PE Real Estate Investment Associate

• PE Real Estate Associate, sector agnostic, global investor $11bn AUM
• Special Sits / Opportunistic strategies, London-based, PanEuro focus

About Our Client

Our client is an emerging, globally diversified fund, managing institutional-scale assets across Real Estate & Alternative investment sectors. They acquire, develop, finance and actively manage assets (including Op-Co / Prop-Co) and are expanding their Investment team with this newly created Investment Associate role.

Job Description

• Creating, maintaining, managing and using financial models to analyse new investments, proposed changes to investment business plans and AM / DM decisions;
• Participating in DD processes for new investments and requisite finance, liaising with all relevant external parties to drive deals forward;
• Preparing and reviewing memoranda for the presentation of acquisitions to the Investment Committee;
• Participating in origination, business plan formulation and commercial negotiation
• Understanding and tracking key business plan drivers, Asset plan timelines, development project programmes and asset business planning;
• Driving performance across all stages of the investment cycle;
• Working collaboratively with the AM & Finance teams;
• Presenting to the senior leadership team
• Coordinating lawyers, agents and external advisors in debt, acquisition, and disposal execution processes.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Real Estate Investment Associate should have:
· BSc in Business / Real Estate / Finance or a related field
· Ideally MSc from a top-tier university in Real Estate Investment or Finance, ideally Bayes Business School or the University of Cambridge
· Strong academic track record in both of the above
· 3-5 years' experience in Investment Banking or PE Real Estate (ideally a combination of both)
· Advanced financial modelling skills
· Excellent written & verbal communication with strong interpersonal skills
· Strong presentation skills
· Excellent process and stakeholder management
· Critical thinking, inquisitive / curious mindset
· Open to direct, honest feedback and ability to put into action any points for development
· Invested in personal development / continuous improvement

What's on Offer

Competitive fixed comp + 1x variable comp + benefits

Job summary

• Job function
• Property

• Subsector
• Acquisitions / Disposals

• Sector
• Property

• Location
• England

• Contract type
• Permanent

• Consultant name
• Ben Hodgson

• Consultant phone
• +44 207 269 2406

• Job reference
• JN-062026-7041261