Senior Investment Manager

Octopus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

Bonus

Share incentive plan

Private medical insurance

Life insurance

EV leasing

Overseas work option

Parental leave

Job summary

Octopus is seeking a senior investments professional to originate, underwrite and execute healthcare real estate deals across our Later Living platform. You’ll take deals from initial assessment through to completion, presenting to investment committees and boards, while shaping fund strategy and capital raises.

You’ll mentor junior team members, model and value investments, and collaborate with institutional investors and advisers. Hybrid London-based role with international travel.

Qualifications

• A track record in real estate investment, with transactions you’ve taken from origination to completion.
• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills that you’ve used to underwrite deals.
• Experience working with institutional investors and investment committees.
• Experience negotiating terms and managing advisers through due diligence.
• Desirable: Healthcare and later living experience.

Responsibilities

• Find and close deals: Originate, underwrite and execute new investments, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and financings.
• Negotiate terms and run due diligence alongside our advisers.
• Take your recommendations to investment committees and boards.
• Grow the portfolio: Improve performance across operating and development investments, and deliver value creation initiatives against business plans.
• Raise capital and build relationships: Support fundraising and investor due diligence, joining investor meetings, roadshows and industry events.
• Mentor junior investment professionals and contribute to the growth of the wider Later Living platform.

Job description

You’ll originate, execute and manage investments across healthcare real estate, from first look to portfolio performance. Your judgement decides which care homes and operators we back, and how those investments perform for the investors who rely on the fund. What you’ll do Find and close deals

Find and close deals

• Originate, underwrite and execute new investments, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and financings.
• Negotiate terms and run due diligence alongside our advisers.
• Take your recommendations to investment committees and boards.

Grow the portfolio

• Improve performance across operating and development investments, and deliver value creation initiatives against business plans.
• Help shape fund strategy and budgets.

Raise capital and build relationships

• Support fundraising and investor due diligence, joining investor meetings, roadshows and industry events.
• Produce clear portfolio and market analysis for institutional investors, and build relationships with investors, operators and consultants.

Support the team

• Mentor junior investment professionals and contribute to the growth of the wider Later Living platform.
• A track record in real estate investment, with transactions you’ve taken from origination to completion.
• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills that you’ve used to underwrite deals.
• Experience working with institutional investors and investment committees.
• Experience negotiating terms and managing advisers through due diligence.
• Desirable: Healthcare and later living experience.

At Octopus, we’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Octopus Capital invests in the homes where people receive care in later life. We run Octopus Healthcare Fund (£1.7bn, 115 care homes), and our Later Living team is one of the most active investors in the UK sector.

Benefits

• A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan.
• Untracked holiday.
• Hybrid working - three days in the office, two days from home Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, employee assistance program & more.
• Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender.
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection.
• Private medical insurance for you and your family.
• Electric vehicle leasing.
• The option to work overseas up to a month per year.

Our Values

At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders - employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders - are considered in every decision we make.

We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio-economic backgrounds.

We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.