Investor Relations Associate - Living

M&G; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm seeks an Investor Relations Associate for its Real Estate business. The role involves managing relationships with institutional investors, preparing reports, and servicing clients across diverse projects. Ideal for candidates with client service experience looking to expand their client-facing skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience in client service or business development.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Experience with complex data and managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Prepare material for M&G Real Estate products focusing on M&G Living.
• Service existing investors and new prospects, including client due diligence.
• Produce presentations and maintain consultant databases.

Skills

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Organizational Skills

Education

Business related degree

Tools

Salesforce

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role:

We are looking for an Investor Relations Associate to join our Real Estate business.

The Real Estate Investor Relations team is a dynamic and energetic team that focuses on the development and maintenance of relationships with new and existing institutional investors for the M&G Real Estate Business, with over £35bn of assets under management. This includes supporting products invested in commercial and residential real estate across the UK, Europe, and Asia. The team works closely with fund management, investment and asset management, finance, legal, and compliance areas to not only service our existing investors but also support the growth and development of the business.

Key responsibilities for this role:

• Responsible for the preparation of material across the M&G Real Estate product range with a focus on the M&G Living franchise.
• The role will involve servicing existing investors and new prospects, including aspects of client take-on, due diligence and client retention.
• Attend and record client/prospect meeting notes and input all necessary information into Salesforce.
• Produce presentations and pitchbook, with a focus on our Living strategies, for existing clients, new prospects and industry conferences.
• Coordinate and contribute to RFP, DDQ and RFI responses.
• Support in coordinating site visits, investor days and operational due diligence meetings.
• Assist with updating and maintenance of consultant databases.
• Assist with responses to investor and consultant queries, and requests from internal stakeholders.
• Assist with the compilation of reporting materials.
• Assist with the compilation of sales flyers and fund profiles and other promotional material.
• Providing ad-hoc admin support to the team when required.

Note: Role would be ideal for someone with a background in RFPs and Presentations who is looking to transition into a more client-focused position over time.

Key knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Essential

• Minimum of at least two years’ experience in an institutional client service or business development team required.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• High accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage multiple projects and work to tight deadlines.
• Organised and systematic approach to work.
• Ability to work in a diverse team.
• Ability to build and develop relationships with internal and external customers, as well as internal stakeholders and service providers.
• Ability to work with complex data.
• Problem-solving skills combined with intelligence, passion and a drive to learn.
• Self-motivated and ability to work on own initiative to strict deadlines.

Desirable but not essential

• Business related degree, Real Estate or investment focused qualifications.
• Experience of institutional RFPs and new business pitches.
• Real estate industry experience.
• Advanced working knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel.
• Working knowledge of Salesforce or a similar CRM database.

Recruiter: Hannah Curtis

Work Level: Experienced Colleague

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader , and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. Being a Disability Confident Leader means that candidates who meet the minimum criteria of a job, will be offered an interview if they 'opt in' to the scheme when applying.

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