Real Estate Finance, Portfolio Risk Manager

Financial Services firm based in the City of London

Permanent position

Salary £70k

Hybrid working on offer

Role Overview:

Our client are seeking a Real Estate Portfolio Risk Manager to support the assessment, monitoring, and reporting of credit exposure across a growing portfolio of property-backed investments. In this role, you will play a key part of the Real Estate Finance team to provide robust risk management ensuring that each transaction is accurately tracked, assessed, and issues escalated, and dealt with promptly.

Your insights will be essential in helping the business manage its financing book, make well-informed decisions, identify potential red flags and proactively speaking with customers to obtain the outstanding documents and queries to resolve matters.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the status of live financing transactions, providing real-time tracking and updates across multiple deals, ensuring all ongoing customer obligations are met.
• Assess and monitor credit and transaction risk post completion of transactions and conduct site visits as required.
• Prepare detailed risk reports highlighting key exposures, early warning indicators, watchlists, and action points.
• Ensure all required post-completion documentation e.g. buildings insurance, valuations, Conditions Subsequent (CPs), and leases tenancy agreements are actively tracked and kept up to date, and any other portfolio risk management activities as required.
• Monitor covenant compliance and ensure internal records are kept up to date.
• Present findings and risk assessments to internal stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Co-ordinate financing extension requests as required.
• Maintain and improve risk monitoring tools, trackers, and reporting templates.
• Collaborate as part of the Real Estate finance team, with Credit Risk, and Executions teams, as well as external partners, to maintain continuity of knowledge of the customer and conditions associated with the transaction.

Required Skills & Experience:

• 4+ years of experience in credit risk, underwriting, or financing portfolio risk reporting within financing, fintech, or investment firms. RICS accreditation is a strong advantage.
• Strong knowledge of credit risk principles, financial contract structures, and property - secured financing.
• Excellent reporting and analytical skills, particularly with Excel and risk frameworks.
• Proven ability to identify and escalate risk early, with a proactive approach to resolution.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including presenting to senior leadership.

Candidates must also have the right to work in the UK. I’m afraid sponsorship isn’t offered for this position.

Due to the high volume of CVs that we receive, only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your time and patience.