Secretary - Valuation Services - Glasgow / Leeds

Christie & Co GmbH; Leeds, Glasgow; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading specialist advisor in business sales is seeking a Secretary for their Valuation Services team in Leeds. This role includes providing administrative support, organizing meetings, and financial task management. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of administrative experience and excellent organizational skills, along with knowledge of Microsoft Office and the property industry. Christie & Co offers a supportive work environment and a range of benefits, including a discretionary bonus and employee wellbeing assistance.

Benefits

Discretionary company profitability bonus

Holiday carryover & additional Christmas leave

Life assurance

Employee wellbeing assistance

Employee referral bonus

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an administrative role.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and strong typing skills.
• Experience supporting valuers is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Organize in-house and offsite meetings and travel arrangements.
• Prepare financial reports and manage administrative tasks.
• Handle document preparation, formatting, and proof-reading.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Audio typing

Copy typing

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Secretary - Valuation Services - Glasgow / Leeds

We are the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical. With 90 years of experience, we offer professional brokerage and advisory services, our team has a network of 13 offices in the UK along with 12 in Europe. We pride ourselves in our high standards, providing a client centric experience and building business around our clients through tailoring our services.

Purpose of the role

To provide support to the members of the Valuation Services team in the form of secretarial, administrative, PA and reception duties. This person can be based in either the Glasgow or Leeds office.

About the team

The valuation services team comprises circa 30 valuers who specialise in Care, Medical and Hospitality valuations ranging from single asset valuations up to multi billion pound portfolios. The team undertake over 2,000 valuations per annum and are the market leaders in the sectors that they cover.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Meeting and travel arrangements: Organising in-house and offsite meetings, booking rooms, restaurants, conferences, team travel, hotels, car hire, and property inspections.
• Financial and administrative tasks: Preparing fee account projections, raising fee accounts, creating debtor’s reports, updating pipelines, maintaining cash schedules, and maintaining information on IBIS.
• Document preparation and management: Preparing, formatting, proof-reading reports, binding for presentation, scanning documents into data storage, and creating presentations on PowerPoint.
• Regulatory and valuation enquiries: Conducting statutory/regulatory enquiries for valuation instructions and using promaps and other online tools.
• Communication and correspondence: Creating ad-hoc letters, including copy typing and audio typing.

What we are looking for

The suitable candidate for this role would bring:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an administrative role.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, numerate, audio typing and copy typing skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, highly organised, and self-motivated.
• Knowledge of the property industry and experience supporting a team of valuers would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of Salesforce would be beneficial.

About you

At Christie & Co we value the importance of creating and maintaining meaningful personal relationships in the workplace to achieve success as a team, our people bring:

• Professional and proactive
• Adaptable and autonomous
• Team-oriented and resilient

What we offer

• Discretionary company profitability bonus
• Holiday carryover & additional Christmas leave
• Life assurance
• Employee wellbeing assistance via Plumm
• “Recommend a Friend” employee referral bonus

Christie & Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is clear: there shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation.