Investment Analyst, Hotel, UK - 278

Job description
Business Area: Real Estate Hotels

Location: London

Reporting to: Investment Director, Real Estate Hotels

Job title: Investment Analyst, Hotels

Who we’re looking for

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Investment Analyst to join our Real Estate Investment Hotel Team in London. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a team with a significant and robust 20-year track record within the European hotel investment market. With more than 110 acquisitions and more than c.60 sales to date, the team has a wide exposure to the European market and works with most of the operators. This team has outperformed for several years in the hotel industry thanks to his perfect knowledge of the market and its entrepreneurial mindset.

The Investment Analyst will be part of the investment of this fund, alongside other strategies launched by Schroders Capital.

About Schroders

We’re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And we’ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn’t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The base

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We’re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK’s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

The team

Our Hotels Real Estate Hotel team is an integral part of Schroders Capital, the private market investment division of Schroders, and constitutes an important focus of the Group's strategy for expansion. Schroders Capital is one of Europe's largest real estate managers with deep real estate expertise on the ground across real estate sectors. Investment strategies are offered in a broad range of open and closed ended funds, listed REITS, specialist funds, joint ventures separate accounts and real estate debt.

The Real Estate team is highly experienced in real estate fund management, research, acquisitions, asset management and strategy and sustainability and is comprised of over 200 people operating from offices across the UK, Continental Europe, Asia and North America.

The Hotel Real Estate team is highly experienced in hotel investments with more than c. 40 people (Investment / Asset Management / Finance), with a long experience and proven track record in the hospitality business. The Investment Team is composed of 10 professionals and is focused on the growth of the portfolio. The hotel portfolio managed by the Hotel Real Estate team includes c.50 assets across Europe with a AUM of c. €3.8bn.

The Team recorded several acquisitions in the past year, including the Hoxton Paris, Hoxton Amsterdam, The Standard Ibiza and more recently the NH Collection Milan and the W Edinburgh.

What you’ll do

As an Investment Analyst with the help of the rest of the team, you will :
• Origination
• Participate in the origination of deals through the development of the network of brokers, operators;
• Underwrite market research, draft memos and presentations on deals in Europe;
• Create and manage financial models for transactions.
• Execution
• Assist the team in the due diligence process (commercial, financial, tax, social, real estate, insurance…) during the execution of acquisition / disposal process.
• Others
• Maintenance of the transaction / deal-flow database;
• Produce the board presentations for investment committee, investors, banks;
• Provide support to the Asset Management and Finance team on specific situations (negotiation of franchise contracts, leverage recap, etc.);
• Support on ad-hoc analysis for LPs, banks, internal meetings…

The Investment Analyst will be expected to be autonomous in deal analysis underwriting and also involved on acquisitions in the short term.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
• Entrepreneurial mindset and highly ambitious with excellent academic credentials;
• 2-3 years of analytical experience preferably in a private equity firm, a MA department in the hotel industry or not;
• Strong interest in hospitality / lodging sector;
• Highly analytical with excellent excel skills specific to financial modeling and PL analysis;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a very good aptitude to work with Word and Powerpoint;
• Attention to detail and structured thinking and pro-active with problem solving;
• Personable and able to quickly build effective relationships with a variety of colleagues, partners and service providers;Excellent English language skills.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
• Previous experience in hospitality / lodging sector;
• Exposure to European Market;
• Proficiency with another European language;
• Enjoy working in a fast paced environment, developing and taking on responsibility;Pre-settle or settle status to work in the UK.

What you’ll be like
• High level of commitment, flexibility and initiative;
• Excellent organizational and team skills;Able to present information clearly and concisely with an ability to manage his time to meet deadlines and deliver on business goals;

We're looking for the best, whoever they are

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