Associate, Real Estate, Asia Strategic Investments - Secondaries focus

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we Work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.
 
Real Estate
The Real Estate (RE) arm of GIC invests in real estate and real estate-related assets outside of Singapore and has one of the largest and broadest real estate portfolios amongst all institutions.
Our real estate assets cover over 40 countries and span multiple property sectors, including traditional office, retail, residential, industrial, and hospitality; and newer economy sectors such as data centres, life sciences, and healthcare properties. We invest across the real estate capital structure in equity, senior and junior debt. Through active asset management, GIC further generates income, and enhances the market value of its assets through tenant management, market positioning, leasing, and capital improvements.

Asia Strategic Investments Group (ASIG) 
You will be joining ASIG, which has a pan-Asia real estate investment mandate, based in Singapore. The team invests across the capital stack, via a broad range of products and structures (including equity, credit, funds & co-investments, secondaries, special situations, structured investments, platforms and corporate-style investments). You may also manage direct investment portfolios across South East Asia markets. This role will predominantly focus on scaling the real estate secondaries program within GIC RE.   

What will you do in this role?
The Associate will be involved in both investment and asset management functions:
•    Screen and evaluate deals, including performing market research, financial analysis and cash-flow modelling, investment feasibility, and making recommendations to senior members of the team
•    Independently develop and maintain financial models for deals
•    Assist in managing the deal through the whole process, from preparing internal approval papers, to due diligence, negotiation, structuring, documentation and closing
•    Actively monitor and assist to drive the ongoing performance of the assets, through regular review of asset performance against budgets and benchmarks
•    Assist in formulating, researching and preparing papers / presentation decks for new investment ideas and themes
•    Assist senior members of the team in business development and relationship building
•    Engage with real estate managers, company management teams, counterparties, and intermediaries during due diligence and ongoing monitoring
•    Coordinate with other teams within GIC to evaluate and execute secondaries investment opportunities
 
What qualifications, skills and traits should you possess in this role?
•    Good academic qualifications with two (2) to four (4) years of relevant working experience in a banking, investment, asset management or PE and/or RE secondaries role
•    Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills
•    Demonstrated maturity and professional presence. Good interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team setting
•    Creativity and ability to think out-of-the-box in unpacking complex situations
•    Ability to effectively multi-task across a wide range of projects and deliverables, and drive work streams independently
•    Strong critical thinking and business acumen, intellectual curiosity balanced with a practical mindset, solution-oriented approach, and a good sense of urgency

Work at the Point of Impact
We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC
At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection.  At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves.  Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration, but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.
 

GIC is an equal opportunity employer
GIC is an equal opportunity employer GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
 

Please email grphrodtaops@gic.com.sg at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.

Learn more about our Real Estate Department here: https://gic.careers/group/real-estate/