Assistant Director, Asset Management in Infrastructure, Real Asset Advisory

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Job description

Connect to your Industry

Deloitte's Real Asset Advisory (RAA) team in the UK consists of circa 250 people and is widely recognised as being unique in the market as the leading provider of asset and capital portfolio management services to both the real estate and infrastructure sectors.

You will be joining a world leading organisation with Deloitte ranked number one as the world's largest professional services firm and is the largest and most successful amongst its peers in the UK. It is a people-oriented business with a focus on delivery excellence to our clients with purpose.

This is a senior role within the Real Asset Advisory team to drive the growth of the asset management and capital portfolio services and team. It requires an experienced professional covering business development, engagement delivery, team leadership and the continued development of our services to be leading edge.

We bring a combination of sector specific insights and benchmarks to support our clients. As such, your role will involve work across multiple sectors including rail, roads, aviation, nuclear and telecoms. You will also have the opportunity to deliver real-estate focused projects should this be of interest.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, that covers audit, risk advisory, and consulting services across tax, legal, business, technology and corporate finance, we help our clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It's how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

We are currently looking for an experienced Asset Management consultant to join our growing Asset Management in Infrastructure practice as an Assistant Director. Within our team you will have the opportunity to:

• Work with asset intensive organisations in multiple sectors to advise and support the development of their Asset Investment & Management strategies and plan. This would include defining, developing or assuring asset management frameworks, investment prioritisation strategy, adoption of a market-led approach to asset investment and delivery planning etc.
• Advise and support clients in criticality assessing their network and asset level to inform resilience/maintenance/investments decision-making. This would include the identification of external and internal risks, shocks and longer-term stresses and running scenario planning to understand the level of impact to network services and key investments and mitigations to drive improvement.
• Advice clients on suitable target operating model to support a high performing asset-led organisation and delivery of TOTEX outcome commitments. This would typically include end-to-end asset value chain operating model design and deployment, asset management maturity and capability assessments and design of transformations, delivery & commercial models design and deployment etc.
• Advice clients on addressing capital delivery and operational efficiency challenges, including support in identification, assessment and implementation of realisable cost efficiency initiatives across capital delivery, operation and maintenance functions.
• Advice and support clients in defining asset data requirements, governance and standards along with the system architecture to improve asset performance, investment planning and decision-making. Includes strategy development, procurement and client-side oversight of system deployment.

We take personal development seriously, offering a comprehensive range of learning and development opportunities within a stretching yet highly supportive environment. Our appraisal process is structured, transparent and interactive so you will receive continuous training and ongoing supportive feedback to achieve the goals that you set yourself. You will be part of an environment where excellent client service, creativity, hard work and ambition are rewarded.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

Essential:

• Broad and deep experience of Asset Management across different sectors particularly in Transport, Nuclear, Energy and Utility, and covering the broad range of Asset Management capabilities
• Experience deploying consulting, advisory or assurance type engagements and preferably experience working within or alongside Big 4 or Strategy Houses
• A relevant degree (i.e., engineering) and/or a relevant post graduate qualification
• A relevant professional qualification e.g. CEng, MICE, MRICS, ChPP or equivalent related industry experience that shows understanding of an asset intensive organisation
• Good understanding of financial, business and asset drivers that relate to Asset Management organisations.
• Strong commercial acumen and market awareness
• The ability to build strong, effective client and working relationships
• Strong team leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; with an ability to present complex subjects in an engaging and simple manner
• The ability to travel as required

Personal independence

Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.

Connect to your business - Financial Advisory

Strong financial planning is just the start. This is where you can change the fortunes of an organisation, working with great minds across our business. Because there's one thing that makes our advice better than our competitors: our people.

Connect with your colleagues

Get to know some of the team members within RAA through our People Series, available through our Real Estate blog page .

Our hybrid working policy

You'll be based in London with hybrid working. Our hybrid model enables our people to collaborate, connect and innovate in both a virtual and physical capacity. As well as remote working, you'll attend your local office, virtual collaboration spaces and client sites, depending on the requirements of the role.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That's why we'll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you'll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You'll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.

Connect to your return to work opportunity

Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?

For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it's why we're here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we're nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we'll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it's only when you're comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Your expertise is our capability, so we'll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it's from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you'll learn every day. Through world-class development, you'll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you'll learn how to lead.

Connect to your next step

A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you'll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You'll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you'll never stop growing, whatever your level.

Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers

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