Investment associate

CitizenM; Leiden; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Cycle-to-work

Lunch subsidies

Commuting covered

Employee assistance program

Modern Leiden office

Job summary

citizenM is seeking an Investment Management Associate to help oversee a global portfolio of citizenM hotels. You will work on the full investment life-cycle, from underwriting to asset management, collaborating with co-owners and external partners.

This is a full-time role based in Leiden with hybrid working arrangements and January 2027 start. You will drive value through analytics, due diligence, and cross-functional cooperation across legal, finance, and operations to maximize profitability

Qualifications

• Relevant and proven experience in hotel or real estate investment, asset management, transactions, lending or advisory.
• Advanced analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with high expertise in Excel and financial modeling.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and highly detail-oriented with strong quality control.
• Ability to effectively manage competing priorities, projects, and deadlines.
• Experience in asset management fundamentals and principles including hotel performance metrics, valuations, and debt structuring.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Proficiency in French or other European languages is highly advantageous.
• Uses AI to its full potential.

Responsibilities

• Support the Managing Director of Investment Management in driving deal flow by communicating with brokers, prospective third-party operators, and external advisors to deliver on value add initiatives.
• Manage deal flow for asset-lite development projects including initial underwriting, relationship management, and maintaining the development process life-cycle.
• Own the team’s accounts payable responsibilities to ensure compliance, payment timeliness, and ledger accuracy across property and project expenses.
• Provide financial and investment analysis on ad hoc strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to help lead the execution of the investment and divestment strategies for assigned assets.
• Work closely with legal, property management, capital markets, finance, accounting, and operations teams to review agreements, construction/capital projects, loan documents, leases, and other materials that impact the operations of the asset and ownership’s obligations.
• Perform detailed reviews of budgets, forecasts, monthly income statements, STR reports, cash flow projections, and create and maintain internal asset-level dashboard reports to identify inefficiencies and help create strategies around maximizing profitability and value.
• Maintain internal and external property reporting materials including asset decks, investor reporting, internal communications, and routine deliverables.
• Identify cost-saving and efficiency opportunities through the review of monthly and annual financial reports to drive shareholder value and improve hotel performance.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel modelling

Financial modelling

Prioritization

Asset management

Real estate experience

English proficiency

AI utilization

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Investment associate

Department: investment management

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Netherlands, Leiden

Reporting To: director investment management

Compensation: €4,300 - €5,500 / month

Description

The Investment Management Associate helps oversee and grow Another Star's global portfolio of owned, leased and managed citizenM hotels. The role covers the full investment life-cycle: divestments, expansion under the citizenM banner, debt and capital markets, and hands-on asset management.

You will own value-add initiatives at asset level, represent Another Star with co-owners, landlords and stakeholders, and keep reporting and processes lean so the team can focus on creating value.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Managing Director of Investment Management in driving deal flow by communicating with brokers, prospective third-party operators, and external advisors to deliver on value add initiatives;
• Manage deal flow for asset-lite development projects including initial underwriting, relationship management, and maintaining the development process life-cycle;
• Own the team’s accounts payable responsibilities to ensure compliance, payment timeliness, and ledger accuracy across property and project expenses;
• Provide financial and investment analysis on ad hoc strategic initiatives;
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to help lead the execution of the investment and divestment strategies for assigned assets;
• Work closely with legal, property management, capital markets, finance, accounting, and operations teams to review agreements, construction/capital projects, loan documents, leases, and other materials that impact the operations of the asset and ownership’s obligations;
• Perform detailed reviews of budgets, forecasts, monthly income statements, STR reports, cash flow projections, and create and maintain internal asset-level dashboard reports to identify inefficiencies and help create strategies around maximizing profitability and value;
• Maintain internal and external property reporting materials including asset decks, investor reporting, internal communications, and routine deliverables;
• Identify cost-saving and efficiency opportunities through the review of monthly and annual financial reports to drive shareholder value and improve hotel performance.

Qualifications / skills

• Relevant and proven experience in hotel or real estate investment, asset management, transactions, lending or advisory;
• Advanced analytical, written, and verbal communication skills;
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with high expertise in Excel and financial modeling;
• Self-motivated, flexible, and highly detail-oriented with strong quality control;
• Ability to effectively manage competing priorities, projects, and deadlines;
• Experience in asset management fundamentals and principles including hotel performance metrics, valuations, and debt structuring;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Proficiency in French or other European languages is highly advantageous;
• Uses AI to its full potential.

What's in it for you?

• citizenM experience nights for you (discounts for friends and family)
• Favourable rates at Marriott hotels
• Personal and professional development opportunities and programs
• Latest tech devices and all the tools you need to be successful in your role
• Commuting travel costs covered (by car or public transport)
• Pension and cycle-to-work scheme
• Subsidized fresh daily lunches at our support office
• Flexible public holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Varied team days and social events (from food trucks and quizzes at the office to parties on boats)
• Modern office in Leiden, 500m from the central station

Location / hours

• Leiden Support Office. Hybrid working is possible, on average two days in the office. Not fully remote. This is a full-time role. Start date = as of January 2027

Please note that we are only able to consider applicants with the right to work in the Netherlands. We won't be able to sponsor Visas for this role.