Manager - Corporate Finance

About the role

A real estate investment firm looking to scale its portfolio and expand is recruiting a highly analytical and strategic finance professional to lead treasury functions and drive M&A initiatives. Reporting to the Group CFO, the role covers cash flow, liquidity, hedging, debt financing and complex valuations and deal execution.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee group-level cash flow, liquidity planning and working capital optimisation across diverse real estate portfolios
• Develop and execute hedging strategies to mitigate currency and interest rate risks
• Manage debt financing, negotiate with financial institutions and optimise capital structure to minimise WACC
• Lead valuations including DCF, public comparable analysis and precedent transaction analysis for assets and corporate entities
• Own the end-to-end M&A process, from pipeline and due diligence to deal structuring and negotiation
• Build and maintain financial models (IRR, NPV, yield on cost) to evaluate acquisitions and divestments
• Ensure deal structures, offer documents and communications comply with the Code's General Principles and Rules, and act as internal subject matter expert on major transaction disclosures and Interested Person Transactions (IPT)

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, economics or real estate
• About 7-10 years in corporate finance or treasury, with a focus on the real estate industry
• CFA/CA/ACCA or equivalent professional certification highly preferred

Required skills

• Corporate valuation methodologies (enterprise value, equity value, multiples)
• Real estate asset-level modelling
• Financial risk management with proven expertise in interest rate and FX hedging

Applications are handled in strict confidence; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates should submit their CV as a Word document through the firm's careers page.