Director, M&A Investments

Greystar (International); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Greystar is seeking a strategic, self-directed M&A professional to identify, evaluate, and execute mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments across our global platform. The role focuses on Europe and APAC, with flexibility to sit in London or the United States, and requires autonomy in managing end-to-end workstreams from market mapping to integration.

You will lead target screening, financial modelling, and due diligence, collaborating with Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, and Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or Business is required; MBA/CFA a plus.
• Demonstrable experience in real estate M&A at an investment bank, strategy consulting firm, PE firm, or corporate development.
• Advanced financial modelling using DCF, comps, precedent transactions and LBOs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain M&A strategy and target pipelines across regions and business lines.
• Assist with target identification, outreach, and relationship development with sellers, advisors, and intermediaries.
• Build and review financial models, valuations, and investment cases for executive-level decisions.
• Independently manage due diligence workstreams in partnership with Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, and Operations.
• Support negotiation of key deal terms and coordinate with external counsel and advisors.
• Support integration planning and synergy tracking with business and functional leaders.
• Prepare materials and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Assess cross-border considerations, including regulatory, tax, and cultural factors.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation

Due diligence

Cross-border deals

Independent work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or Business

MBA or CFA

Tools

Excel

Job description

We’re seeking a strategic, self-directed deal professional to help identify, evaluate, and execute mergers, acquisitions, and strategic investments across our global platform. The primary focus of this role will be Europe and APAC, though we are open to this role sitting in London, UK or the United States. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, owning workstreams from market mapping and target screening through diligence, execution, and handoff to integration.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain M&A strategy and target pipelines across regions and business lines.
• Assist with target identification, outreach, and relationship development with sellers, advisors, and intermediaries.
• Build and review financial models, valuations, and investment cases for executive-level decisions.
• Independently manage due diligence workstreams in partnership with Finance, Legal, Tax, HR, and Operations.
• Support negotiation of key deal terms and coordinate with external counsel and advisors.
• Support integration planning and synergy tracking with business and functional leaders.
• Prepare materials and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Assess cross-border considerations, including regulatory, tax, and cultural factors.
• Work seamlessly across US and UK time zones and balance priorities from two senior stakeholders.

About You

We’re looking for an M&A professional with demonstrable experience in real estate transactions, gained at an investment bank, strategy consulting firm, PE firm, or corporate development team. You’ll bring direct experience on real estate M&A deals at platform, company or portfolio level, ideally alongside property management or real estate services exposure, along with advanced financial modelling and valuation skills across DCF, comps, precedent transactions and LBOs. A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related field is required, with an MBA, CFA or equivalent a plus. You’re comfortable working independently with minimal oversight, managing ambiguity, and translating complex information into clear recommendations for senior executives and board members. Cross-border transaction experience and a willingness to travel internationally is preferred.

What We Offer

We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard.

About Greystar

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan - European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Spain.

One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience.