The Client:
Our client is the UK’s leading integrated professional services and wealth management group, that offers an extensive range of professional and financial services to individuals, family trusts, professional intermediaries, charities, and businesses.
The Role
The purpose of the role is to further establish and grow a London Rating Team with a focus on both Landlord and Occupier instructions relating to the Check Challenge Appeal process for the 2023 revaluation. The role will involve working closely with the National Head of Business Rates to build out the London team with focus on both immediate 2023 List instructions and business generation in relation to 2026 Revaluation.
This role will be highly centred on strategic business development as well as service delivery on a number of complex business rates cases.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Targeting both Landlord and Occupier work, looking to assist and advise on the Check Challenge and Appeal process
- Offer advice on empty rates mitigation strategy
- Be responsible for helping to build and manage a London Rating Team reporting performance and progress regularly into the National Head of Business Rates and the Head of London Business Tax.
- Be responsible for an individual rating case load largely relating to the Check Challenge Appeal process.
- have responsibility, once established, to manage a growing team to ensure wider objectives are met over the next five years.
- be working very closely with the newly appointed Head of Business Rates to position and grow this offer. You must have the capacity to promote and position the new offer effectively.
- keep abreast of the latest changes to government rating legislation and business rates case law to ensure that you are able to keep colleagues and clients updated with the latest advice.
- be able to confidently apply case law in a manner to assist negotiations and inform client advice.
Pre-Requisites
- Be an exceptional business generator and negotiator, who can both formulate and positively implement business strategy.
- experience of attending Valuation Tribunal and dealing with external barristers to advise on key cases moving to Upper Chamber and beyond.
- a senior Rating professional with MRICS/ IRRV qualified status and be at least 5 years post qualified.
- experience of line managing junior colleagues and operating within the London and South-East Rating market.
- aptitude for business generation and development collaborating with a multitude of colleagues across varying services lines within the company to identify opportunities to build business with a strong focus on the current 2023 and the future 2026 revaluation.
- experience and knowledge of key business rates software, the ability to fully utilise Riverlake and Analyse software packages is highly desirable.
- familiar with the government gateway and the framework for operating in a timely manner within the regulated procedure of submitting Checks through to completion of the negotiating process with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA).
Remuneration & Benefits include, but are not limited to:
Competitive salary - £100,000 to £140,000 basic 10% of billing bonus Private medical insurance Life assurance Pension Contribution Hybrid working model Generous holiday package Option to purchase additional holiday Shared parental leave And more….
*Full Benefits Details available upon request*
To apply for this position, please contact Andrew Kingsley MRICS on 07879 413 765 or email a copy of your latest CV to andrew@kingsleyrecruitment.co.uk quoting the position and reference for this role AK1802341