Associate, Capital Raising

ESR is looking to fill an associate level role in the Fund Management & Capital Team, with a focus in Capital Raising. The candidate will report to the Senior Director Fund Management & Capital. The purpose of the role is to support and manage all the stages of the fundraising process, i.e. from initial marketing to final documentation. This is to ensure all investor relations activities are promptly and accurately executed and reported thanks to a rigorous and efficient methodology, and to provide strategic information as well as transparent and consistent communication for the investor presentations.

• Lead and deliver responses to investor RFPs / RFIs / questions in a timely manner to support various fund raises in close collaboration with the business teams and support teams;
• Prepare standard (INREV and other) DDQ documents for fundraises;
• Support drafting of fund documentation including term sheet, LPA, subscription agreement etc.
• Organize and/or attend real estate / property tour and follow specific conferences and events;
• Lead and coordinate outreach to investors and prospects to set up meetings with senior team members to support the capital raising process;
• Represent IR function for some commercial meetings and on the day-day exchanges with investors;
• Prepare marketing collaterals including presentations, pitches, teasers, factsheets, and prepare dataroom;
• Maintain and create valuable investor and fundraising information/analytics/reports including meeting notes, fund raise pipelines, data rooms and internal reports;
• Work with internal stakeholders to coordinate / create internal approval materials such as Investment Committee memos for new fundraises and fund establishment;
• Coordinate with various internal teams to ensure accurate information is shared in all investor communication.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business / Management / Economics;
• At least 5-7 years of working experience within a placement agent, a real estate investment manager, an investment bank or a private equity fund with an investor relation / capital raising focus;
• Practical experience of fund raising from initial marketing through to final documentation;
• Real estate involvement preferred
• Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

PERSONAL SKILLS:

• Detailed, reliable and hands-on;
• Highly organized and process driven;
• Strong multi-faceted project management skills;
• Ability to delegate to others (including senior executives) and manage their deliverables;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (both written and verbal), highly literate;
• Tenacious networker;
• Dynamic, enthusiastic and team player with the ability to work with different nationalities and backgrounds.