Business Consultant - Real Estate Collateral & Valuation (REC&V)

About the role

We are looking for a hands‑on, detail‑oriented Business Consultant to strengthen our Real Estate Collateral & Valuation (REC&V) team. The team plays a critical operational role in safeguarding valuation quality, managing external valuation partners and monitoring partner, and ensuring that valuation reports used in credit decision‑making meet the highest professional and regulatory standards across all countries where we operate.

This role is well suited for professionals who enjoy structured, desk‑based work, combining analytical depth with clear judgement, and who take ownership of quality, consistency and control.

Your job

Your core responsibilities

As a Business Consultant within REC&V, your work centres on the end‑to‑end quality control of commercial real estate valuations (CRE and Corporate Real Estate):

Safeguarding valuation quality

• Perform thorough reviews and approval checks of incoming valuation reports (NL & international).
• Ensure consistent application of internal standards, policies and regulatory requirements.
• Document findings, challenge where needed, escalate issues and ensure timely resolution.

Managing external valuation partners

• Act as primary contact for several external valuation companies and monitoring partner.
• Select, assess and onboard partners where applicable.
• Monitor performance, conduct periodic quality reviews and KPI‑based evaluations.

Operational oversight & controls

• Monitor portfolio valuation developments and identify anomalies and determine risks early and migigate them.
• Execute additional controls where required and report outcomes to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure robust, consistent monitoring methodologies and data quality.

Subject‑matter contribution

• Act as a content expert for valuation‑related topics in internal projects, policy updates, regulatory initiatives and change activities.
• Contribute to improvements in valuation processes, data quality and tooling (including digitalisation and AI‑enabled controls).

Important context:
This role does not involve performing valuations yourself. The focus is on review, control, challenge and partner management, with the majority of work being analytical and desk‑based.

Working environment

REC&V is part of the Credit Risk Collateral Centre, ABN AMRO’s centre of expertise for collateral management. This department centralizes and steer collateral management activities with a bank-wide scope. REC&V operates independently from the credit chain and support Corporate Banking, Wealth Management and Business Banking in the Netherlands and internationally.

The team consists of Business Consultants and Realisation Officers working closely together to ensure consistent, robust and regulator‑proof valuation outcomes. We work hybrid, with the team on‑site in Amsterdam multiple days per week to collaborate effectively.

Your profile

You are a professional who thrives in an operational, control‑focused environment and takes pride in getting the details right.

You bring:

• Strong understanding of real estate valuation processes and industry standards.
• Proven experience in commercial or corporate real estate (e.g. valuer, consultant, investor, broker or risk professional).
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Confidence to challenge external parties and internal stakeholders constructively.
• A structured, proactive working style and comfort managing multiple stakeholders in an international context.
• Excellent communication skills in Dutch and English.

Registration as RT/GZV NRVT or experience with data, analytics or AI in a real‑estate context is a plus, but not a prerequisite.

We are offering

• The gross monthly salary (min. EUR 5,843 – max. EUR 7,303) is based on a 36‑hour work week and includes holiday allowance and the benefit budget. A 40‑hour work week is also possible. Your salary scale is determined based on the knowledge, experience and potential you bring.
• The benefit budget amounts to 11% of your salary. If you do not make any purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, one‑twelfth of your benefit budget will be paid out for that month.
• Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
• A Personal Development Budget of €1,000 per year. This amount can be saved up to €3,000.
• The possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team).
• A public transport annual pass providing free public transport throughout the Netherlands.
• An excellent pension scheme.
• A key position within an ambitious and future‑oriented team.
• Plenty of room for your own initiative, growth and development.
• A role with clear responsibility and visible impact on risk, quality and decision‑making.
• A professional, close‑knit team with strong expertise in real estate and valuations.