Senior Associate, Private Equity Full Time

Our London office is seeking a Senior Associate to join our Real Estate Private Equity team. This is a key role for a highly analytical and commercially minded individual with strong Excel modelling skills and a proven understanding of real estate asset management and investment. The successful candidate will work across a diverse portfolio of assets and strategies, supporting performance at both the fund and asset level, while contributing to the strategic direction of our investments across the UK and Europe.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Asset Management

• Manage investments throughout their lifecycle, including business planning, budgeting, cash flow forecasting, valuations, and periodic reporting.
• Develop, maintain, and analyse asset-level financial models to monitor performance and support decision-making.
• Identify and execute value creation initiatives, including leasing strategies, capex programmes, and operational improvements.
• Monitor third-party property managers and joint venture partners.
• Support external valuation processes and review third-party appraisals.
• Identify investment risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Analyse and execute investment dispositions as appropriate.

Transactions & Acquisitions

• Evaluate acquisition opportunities across Europe, spanning multiple strategies and asset classes.
• Support underwriting and due diligence for transactions sourced within the team.
• Coordinate due diligence and closing processes with internal and external stakeholders.
• Support debt-raising activities.
• Assist with follow-on investments, strategic sourcing, and transaction screening.

Investment Committee & Stakeholder Support

• Prepare materials for investment committees, senior management, and investors, ensuring clarity, accuracy and a high level of attention to detail.
• Provide ad-hoc investment-level information and analysis to key stakeholders and investors.

Leadership & Team Development

• Provide leadership, training, and mentoring to Associates and Analysts.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years previous experience in real estate finance such as private equity, investment banking or corporate finance.
• 3+ years of experience supporting senior investment team members on asset management and transaction execution.
• Previous exposure to operational real estate preferred (e.g. residential, student housing, senior housing, self-storage).
• Strong academic record with excellent quantitative and analytical skills.
• Advanced financial modelling capabilities; high proficiency in Excel.
• Strong written, verbal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams.
• Self-starter who can operate independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team.
• Demonstrated commitment to company values and best practices.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and managing multiple stakeholders is a plus.
• Fluency in an additional European language.

We are looking for great candidates who have a unique combination of experiences, traits, and talents. We couldn’t describe you in a list of bullet points, so consider this posting a conversation starter. If you check some, but not all, of our boxes, we still want to talk! Please apply for this role if much of this job description describes you.

Source: Heitman Career Page

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