Senior Real Estate Transaction Manager (fixed term)

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through 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 offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

Senior Real Estate Transaction Manager:

Workplace Solutions (WPS) provide great workplaces for the business, colleagues, clients and customers at M&G plc, demonstrating cost transparency, value for money and providing the best user experience. The Strategy and Planning team in WPS is directly involved in M&G's workplace portfolio strategies and plans, the policies to ensure effective use of the workplace, gaining business buy-in, financial planning and day to day transaction and estates management. The Senior Real Estate Manager will be responsible for leading the delivery of business aligned solutions to acquire, manage and right size the corporate real estate portfolio in the UK and Internationally. While this role is being offered on a temporary basis, we would be open to discussions with candidates who were looking for more flexibility or part-time opportunities

Key Responsibilities for this role:

• Understand the M&G’s business requirements to develop short, medium and long-term property and leasing strategies
• Produce business cases appropriate to the transaction life-cycle, business requirements and level of complexity
• Leverage experience and market knowledge to recommend appropriate solutions
• Negotiate with Property Owners / Business Budget Owners to obtain the best value for money for acquisition of space and implement appropriate disposal strategies for surplus space
• Ensure business cases relating to corporate real estate transactions and estates management are robust and compliant with the requirements set out in the approvals framework
• Report and model impact of transactions and lease regears on range of cash and lease accounting measures including IFRS 16
• Define best in practice property transaction standards, lease handbooks and associated governance
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and take personal accountability to maintain and enhance controls the role is responsible for
• Ensure timely and accurate performance reporting on portfolio management and transactions. Including engagement with the business to gain feedback.  
• Support the procurement process of third party agents and other specialists and be responsible for supplier relationship and contract management of third parties to ensure key services are defined, relevant key performance indicators are set and tracked.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, with 10+ post qualification experience
• Previous experience of acting as an in-house surveyor in a corporate environment
• Experience in modelling and writing workplace financial and non-financial business cases aligned with corporate strategy requirements and approval frameworks  
• Experience in acquiring and disposing of space
• Experience of managing third party professional teams and tenant/landlord relationships
• Global awareness of space use in different cultures and commercial awareness across jurisdictions
• Previous experience in working closely with Governance protocols and performing compliance activities
• Aware of high level legislative changes that affect real estate in the UK and the implications that accounting standards have in the delivery of job functions
• Ability to create professional detailed presentation reports in a timely manner, suitable for audiences up to and including board level
• Self-starter, proactive and able to work with minimal supervision in the delivery of the role and drives the next stage of development at every opportunity
• Analytical and organisational skills to lead discussion with senior managers and external stakeholders
• Understand and appreciate the importance of using discretion and maintaining confidentiality

Capabilities:

• Analytical and commercially astute
• Proactive and able to work at speed in a dynamic operating environment
• Good stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Good presentation skills

What we offer:

We’re dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, and financially plan for the future. Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of up to 18% (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).
• Access to our Share Save and Share Incentive Plan, alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
• Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our Time Off When You Need It policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.
• Our market-leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - because supporting families is an important part of our inclusive culture.
• Health & Protection cover includes Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with additional family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.

M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you would like to participate in the initiative, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application.

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying. If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: [email protected]