Associate Asset management Real Estate Research and Acquisitions

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in Real Estate Acquisitions Research & Underwriting. You have found the right team.

As Real Estate Acquisitions Research & Underwriting Professional within our RE Europe (REE) India Research Acquisition and Asset Management Team you will be responsible for setting and improving our organizational objectives and ensuring their consistent accomplishment.

• Support end-to-end acquisitions and research activities for Real Estate Europe (REE) funds.
• Produce Europe-focused market and sector research (themes supply-demand rental/yield trends capital markets comps).
• Build detailed underwriting models in Excel and Argus/Argus Enterprise including DCF NPV IRR MOIC sensitivities scenarios and return attribution.
• Audit underwriting models to ensure accuracy consistency and investment rationale.
• Prepare income analysis and quick valuations for preliminary deal screening.
• Update detailed Excel cash flow models to support comprehensive underwriting.
• Analyze disposals and draft investment committee memos during asset sale processes.
• Maintain comparable databases (transactions leasing comps market rents operating benchmarks) to support pricing and underwriting assumptions.
• Track portfolio-level and asset-level performance versus underwriting and identify key drivers for strategic reviews.
• Contribute to fund/investor/lender materials including narratives valuation summaries market commentary and ad hoc analyses.
• Collaborate with global and local stakeholders (property/technical managers finance controllers marketing) to deliver in a multi-cultural environment.

• Hold an MBA/Masters Degree in Economics/Maths (or related stream) with strong academics and financial concentration.
• Bring a minimum of 4 years post-qualification experience from real estate infrastructure or consulting.
• Demonstrate experience using third-party real estate research databases and broker portals (e.g. CBRE Erix Oxford Economics CoStar MSCI Real Estate/RCA Green Street REIS/Moodys Analytics CRE).
• Apply strong real estate valuation and financial modeling concepts.
• Exhibit advanced MS Office proficiency with strong Excel skills (formulae pivot tables macros).
• Communicate effectively with excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Deliver well-developed written and quantitative analytical outputs.
• Show a strong long-term interest in real estate with high attention to detail.
• Solve problems with strong partnership and stakeholder management skills.
• Operate with an analytical bent of mind and a keen eye for detail.
• Coordinate across teams to manage expectations and deliverables consistently.

• Use Argus/Argus Enterprise for real estate underwriting and analysis.
• Leverage understanding of European/global real estate markets to strengthen research and underwriting.
• Apply German French or Italian language skills to support cross-regional collaboration.