Senior Analyst, Real Estate - Dubai

About the Company

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models for prospective management agreements, including property performance, management fee streams, ramp-up assumptions, and Flow-level economics.
• Underwrite prospective assets and owner partnerships for operational fit, financial viability, brand suitability, and value creation potential.
• Assess supply and demand, rental or room rates, competitive positioning, development pipelines, customer segments, and operating benchmarks.
• Support the structuring and negotiation of management agreements, including base and incentive fees, pre-opening or technical service fees, term, performance tests, owner obligations, termination rights, exclusivity, and brand standards.
• Prepare deal summaries, financial analyses, presentations, and approval memoranda for senior management, clearly articulating the strategic rationale, economics, key risks, negotiation points, and recommended position.
• Coordinate financial, operational, legal, technical, and commercial diligence with internal teams, owners, advisors, and counterparties.
• Support opportunities from initial assessment through term sheet, contract execution, and handover to pre-opening or operations.
• Track the management agreement pipeline, including deal status, expected openings, fee potential, and key milestones.
• Review signed and operating deals against underwriting to improve future assumptions.

Background & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in real estate, hospitality, development, investment, strategy, or related roles, with strong financial analysis and underwriting experience.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, particularly in building complex financial models.
• Strong understanding of real estate and operating metrics, including NOI, margins, occupancy, ADR/rental rates, RevPAR where relevant, and management fee economics.
• Knowledge of third-party operating models, hospitality-style management agreements, and owner-operator commercial structures.
• Experience evaluating, structuring, or negotiating management agreements, franchise or flag arrangements, operating partnerships, or similar transactions is strongly preferred.
• Experience in multifamily, hospitality, serviced apartments, branded residences, or adjacent living sectors is preferred.

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