The Company
The company is an innovative pan-European real estate private firm investing in commercial and residential real estate.
They are seeking a senior investment analyst/associate to support the Investment team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.
The Role
As a Senior Analyst/Associate – Investment, the individual will join the acquisition team and be a key contributor to the European expansion of the company. This is a diverse role that includes market research and exploration, sourcing and analysing new investment opportunities, negotiating and executing transactions, and contributing to the investor relations and corporate strategy initiatives of the firm.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Create, update, and run complex financial models (including sensitivity and scenario) analysis and provide clear and structured recommendations to the management team;
- Perform extensive due diligence and transaction execution for investments (legal, financial, commercial, technical etc.);
- Prepare investment memorandum, investor presentations and general marketing materials;
- Liaise and coordinate with internal team during the execution process;
- Liaise with external partners including lenders, administrators, lawyers and tax advisors;
- Prepare fund-related reporting documents and approval papers;
- Support leasing and asset management initiatives;
- Research new investment strategies through detailed market analysis to support the raising of new private equity funds;
- Participate in the sourcing process: site visits, conducting preliminary feasibility analysis (working closely with the development team) and detailed operating and financial analysis;
- Assist in the business development process in order to develop new broker, user and tenant relationships to actively contribute to pipeline development;
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks;
- Ad hoc contributions to new initiatives across the business as the company continues to scale;
- Travel as needed to support the Investment team.
Requirements:
- Graduated from a top tier business school, engineering school or university with outstanding academic qualifications;
- Ideally 2 to 6 years’ experience in a leading real estate organization, private equity fund or investment bank;
- International profile: fluent in English (written and spoken) and at least one another European language (French, German, Italian, Spanish);
- Strong corporate finance, quantitative, technical and communication skills;
- Strong modelling experience and ability to analyse, interpret and summarize the results for top management. Demonstrated proficiency with modelling bank debt, taxes, and joint-venture elements such as profit shares and profit waterfalls;
- High degree of attention to detail and ease with numbers;
- Ability to autonomously prepare and present recommendations via high-quality analysis, reports and presentations in an articulate manner to senior management.
The individual:
- Highly motivated and looking to be part of a growing company and a real believer in our concept;
- Driven, hard-working and a self-starter who has an entrepreneurial mindset and a “can do” attitude;
- Someone that thrives in very demanding situations entailing high responsibilities;
- Team player who proactively looks for ways to enable teammates to achieving broader company goals;
- Strong communicator able to function autonomously in a virtual working environment;
- A quick learner, with a hands-on approach and capable to work under pressure on various projects at the same time;
- Naturally curious, innovative and constantly looking for ways to improve upon things;
- Willing to be based in Madrid or Barcelona with travel in Europe;
- Legally permitted to work and live in Spain.
The Company offers:
- An opportunity to work at a dynamic, young, international organisation backed by top tier investors looking to scale its concept in Europe;
- Opportunity to participate in the full life cycle of a new fund manager in the real estate space alongside best-in-class industry peers;
- A real entrepreneurial challenge with room to develop personally and grow within the company;
- An attractive compensation package with long term incentives.
Employee remuneration and benefits:
- Details of potential compensation levels and overall benefits packages will depend on individual candidates and is to be discussed with the company;
- Competitive: basic salary with discretionary bonus + eventual equity/carried participation.