Real Estate Investment Analyst at Uraga Real Estate Limited

Uraga Real Estate is the real estate business unit of the Honeywell Group. The Company invests and develops in all sectors of the real estate market in Nigeria and other select West African countries, to include Residential, Retail, Offices, Industrial/ distribution warehouses, other commercial properties and the hospitality sector.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Real Estate Investment Analyst

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Oversee Uraga’s investment and asset management to guarantee risk-adjusted returns for investors and stakeholders with a focus on long term investments in quality Real Estate.

Responsibilities
Strategic:

• Identify trendsetter ideas by researching industry and related events, publications, and announcements; tracking individual contributors and their accomplishments.
• Locate or proposes potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities.
• Screen potential business deals by analyzing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials; evaluating options; resolving internal priorities; recommending equity investments.
• Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners’ needs and goals.
• Close new business deals by coordinating requirements; developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations.
• Anticipate critical issues, potential problems, risks and present to the Management.

Financial:

• Develop the overall Investment requirements and determine the appropriate investment strategies and structure for the company.
• Originate, analyze, and manage all Real Estate investment related transactions including the development financial appraisals, investment memorandums and all other relevant documentation
• Create financial models and analysis for the evaluation of potential new developments or investments opportunities and the evaluation of investment exit strategies
• Perform market research to determine/verify a project’s viability and to inform the assumptions used in models.
• Assist with acquisition due diligence alongside documentation due diligence (including review of contracts, preparation of budgets, gathering of consultants) for potential acquisitions.
• Identify sources of finance (debt, equity, and other alternatives), close on appropriate options and drive the management of investor relations.
• Review and recommend financing structures for the existing project portfolio and monitor the performance of the company’s projects from an investment perspective.
• Review of the performance of the entire investment portfolio and prepare the required management report in accordance to company policies.
• Identify acquisition opportunities and manage the people, programs, processes for the realization of same.
• Brief members of the Company’s Board of Directors and management on the proposed investment strategies, implementation of same and the overall performance of the company’s assets & investment portfolio.
• Read, analyze, and understand leases, term sheets, loan agreements, letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements, contracts, and other agreements
• Keep abreast of strategic real estate investment trends and opportunities.
• Develop investment policies and guiding principles and update same as required and ensure compliance to all policies and laws.

Experience and Qualifications

• A First Degree in any relevant discipline preferably Business Administration, Economics, Finance or Real Estate
• Master’s Degree (a plus) with an emphasis on finance, economics, real estate or Business Administration
• Certified Financial Analyst (or CFA Level I assessment completed)
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in financial modelling and analysis.

Application Closing Date
12th April, 2022.