Associate - EU RE Investments Leading Institutional Investor

We are working with one of the world's leading institutional investors to hire an Associate / Senior Associate for their European Real Estate Investments team in London.

Headquartered in Canada, the firm is one of the fastest growing institutional investors globally and currently manages in excess of $350BN.

The firm's Real Estate Investment strategy is to pursue large and scalable direct JV transaction opportunities with high quality partners, as well as pursuing both public and private company platform investment opportunities.

The firm invests in Real Estate across the risk spectrum with a focus on complex large-scale deals.

Their European portfolio includes all major Real Estate asset classes including retail, offices, industrial, residential, mixed-use and student housing, across a range of European geographies including UK, Germany, France, Spain and Scandinavia.

The Associate / Senior Associate will be a key contributor to scaling the European REI business.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Research, analyse, underwrite, evaluate and execute a variety of real estate opportunities (direct asset investments and joint ventures)
• Compile industry, market and asset level data and financial information
• Build complex dynamic financial models to analyse investment opportunities (reviewing investment structures and specific assets using financial models and a variety of quantitative analytical tools to test assumptions and sensitivities)
• Write investment memoranda; participate in investment committee discussions
• Perform detailed underwriting and transaction management activities including past and projected investment performance; partner evaluation; investment merits and risks, expected returns and sector dynamics as well as the evaluation, structuring and execution of real estate investment recommendations and review of legal documentation and closing activities
• Take a lead on the management of due diligence / deal execution processes
• Participate in real estate investment asset / portfolio management activities including monitoring and evaluation of the investment portfolio performance, including participating in third party meetings with co-owners, investment managers and professional advisors; analyse proposed budget, capital plans and other investment recommendations and assists in the buy/hold/sell analysis
• Oversee the work of and act as a mentor to junior team members

The firm is seeking to hire a candidate with up to 6 years' experience in European Real Estate investing, working for a well-regarded firm. The individual should have advanced financial modelling and analytical skills and be comfortable managing due diligence / executions processes independently. European language skills are helpful but not essential.