Associate - Asset management - Real Estate Research and Acquisitions

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.

Job Responsibilities

• 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.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Hold an MBA/Master’s 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/Moody’s 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.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• 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.

Experience Level

Mid Level