Associate Director - Research Analyst

Cushman & Wakefield; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Singapore seeks an Associate Director - Research Analyst to lead in-depth market analysis of the Southeast Asia property sector, supporting business development, investment, and leasing strategies.

The role demands strong analytical skills, market knowledge, and outstanding communication, with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for clients and internal stakeholders. This is a senior research position.

Qualifications

• Experience: minimum 8 years in industrial and capital markets research.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with expertise in interpreting complex data.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with ability to simplify complex concepts into actionable insights.
• Market familiarity with industrial, office markets and capital market trends.
• Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Drive consultancy revenue growth in Singapore and contribute to targets.
• Lead strategic consulting assignments using proprietary data and market intelligence.
• Engage with clients to understand business and research requirements, delivering tailored insights.
• Develop client proposals, presentations, and thought leadership to enhance market positioning.
• Track market developments across Southeast Asia and maintain market databases and reports.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Market knowledge

Data interpretation

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or related field

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title

Associate Director - Research Analyst

Job Description Summary

We are seeking an experienced researcher to join our Singapore research team. The successful candidate will provide in-depth analysis and insights on the Singapore property market with a view to support business development, investment, and leasing strategies. This role requires strong analytical skills, market knowledge, and excellent communication abilities.

Job Description

About The Role:

1. Consultancy Revenue Generation

• Drive consultancy revenue growth in Singapore and contribute to achieving business targets.
• Support the Industrial & Logistics team in investment sales and transaction-related activities.
• Lead and deliver strategic consulting assignments, leveraging proprietary data, market intelligence, and industry expertise to support transaction mandates.
• Engage with clients to understand their business and research requirements, delivering tailored insights and solutions to meet their objectives.

2. Business Development

• Contribute to business development efforts by identifying new opportunities, market trends, and client needs.
• Provide research-driven insights and analytical support to business development investment, and leasing teams.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to develop client proposals, presentations, and thought leadership initiatives that enhance market positioning.

3. Research & Market Intelligence

• Track market developments across Southeast Asia, and produce regional research collateral, databases, presentations, and market intelligence to support client engagement and business development.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance investment sales databases to support feasibility studies, market analysis, and comparable transaction assessments.
• Respond to research enquiries and provide analytical support for internal and external stakeholders as required.

4. Any other related duties as required and directed.

About you:

• Experience: Minimum 8 years in industrial and capital markets research or a related field.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with expertise in interpreting complex data sets.
• Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts into actionable insights.
• Market Knowledge: Familiarity with industrial, office markets, and capital markets trends is preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in data analysis and productivity tools, such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong academic background: Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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