be able to work under pressure, managing and prioritising workloads
  • Ability to meet deadlines
  • Accuracy and attention to detail

We are proud to offer award-winning benefits to support and reward our employees:

•    Heath & Leisure: Health Cash Plan, 25 days annual leave + public holidays (the option of purchasing up to 5 additional days via flex benefits), health screening, gym discounts, wellbeing support, volunteering opportunities, cycle to work scheme, eye care voucher, travel & retail discounts, travel insurance, concierge service, kids pass, open fairways golf card, great company culture and social events (including sports teams, charity events, art pass), perks at work 

•    Financial:  Pension, life assurance at 8 x basic salary, group income protection (long term disability insurance), interest free season ticket loan, bonus scheme – you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Bonus Scheme, share incentive plan, financial and mortgage advice 

Strutt and Parker is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to race, colour, gender, age, creed, sex, religion, national origin, disability (physical or mental), marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, or any other legally protected status.

Job Title: Data Architect

Location: Solihull; a flexible hybrid working model which supports you as well as enabling you to work collaboratively with your colleagues 

Hours: Full time, Permanent

______________________________________________  

A bit about us: 

At BNP Paribas Personal Finance, we are proud to be part of a global banking group. Our mission is simple: to provide straightforward consumer finance solutions that empower customers to make responsible financial decisions. We partner with some of the UK’s most well-known retailers and brands to help their customers finance purchases in a responsible way.

The Role:

To propose Information System (IS) level architecture solutions, ensuring their consistency, adaptability and sustainability in alignment with the UK Enterprise Architecture Data strategy. 

As a Data Architect within the Enterprise Architecture Team, your role will involve defining and building data architectures to enable the business to utilize data strategically. You will ensure compliance with standards related to data architecture, management, quality, integrity, and protection.

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Contribution and implementation of the data vision, designing architecture solutions that are in line with the Architecture rules and principles, long-term business objectives and compliant with data regulations (GDPR, BCBS239…) 
  • Define, in collaboration with key partners in IT, business lines and functions, of “best-in-class” architecture for data platform, data management, data quality, modelling, storage, etc. 
  • Develop conceptual, logical and physical data models to support data analysis and new usages (API, data science…) 
  • Create and maintain current-and target-state data architectures, define transition path towards the target model 
  • Contribute to employees’ training efforts on architecture and data topics 
  • Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies for data management, storage and analytics

Skills & Attributes:

  • Ability to operate across multiple engagements concurrently and assume architectural responsibility. 
  • Experience working across The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
  • Ability to influence at Senior Stakeholder level
  • Experience in Data Visualisation, Data Management solutions for metadata and Data Modelling
  • Experience working within financial services is desirable
  • Experience in working with data lakes is desirable

What’s in it for you?

Joining BNP Paribas Personal Finance means becoming part of a Top Employer UK dedicated to making a difference to the lives of our customers. Along with a fulfilling career, you’ll be able to enjoy a benefits package which you can tailor to your lifestyle and needs, with key highlights including; 

  • Competitive salary and a contributory pension scheme
  • Access to our Health Cash Plan Scheme
  • A multi-award-winning flexible benefits platform offering life insurance, private medical insurance, or lifestyle benefits that include discounts on dining, cinema, and days out
  • The opportunity to buy and sell holidays, giving you even more control over your work-life balance

Could this be you? 

Making a positive impact is at the heart of everything we do – whether for our colleagues, customers, partners, or the community. We live by our values: We’re positive, we’re brave, and we own it. We believe a positive attitude and a passion for making things happen matter most. Don’t let confidence hold you back – there’s no such thing as a ‘perfect’ candidate. If you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we want to hear from you! Whether you’re considering a career change or exploring a sector jump, we welcome applicants with transferable skills.

Apply now to express your interest and discover how you can make a meaningful contribution to our dynamic team.

To learn more about careers at BNP Paribas Personal Finance UK, visit our website: https://www.bnpparibas-pf.co.uk/careers.

Equal Opportunities Disclaimer

BNP Paribas Personal Finance promotes equality of opportunity and is committed to ensure that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.