Associate, Real Estate

CDPQ ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Singapore seeks a candidate to join the Real Estate team. Responsibilities include supporting investment and asset management, conducting financial modelling, and reviewing properties and company financials. Ideal candidates will have 3-5 years in finance, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and strong analytical skills. Fluency in English is required, with a preference for candidates available for international travel.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years’ experience in finance/investment.
• Fluent in English, knowledge of French is a plus.
• Available for frequent international travel.

Responsibilities

• Support the Real Estate team in investment and asset management.
• Conduct rigorous financial modelling.
• Review cashflow projections and financial reports.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/finance/economics/accounting

Master's degree in finance or CFA designation

Tools

Excel

Capital IQ

ThomsonOne

Bloomberg

Job description

Based in CDPQ’s Singapore subsidiary and reporting to the Managing Director, Real Estate, the successful candidate will support the Real Estate team in investment, asset management and portfolio management objectives. He / she will contribute to optimizing returns, collaborating on transactions and closely monitoring assets and portfolio companies to create value.

Main responsibilities

• Participate in the selection of deals and help prepare preliminary analysis and documents for investment recommendations within established timelines
• Support senior team members by conducting rigorous financial modelling
• Contribute to the creation of internal reports and keep them up to date
• Comprehensively review target properties cashflow projections and target companies’ financial reports, establish comparables that are representative of the competitive universe and conduct their detailed analysis
• Support senior team members in preparing and organizing meetings and discussions with existing and potential partners.
• Systematically conduct in-depth research on current trends in his/her sectors of activity, proactively monitor the news and collect information from relevant sources.
• Develop effective search and monitoring tools.
• Produce sector studies / market screenings to continue to team’s business development
• Participate in the development of work processes and updating required information
• Contribute to asset management, including setting asset and partnership budgets and monitoring actual performance
• Generate value-add in asset management and portfolio management by supporting senior team members

Requirements

• Singapore citizen or PR preferred
• 3-5 years’ experience in finance/ investment
• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or accounting from a top-tier institution
• Master’s degree in finance and/or CFA designation would be an advantage
• Excellent financial modelling and analysis skills
• Comfortable with software used in finance (Excel, Capital IQ, ThomsonOne, Bloomberg, etc.)
• Fluent English is required, both written and spoken. Knowledge of French is a plus.
• Available for frequent international travel

Competencies

• Strong ability to manage stress and priorities
• Extremely rigorous and analytical
• Commitment, enthusiasm, proactiveness and strong organizational skills
• Good team player who puts the organizations’ interests first
• Willing to share information
• Effective communicator
• Solutions-oriented