Intern, SEA Capital Transactions

ESR Group; Singapore; On-site; SGD 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

ESR Group in Singapore seeks a motivated intern to support the Capital Transactions team across real estate investments, capital transactions, and portfolio management activities.

You will assist in evaluating opportunities, building financial models, drafting investment papers, conducting market research, coordinating due diligence, and contributing to ad-hoc analyses to inform senior leadership. This internship offers exposure to end-to-end real estate investment processes in a dynamic market.

Responsibilities

• Support across various workstreams throughout internship, exposure to real estate investment, capital transactions and portfolio management activities.
• Assist in evaluating investment opportunities across core/development assets in Southeast Asia, including equity and debt structures.
• Help build and update financial models to analyse deal-level economics, sensitivity scenarios, and investment return metrics (IRR, equity multiple, cash-on-cash).
• Draft clear investment memos and presentations outlining strategic rationale, key assumptions, risks, and recommendations for investment committees and senior leadership.
• Conduct macro and micro-level market research, benchmarking and industry analysis to support underwriting assumptions and investment strategy.
• Coordinate due diligence processes across commercial, technical, financial/tax and legal workstreams with internal teams and external advisors.
• Provide ad-hoc analytical support including portfolio reviews, hold/sell analysis, performance tracking and other investment initiatives.
• Develop end-to-end understanding of how real estate investment opportunities are identified, evaluated, underwritten, diligenced and executed.

Job description

Scope of work

• Support the Capital Transactions team across various workstreams throughout the internship, with exposure to real estate investment, capital transactions and portfolio management activities.

Investment Evaluation

• Support the evaluation of potential real estate investment opportunities across core/development assets in Southeast Asia, including both equity and debt structures
• Assist in assessing investment rationale, risks, opportunities and potential returns.

Financial Modelling

• Support to build and update financial models to analyse deal-level economics, sensitivity scenarios, and investment return metrics, including IRR, equity multiple, cash-on-cash returns.

Investment Papers

• Support to draft clear and compelling investment memos and presentations for internal investment committees and senior leadership, outlining the strategic rationale, key assumptions, risks, and recommendations.

Market Research & Analysis

• Conduct macro and micro-level market research, competitive benchmarking, and industry analysis to support underwriting assumptions and investment strategy
• Assist with research on relevant market trends, transactions, valuations and investment opportunities.

Due Diligence Coordination

• Support the coordination of commercial, technical, financial/tax and legal due diligence processes and work with internal teams and external advisors to facilitate transaction execution.
• Assist with the organisation and review of due diligence materials and transaction documentation.

Ad-hoc Analysis

• Provide analytical support to the team on an ad-hoc basis, including portfolio reviews, hold/sell analysis, performance tracking and other strategic investment initiatives.

Understand the real estate investment process

Gain an end-to-end understanding of how real estate investment opportunities are identified, evaluated, underwritten, diligenced and executed.

Develop financial modelling and investment analysis skills

Build practical experience in financial modelling, cash flow forecasting to derive investment returns, including IRR / equity multiple analysis, sensitivities and scenario analysis.

Develop market research and investment judgement

Learn how to analyse macro- and micro-level market trends, comparable transactions, competitive positioning and asset fundamentals to form investment views and support underwriting assumptions.

Develop investment communication skills

Learn how to distil complex financial and market analysis into clear investment papers and presentations, articulating the investment rationale, key risks and recommendations to senior management.

Understand transaction execution, due diligence and gain cross-functional exposure

Exposure to the due diligence and transaction process, including coordination with internal stakeholders, external advisers and counterparties.