Investment Manager - Octopus Real Estate

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What’s in it for you? 

This is a very exciting opportunity to join our Octopus Real Estate’s Affordable Housing team in their next phase of growth. You’ll be focused on the full deal lifecycle from origination through to execution. There may also be tasks supporting fund management and fundraising activities. 

The team

Octopus Real Estate is a leading specialist real estate investor, with over £3 billion in real estate assets and secured lending, and a highly experienced team of over 80 professionals. We focus on the property lending and healthcare sectors.

The property lending team provides bespoke, customer focused financing solutions across the UK residential, commercial and development sectors. The team has lent more than £6 billion across over 4,00 loans, providing competitively priced financing throughout the UK and spanning the property investment lifecycle, with loans typically ranging from £1 million to £50 million.

The affordable housing team manages around £250m of funds, with a focus on investing in affordable housing throughout the UK through the Octopus Affordable Housing Fund and it’s registered provider of social housing – NewArch Homes. The Fund has deployed around £40m to date and hopes to raise and deploy around £200m per year over time. This trajectory follows that of the Octopus Healthcare Fund, which manages over £1 billion of investments, with a focus on care homes and retirement communities – sectors requiring significant investment given the UK’s ageing population.

What you will be doing

• Origination and execution of affordable housing opportunities in the UK
• Appraise, underwrite and progress opportunities, with a focus on pace and confidence to stand by lending terms offered
• Obtain Investment Committee approval for potential lending opportunities
• Manage execution of transactions in conjunction with ORE colleagues
• Conduct due diligence, to include the inspection of all properties and the interrogation of valuation reports
• Enhance and develop a network of external contacts, both brokers and borrowers, to win new business
• Promote Octopus Real Estate within your network
• Ability to deal professionally, with credibility and integrity at all levels
• Strong work ethic, excellent analytical skills, and ability to manage several loans at one time
• Play a key role in contributing to the growth of the commercial lending business

Ideally, you’ll have 

✅Experience​​​ operating within either another affordable housing business (housing association or for-profit registered provider), or within the real estate investment industry – although a network of contacts and understanding of the affordable housing sector is preferred.

✅Investing role (Affordable housing)

✅A strong understanding of investment value and risk in commercial real estate 

✅An established network of commercial property agents, investors and advisors.

✅Strong mathematical aptitude and proficiency in Excel to question property valuations and run scenarios on potential outcomes.

✅Manage counterparty relationships through investment lifecycle

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen? 

This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that. 

What we offer

💰 A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan 
✈️ Untracked holiday 
🏡 Hybrid working –  most of our people spend 3 days a week in the office
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP & more 
👪 Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender 
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection 
🏥 Private medical insurance for you and your family 
🚗 Electric vehicle leasing 
🌍 The option to work overseas up to a month per year 

Our Values 
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.   

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

We're proud to be disability confident and are committed to supporting candidates with a disability, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, throughout the recruitment process. Applicants are welcome to opt-in to the disability confident scheme as part of our application process. If you require any adjustments to the interview process, we’ll be happy to accommodate where possible.