Investment Associate – Real Estate Debt (Origination)

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About the Role

What’s in it for you?

This is a chance to join a leading real estate debt team in a front-line origination role. You’ll gain direct exposure to borrowers, brokers and a variety of transactions, while working in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment. For the right person, it offers strong career progression and the opportunity to play a key role in the growth of our platform.

The role:

We’re looking for a commercially minded and ambitious Investment Associate to help grow our Real Estate Debt business. The role is centred on origination and new business generation – building strong relationships with brokers, borrowers and advisers, identifying attractive lending opportunities, and supporting the expansion of our UK loan book.

You’ll bring a solid understanding of real estate, together with the drive and energy needed to generate deal flow. You’ll also support senior colleagues with the assessment and execution of transactions. This is a client-facing role with exposure to business development, market engagement and a broad range of transactions across commercial, investment and living sectors.

What you’ll be doing:

Origination & New Business

• Source and develop new lending opportunities across the UK.
• Build and maintain lasting relationships with brokers, borrowers, advisers and other market contacts.
• Represent the firm at industry events, conferences and meetings to grow origination channels.
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to spot opportunities.
• Support senior team members in meeting origination targets.

Deal Assessment & Execution

• Review and assess new opportunities, providing input on structure and viability.
• Support the execution of transactions from first engagement through to completion.
• Prepare investment papers for Credit Committee.
• Liaise with internal teams (legal, risk, operations) to ensure smooth delivery.
• Undertake market research to help shape origination strategy.
• Share market knowledge with the team to support pipeline development and work closely with colleagues across the investment and wider debt teams.

Qualifications

✅ Experience in real estate, debt, finance or a related sector.

✅ Exposure to business development, origination or client relationship management.

✅ Strong knowledge of the UK real estate market (investment, commercial, living and development sectors).

✅ Working knowledge of financial modelling (preferred but not essential).

✅ Strong interpersonal and networking skills, with the ability to build relationships over the long term

✅RICS / CFA / CAIA qualification an advantage.

A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
✈️ Untracked holiday
Hybrid working – our people spend 3 days a week in the office
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more
Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
Private medical insurance for you and your family