Job Title
Deputy Head V&A Hospitality and Alternatives CEE/SEE
Job Description Summary
Core function
Support the Hospitality & Alternatives Valuation and Advisory team with ongoing mandates and potential projects. Build on the existing relationships and develop a strong client network to position C&W hotel and alternatives real estate services at the top of the CEE & SEE market.
Job Description
Principal Responsibilities
- To take a leading role in all aspects of running hotel valuations and feasibility studies (alongside Lead Partner)
- To take the lead in the preparation of hotel consultancy reports including valuation feasibility studies and market research (market analysis competitive analysis supply/demand analysis etc);
- Assist the Lead Partner in managing the processes related to the above-mentioned services including planning related administration staffing work assignments rotations managing employee vacations back-ups and delivery to the client.
- Review comment and authorize the valuation reports or other outcomes of the V&A department before the review by the Lead Partner
- Responsible for meeting department productivity and quality goals (alongside Lead Partner)
- Conduct interviews hire new staff provide employee orientation coach and provide career development to more junior staff
- Take a leading role in sourcing new opportunities for Operator Selection service line in Poland and rest of the region
- To take active responsibility for sourcing new business growing contact network cultivating own clients and identifying target assets.
- Attend industry events to support the team profile in the market and seek to grow your network of contacts
- Identify potential cross-selling opportunities
- Assist staff to solve complex or out of the policy operation problems
- Contribute to meeting overall departmental fee/billing target
- Assist in maintaining the teams in-house databases preparing research publications focused on the CEE and SEE regions and updating and optimizing current in-house processes.
- Quality Management responsible for quality improvements and clients feedback
Knowledge & Experience
- Polish Property Valuer license
- 7-10 years of relevant experience in real estate valuation or brokerage or consultancy banking/finance hotel development/feasibility or similar.
- Hotel Valuation knowledge following RICS guidelines and standards.
- Hotel sector knowledge concerning the nature of brands management companies investors and the latest trends affecting the industry is a distinct advantage.
- High proficiency using Microsoft Excel and financial modelling skills (including DCF modelling IRR analysis payback period equity returns analysis etc).
- RICS membership would be a string advantage
Personal attributes
- Confident and personable with good interpersonal skills.
- Good commercial aptitude including selling and negotiation skills
- Strong time management skills
- Business and report writing experience
- Extensive experience using Microsoft Excel
- Excellent command of written/verbal English and Polish languages
WHY SHOULD YOU CONSIDER CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
- Cushman & Wakefield is a strong globally respected and widely admired global Real Estate Firm
- Our workload is heavily weighted to the international 4 and 5-star hotels and is spread throughout Czech Poland Hungary and other CEE countries.
- The team is small but dynamic and growing you will spend time in it and gain insight into it at an exciting time of its evolution
- The rewards and opportunities available are second to none. Cushman & Wakefield recognises commitment initiative decision-making ability and hard work - and rewards accordingly
INCO: Cushman & Wakefield