Investment Associate, London – Position Filled

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We have an interesting opportunity for an Investment Associate to join our client, who is real estate asset manager with a specialisation in hospitality across Europe, Middle East and Asia

This position will be based within the European team situated at their central London office. The individual we are seeking will report directly to the Director of Investments and will play a key role in the execution of real estate transactions across Europe, primarily but not limited to hospitality.

We are looking for a bright individual who is experienced in financial modeling, coordinating due diligence and who has a deep understanding of valuation concepts and financial structures, but also the ability to identify good deals and be client facing.

They will play a critical role in sourcing and analysing data, and will lead market research and support underwriting of investment opportunities as well as coordinating due diligence processes. This individual will also support monitoring of existing investments to ensure the business plan delivery is on track.

 Required Skills and Qualifcations:

• 2-3 years working experience in real estate investment, hotel feasibility/valuation and/or investment banking with a real estate focus.
• Strong academic record with minimum Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• Ability to build and maintain complex financial valuation models in Excel to understand projected cash flows and returns for single asset and portfolio real estate investment opportunities.
• Demonstrable knowledge of key valuation concepts such as DCF, NPV, IRR, multiples, etc.
• Strong written communication skills including the ability to synthesize information into succinct investment memorandums/presentations and strategy presentations.
• Experience conducting market and economic research and analysis including working with data from sources such as Oxford Economics and CoStar.
• Understanding of financial structures including senior debt, mezzanine debt, ordinary and preferred equity and joint ventures.
• Working knowledge of key lodging fundamentals including profit and loss statement drivers, is well received but not essential.
• Ability to frequently travel within the UK and internationally for meetings, site inspections, conferences, etc.

Candidate Benefits:

• Private health insurance
• Pension with competitive contribution match
• Continued professional growth across global opportunities!

For more information or to apply, please contact Mara at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 20 8600 1169