Associate RE PE AM & Portfolio Management Cantonese or Mandarin

We are working with one of the world's leading alternative investment and private equity firms to hire an Associate for their Asian Real Estate Asset Management & Portfolio Management team in London.

The role will initially be based in their London office and will transition to a new office that is opening in Hong Kong.

Reporting directly to the Head of Asian Asset & Portfolio Management in a small team with a flat structure, the role will involve the portfolio analysis, management and reporting of opportunistic Asian Real Estate private equity and Real Estate NPL portfolios, the onboarding of new portfolios and sourcing and negotiating debt financing for new investments.

The firm has a great culture with a friendly and open working environment.

Role overview:

• Portfolio management - analyse and manage portfolio performance of Real Estate private equity / Real Estate NPL portfolios; conduct scenario analysis based on micro and macro factors; propose potential value enhancing / engineering strategies to enhance portfolio returns.
• Asset management - support in business critical asset management decisions through portfolio return scenario analysis. Development and delivery of semi-annual business plans. Management and oversight of JV operating partners.
• Modelling - Modelling CRE and NPL portfolios, including developing new transaction models and enhancing existing models.
• Reporting - Prepare monthly performance reports and quarterly lending analysis.
• Debt financing - Assist head of team with sourcing and negotiating debt financing for new acquisitions and refinancing existing investments

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Finance or Real Estate (essential)
• CFA (desirable)
• 2 - 6 years Commercial Real Estate experience (essential)
• Portfolio Management, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Private Equity or Real Estate NPL experience (strongly desirable)
• Advanced Real Estate Excel modelling skills (essential)
• VBA modelling skills (helpful)
• Business level fluency in Cantonese or Mandarin languages (essential)