Investment Director

cobaltrecruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cobalt Recruitment is partnering with a senior AIM-listed commercial property investor to appoint an Investment Director to originate and execute opportunities across offices, retail, industrial and value-add plays in the UK. The role is senior, hands-on and requires clear investment judgement, strong network and direct exposure to decision-making.

The successful candidate will own transactions from origination to completion, building relationships with agents, owners, developers and advisers,

Qualifications

• Strong network across the UK real estate investment market.
• Proven track record of originating and executing transactions.
• Excellent commercial judgement and ability to identify opportunities quickly.
• Strong financial modelling, underwriting and analytical capability.
• Experience of development, redevelopment, repositioning and/or value-add investment.
• Commercial real estate experience, including offices/retail.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-management skills.
• Proactive, entrepreneurial approach with autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Originate and execute investment opportunities across the full lifecycle (origination, underwriting, negotiation, due diligence and completion).
• Build and maintain relationships with agents, owners, developers, advisers and market participants.
• Assess assets, identify risks and value-creation strategies, and present clear investment recommendations.
• Negotiate and close transactions, leveraging a high degree of commercial instinct and market knowledge.

Skills

Network across UK real estate

Track record of originating/closing

Commercial judgement

Financial modelling

Underwriting

Development/ redevelopment

Office/retail experience

Negotiation

Autonomy

Job description

Working pattern: Five days per week in the office, with flexibility where needed.

Cobalt are delighted to be partnering exclusively with an AIM-listed commercial property investment and fund management business, with their search for an Investment Director to play a key role in the growth of its UK investment portfolio.

This is a senior, hands-on investment position for an experienced real estate professional who is, first and foremost, a deal originator and dealmaker.

The business has capital available to deploy and is looking for someone who can use their own network, market knowledge and commercial judgement to identify, originate and execute new investment opportunities. The successful individual will work closely with the CEO in a lean, entrepreneurial environment, with significant autonomy and direct exposure to investment decision-making.

The Role

You will take ownership of opportunities across the full investment lifecycle - from initial origination and assessment through underwriting, negotiation, due diligence and completion.

A major part of the role will be generating opportunities rather than simply working through an existing pipeline. You will build and maintain relationships with agents, owners, developers, advisers and other market participants, accessing both marketed and off-market transactions.

The investment mandate is broad and opportunistic, encompassing areas including offices, retail, industrial and logistics, office-to-residential conversion and other value-add or repositioning opportunities where a compelling investment case can be identified.

You will be expected to quickly understand the fundamentals of an asset, identify its risks and potential value-creation strategy, interrogate the financials and present a clear investment recommendation.

This is not purely an analytical or modelling position. It requires someone with the commercial instincts and confidence to form a view, negotiate effectively and ultimately get transactions done.

The Person

We are looking for an established real estate investment professional with a demonstrable track record of personally originating and completing transactions.

You are likely to bring:

• A strong network across the UK real estate investment market, particularly amongst investment agents and other sources of deal flow.
• A proven track record of originating and executing transactions.
• Excellent commercial judgement and the ability to identify the underlying opportunity within an asset quickly.
• Strong financial modelling, underwriting and analytical capability.
• Experience of development, redevelopment, repositioning and/or value-add investment.
• Commercial real estate experience, ideally including offices and/or retail.
• Strong negotiation and relationship-management skills.
• The confidence to work directly with senior decision-makers and clearly articulate an investment recommendation.
• A proactive, entrepreneurial approach and the ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Ultimately, this role will suit someone who sees themselves as a deal originator and maker first and foremost - someone capable of walking into a building, quickly understanding the opportunity, articulating the investment case and then having the technical and negotiating capability to execute the transaction.

This is an opportunity to join an entrepreneurial real estate investment business where you will have genuine ownership of transactions, direct access to senior decision-makers and the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on portfolio growth.