Downing
Associate, Commercial Real Estate Lending
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About Downing
Downing is dedicated to delivering investments that matter - for our economy, our health, our society, our local communities and our environment. For 40 years, our highly experienced team and our entrepreneurial spirit has driven us to seek out long-term and unique opportunities that solve challenges faced by investors, companies and society. As a certified B Corp, we take our responsibilities, to our investors, our stakeholders and society, seriously. We invest for return while always considering our impact on the world.
About the team
Downing’s Commercial Real Estate Lending strategy targets loans to high quality Sponsors across asset classes including healthcare, logistics, hospitality, offices and alternative sectors across the UK. We support acquisitions, bridging, development, refurbishment and other repositioning business plans.
Across its Private Credit strategies, Downing has committed over £1.5bn to borrowers, building deep relationships and a track record of success.
Role and responsibilities
This position offers direct exposure to origination, underwriting, execution and portfolio management. You will join a collaborative and entrepreneurial team within an established institutional platform and gain first-hand experience and expertise in a rapidly evolving market.
Key Responsibilities
Origination and Relationship Management
- Support senior investment team members in originating and filtering Commercial Real Estate Lending opportunities
- Make and maintain relationships with Sponsor clients
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Transaction Analysis and Structuring
- Analyse and structure investment opportunities across a range of return profiles, asset classes and capital structures
- Assess commerciality of sponsor business plans and asset-level performance including analysis of comparable transactional and other relevant data
Financial Modelling
- Build detailed financial models including downside, sensitivity and scenario analysis based on comparable transactional data and results of wider due diligence
Due Diligence
- Coordinate due diligence processes and lead analysis of results
- Manage third-party advisory workstreams including legal, valuation, technical and environmental
Investment Committee
- Prepare credit papers, investment memoranda and other presentations, accurately and concisely summarising results of Transaction Analysis, Financial Modelling and Due Diligence
Transaction Execution
- Assist in negotiation of legal documents, execution and closing processes ensuring accurate and timely closing of transactions
Portfolio Management
- Monitor investment performance and maintain Sponsor client relationships
- Support transaction booking and ongoing portfolio management reporting
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Education, experience and skills
The ideal candidate will have the following:
Experience and Education
- Target 2-4 years’ front of house experience in real estate finance, structured credit, or investment banking. Backgrounds in other comparable finance roles will be considered for exceptional candidates
- Consistently high academic performance with degree level qualification from a well-regarded university or equivalent academic institution
Technical Skills
- Proficiency in Excel to build and maintain detailed financial models
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in English, able to prepare high-quality and error free investment memoranda, presentations and professional correspondence
- Comfortable using AI tools (e.g. Claude, Copilot) to improve efficiency in research, analysis and communication
Personal Attributes
- Intellectual curiosity and commitment to excellence
- Keen sense of responsibility, professional integrity and fiduciary awareness
- Self-motivated and collaborative
Further information
All candidates must be eligible to work in the UK or have a working visa.
We endeavour to reply to all individual applicants and will provide feedback for any candidates that reach the interview stage.
Please note, we are committed to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.
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