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Senior Associate, Real Estate Finance

  • Location:

    London, Greater London

  • Sector:

    Property & Real Estate Finance

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £75,000 - £85,000 per annum

  • Job ref:

    JN -052023-79702_1714402651

  • Published:

    29 April 2024

  • Expiry date:

    28 June 2024

  • Start date:

    01 July 2024

The team mainly provides senior and mezzanine financing on a range of large scale investment and development financing. They will also act as a joint venture partner and provide equity where there is a compelling reason to do so.

Recent transactions have included coverage across a range of sectors, and will support the execution of new deals and actively manage existing positions.

Main responsibilities

*Supporting the deal originator to underwrite new deals being involved in the whole process from deal screening through to deal execution

*Build investment cash flow models to screen new lending proposals, and prepare credit papers

*Manage the deal due diligence process

*Oversee loan facility drawdown

*Monitor loan performance against business plan, identify issues and propose solutions to the originator

*Attend site visits

*Key client relationship management - borrowers, JV partners and other transaction counterparts

*Attendance at regular meetings and updates with borrowers, property managers and JV partners; review of quarterly transaction reporting versus business plan

*Performance of day-to-day decision making including recommending approval of payments, licenses, leases, capex and other asset management initiatives

*Review and make amendments to transaction documentation as required

*Monitoring of facility agreements, and produce quarterly loan reports

The ideal candidate should have:

*Four years of Real Estate Finance experience - as with a lender, servicing or advisory business

*Solid cash flow analysis and modelling skills

*Excellent credit risk management skills

*Understanding of real estate finance legal documentation

*Good understanding of the UK real estate market

Very competitive salary, with bonus and associated corporate benefits package on offer.