About the Company

Our purpose is to build prosperity by investing in resilient real assets. Our vision is to be a trusted investment manager, respected for our expertise in restorative real estate investment enabling people, communities and eco-systems to thrive.

We are a dedicated real estate and real-estate debt specialist managing €25.5bn on behalf of institutional investors globally. Our global platform of 16 locations enables us to combine a truly global perspective with local expertise to offer investors a range of compelling strategies.

The firm has over 30 years of experience delivering real estate strategies for investors, with over 400 staff dedicated to positive client outcomes. Our strategies span the office, logistics & industrial, retail, living and debt sectors, and have been designed with the flexibility to meet the needs of a wide range of investors.

Responsible investment is integrated into our investment-management process to ensure that responsible investment risks and opportunities are not siloed, but recognised and acted upon throughout our business, as well as communicated to investors.

Savills Investment Management: Resilience. Responsibility. Results.

About the Job

The Finance team at Savills Investment Management have two 13-month full-time placement opportunities open to university students who will be in their penultimate year of university which offers hands-on financial management and financial reporting working experience within the team.

This is an ideal opportunity for an individual considering a career within finance to learn new skills and experience what it is like to work within finance and the investment management industry.

Please note this role is an office-based role (Monday-Friday, 9am-5:30pm).

Key Responsibilities

The key objective for the Finance Placement Assistant (“FPA”) role is to assist the Finance team with their management accounting and financial reporting responsibilities.

They will be provided with on-the-job one-to-one training. Responsibilities and tasks include, but are not limited to:

Management accounting

• Regularly process payments either via the oversight of the purchase ledger function or through an online approval system
• Liaise with third parties (banks, lawyers) to facilitate processing of payments and liaise with suppliers to resolve queries
• Maintenance of intra-group loans and loan interest schedule
• Maintain cash books
• Perform bank reconciliations

• Assist the team with the Sales Ledger function, dealing with credit control and liaising with Fund teams

• Assist FM with reviews of management accounts for senior management
• Assist FM with monitoring budgets and cash flow analysis / forecasting

Financial reporting

• Assist FM with review and preparation of annual statutory financial statements
• Assist FM with and develop an awareness of the audit process
• Assist FM with other ad hoc reporting as required
• Develop an awareness of corporate governance
• Develop an awareness of relevant taxation matters

Other

The FPA may also be required to assist the FM with other ad-hoc tasks from time to time. Full guidance will be provided on all work given to the FPA by the FM.

Job Requirements:

• Undertaking a relevant undergraduate university degree e.g. Finance or Accounting, (must be in penultimate year);
• Strong GCSEs and A-Levels (or equivalent);
• Basic Excel skills and competence with other Microsoft Office packages;
• Good attention to detail;
• Good communication skills;
• Strong inter-personal skills;
• Self-starter with a proactive attitude, willingness to learn and be able to demonstrate this during interview;
• Excellent written and spoken English; and
• A team player

Application process:

1. Online application form, CV, and Video

2. Online psychometric tests (30 minutes in total)

3. In Person Assessment Centre (22 November 2024, 8:30am-2pm, at our London office, please note this is the only assessment centre we will be running for this role): Individual Task, Competency Interview, and Group Task

4. Final round interview

If you think you may require disability-related adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact hr@savillsim.com

Candidates should be available to start the placement in the summer of 2025.

Application Deadline: 31 October 2024

Any questions please reach out to hr@savillsim.com

We are a committed equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race and religion. We are focused on fostering a culture and environment that allows for inclusion and diversity throughout our business. Savills IM offers several employee led forums which provide support and guidance around Diversity & Inclusion, as well as ensuring our principles are built in to all of our processes, practices and expectations.