Investment Analyst – Real Estate & Investment

Job Summary We are looking for an experienced Investment Analyst – Real Estate & Investment to join our Investment Department in Dubai. The successful candidate will evaluate, analyze, and underwrite real estate investment opportunities, including land acquisitions, development projects, joint ventures, distressed assets, income-generating properties, and strategic real estate investments. This role requires strong expertise in real estate financial modelling, feasibility studies, market research, investment analysis, financial due diligence, and investment recommendations. Key Responsibilities - Evaluate real estate investment opportunities across Dubai and the UAE. - Prepare detailed financial models, feasibility studies, and investment analysis. - Analyze land acquisitions, development projects, JVs, distressed assets, completed projects, and income-producing properties. - Assess acquisition costs, construction and development costs, financing costs, sales revenues, rental income, operating expenses, and exit values. - Calculate key investment metrics including ROI, profitability, cash flows, margins, and investment returns. - Prepare base-case, upside, and downside scenarios. - Conduct sensitivity analysis covering sales prices, construction costs, financing costs, absorption rates, project timelines, and exit assumptions. - Conduct detailed Dubai and UAE real estate market research and competitor analysis. - Analyze comparable transactions, sales prices, rental rates, supply and demand, market trends, and absorption rates. - Prepare professional investment papers, feasibility reports, and recommendations for senior management and the CIO. - Recommend whether opportunities should be proceeded with, renegotiated, further investigated, or rejected. - Review and challenge assumptions provided by brokers, sellers, developers, consultants, and counterparties. - Support commercial and financial due diligence. - Coordinate with Finance, Legal, Development,