Associate - Real Estate Debt, Portfolio Management

Our client is a leading European real estate investment manager they are now hiring an Associate into the portfolio management function of its debt and value-add strategies platform. The platform invests fund capital across real estate debt and value-add equity throughout Europe and is one of the more established alternative lenders in the market, with a multi-billion euro track record across whole loans, senior and mezzanine strategies. The business continues to launch new vehicles and strategies alongside its existing funds. The team: You'd join a small, high-visibility portfolio and loan asset management team that sits across every investment on the platform. It's a broad seat — genuinely front-to-back exposure to fund performance, investor relations and strategic projects, rather than a narrow reporting role. The role:

• Analysing and forecasting fund and mandate-level performance across completed deals
• Deal and portfolio-level analysis — building performance scenarios, assessing risk allocation and diversification
• Preparing investor communications end to end (quarterly reports, MDD/ODD, ESG reporting) and coordinating investor calls and conferences
• Working directly with fund managers, investors, borrowers and internal stakeholders
• Contributing to platform-level strategic initiatives — warehouse financing vehicles, bond wrappers and wider fund matters
• Building asset models and supporting Investment Committee memos on loan restructures and workouts
• Partnering with the fund manager and IR team on fund strategy and fundraising Candidate requirements:
• 3+ years in private equity, banking or commercial real estate
• Proven ability to analyse and model complex deals and financial structures
• Strong Excel modelling; VBA or Python a real plus
• Comfort with complex capital structures and financial statement analysis
• A genuine interest in technology — they want someone actively applying AI and LLM-based tools to work smarter
• Real estate investment knowledge, with debt experience an advantage
• European languages welcome but not essential
• Self-starter, strong communicator, and someone who'll thrive in a lean team