Description:
The Associate Director role is a senior part of our team, with day-to-day responsibility for leading client engagements and business development activity. The role offers progression to Director subject to building an appropriate business case.
- Leading the delivery of client engagements on a day-to-day basis;
- Building enduring client relationships including post engagement;
- Providing robust financial and commercial advice on financial aspects of a project;
- Managing input from internal teams and external project advisers;
- Identifying client needs and introducing new ideas and propositions to meet these needs;
- Producing and overseeing development of high quality documentation and presentations;
- Leading business development and owning a proposition;
- Leading proposals and pitch development for new business;
- Building sector specific market intelligence, thought leadership and insight;
- Leveraging industry expertise and network to create opportunities;
- Managing engagement risk, compliance and following procedures;
- Performance management, coaching and mentoring of junior team members; and
- Any other duties commensurate with the senior nature of the role.
The person:
- Be assured and experienced in a client and market facing role;
- Have significant experience in public private partnerships, joint venture models, project finance and / or structured finance models from working with private and/or public sector clients, with a deep working knowledge of financing structures and commercial considerations;
- Have in-depth knowledge and good working experience in at least two of the following areas: 1) Strategic advice to public sector bodies (including local authorities, central government and / or universities) on their development and / or capital plans. 2) Local authority development and investment partnerships. 3) Alternate housing classes, such as extra care housing or student accommodation. 4) Complex, multi-phase mixed-use development schemes;
- Have a strong network and brand within the sector;
- Have demonstrable experience of opening up and converting opportunities;
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities including proposal development, bid writing, and stakeholder targeting;
- Build and maintain relationships with key clients, investors, and other advisors;
- Collaborate with other firm-wide teams to grow the firm’s market presence;
- Be comfortable and/or experienced in presenting to a variety of stakeholders;
- Be an independent thinker with the ability to identify and solve problems;
- Have strong experience of financial modelling and ability to effectively interpret outcomes;
- Have strong report and business case writing skills and be conversant in Microsoft office; and
- Have a go get attitude and a will to succeed.