Senior Associate - Real Estate Value Advisory

About the role

PwC Channel Islands is recruiting a Senior Associate for its Real Estate Value Advisory line of service, based in Jersey or Guernsey. The role sits within the external audit practice and supports a real estate centre of excellence serving property companies, institutional investors, real estate fund managers, government offices, private equity houses and family offices. You will work alongside the Audit practice, critically assessing valuation methodologies and assumptions in the audit of clients' financial statements.

Key responsibilities

• Review real estate asset valuations of leased and operational commercial, residential and development assets across UK and European markets for audit purposes, under the supervision of a manager, senior manager or director.
• Build knowledge of real estate market trends and technical valuation approaches across sectors and geographies.
• Support the preparation of valuations and sector specialist advice, typically as part of tax or business valuations, transactional due diligence, business recovery or restructuring, or wider real estate advisory assignments.
• Work with peers in PwC network firms in the UK, Middle East and Ireland, and prepare clear reports, presentations and client deliverables.
• Contribute to business development, including proposals, pitch materials and client meetings.
• Support engagement operations such as project planning, risk and acceptance procedures, budgeting, resource management, quality control and client relationships.

Required profile

• RICS qualified, working towards RICS qualification, or qualified or working towards another relevant professional qualification in real estate, valuation, finance or a related discipline.
• Good knowledge of UK and European commercial real estate markets and practical experience of commercial real estate valuation.
• Willingness to learn, strong interpersonal skills, teamwork and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Professional verbal and written English.

Required skills

• Working knowledge of real estate valuation software such as Argus Enterprise, Argus Developer and MRI.
• Good MS Excel; some real estate cash flow modelling experience is preferable.
• Desirable: development and operating asset valuation, and financial reporting knowledge.