Analyst in Real Estate and Data Centers
General Atlantic is a global investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs and investors to build long-term value.
About General Atlantic
Founded in 1980, General Atlantic is a global investment platform focused on identifying and supporting companies with strong growth potential. Its strategies include growth equity, private credit, energy transition, and infrastructure investing. The firm provides patient capital, customized investment solutions, portfolio support, operational expertise, and value-creation services to entrepreneurs, portfolio companies, institutional investors, families, endowments, foundations, and other capital partners.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will support real-estate investments across Southeast Asia throughout the full transaction lifecycle, from initial screening and underwriting through structuring, financing, asset management, and exit. You will build financial models, lead defined diligence workstreams, prepare investment materials, conduct market research, support debt raising and origination, and work on value-creation initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2–3 years of relevant experience strongly preferred; investment banking or private equity experience preferred.
- Advanced financial modelling skills, including building, auditing, and stress-testing complex models.
- Understanding of accounting principles and ability to critically read financial statements.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and strong PowerPoint and Word skills.
- Verbal and written fluency in English.
- Ability to travel regularly across Southeast Asia.
- CFA Level II or III candidacy or charterholder status is preferred.
- Exposure to real estate, infrastructure, project finance, or another real asset class is preferred.
- Experience working with external advisers, lenders, or joint-venture partners is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Build and own asset- and platform-level financial models, including development and operating cash flows, project finance debt sizing, joint-venture waterfalls, returns analysis, and sensitivities.
- Draft investment memoranda and Investment Committee presentations that set out the investment case, risks, and mitigants.
- Run commercial, technical, legal, tax, and insurance due-diligence workstreams; coordinate external advisers; track issues; and escalate material matters.
- Support capital structuring and debt raising, including lender materials, base and downside cases, covenant analysis, and debt-service-coverage analysis.
- Maintain market evidence on supply and demand, rents, yields, land pricing, comparable transactions, buyer appetite, and exit routes.
- Conduct primary research with operators, developers, occupiers, consultants, and industry contacts.
- Support value-creation work through budget review, capital-expenditure tracking, performance reporting, and asset-level initiatives.
- Support origination by screening opportunities, preparing early-stage pricing views, and maintaining the pipeline.
Benefits
- Performance-linked bonus.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement savings provision in line with local statutory requirements and market practice.
- Structured training and support for professional development and qualifications.
- Direct mentorship from senior investment professionals.
- Mobility across a global platform.
Hiring Process
Apply with a CV and a short note on an asset, sector, or transaction of interest. Shortlisted candidates complete a timed modelling exercise and meet the Singapore team and senior members of the global Real Estate and Sustainable Infrastructure platform.