Associate Director, Hospitality

Department:

EMEA Capital Markets

We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities where people live work shop and play to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social environmental and economic change in our communities.

Department Overview

Our EMEA experts deliver exceptional debt and equity solutions across the commercial real estate spectrum combining deep capital markets expertise with local EMEA real estate knowledge to maximise returns and minimise risk for our clients.

Walker & Dunlops EMEA Hotels Investment & Sales practice provides institutional-grade hotel brokerage sell-side advisory debt and equity placement and M&A services across the United Kingdom France Spain Germany and the broader EMEA region. With a focus on single-asset and portfolio transactions in the 70-500m range our team connects institutional investors private equity sovereign wealth funds family offices and owner-operators with the capital and counterparties that drive exceptional outcomes.

Through our unified approach we serve the full hospitality spectrum while leveraging Walker & Dunlops extensive global capital network proprietary technology and transaction expertise to maximise value for our clients.

The Impact You Will Have

Join a rapidly growing team as Associate Director within Walker & Dunlops EMEA Hotels Investment & Sales practice in London. Working closely with the Managing Director and Director across live hotel capital markets mandates you will take a leading role in financial underwriting transaction process management marketing material preparation and investor engagement. You will also begin to develop your own client relationships and contribute to origination activity with a clear and structured path to a lean high-performing team your execution quality and commercial instincts will be visible from day one.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist senior advisors in identifying and pursuing new business leads maintaining existing client relationships and managing the deal pipeline across UK and EMEA hotel markets.
• Conduct detailed reviews of potential sell-side debt advisory and M&A mandates; assess their viability and oversee the production of pitch documents and financing proposals as required.
• Analyse hotel investment and financing scenarios for existing and prospective clients considering acquisition refinancing recapitalisation or disposal opportunities.
• Oversee and take responsibility for the preparation and assembly of Investment Memoranda Financing Memoranda and ancillary documents including cashflow models and market analyses associated with new mandates.
• Manage allocated hotel transactions across all stages: from initial identification and pitching through deal marketing (preparation of materials and investor engagement) to final closing (legal documentation and completion).
• Develop strong relationships with external clients with a particular focus on building your peer network within the investor lender and owner-operator communities.
• Take joint responsibility with the Director for the training and development of the Senior Analyst and any junior team members.
• Work with the Director to coordinate tasks and delegate workstreams across the junior team ensuring appropriate distribution of mandates across the resource pool.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• The Companys core working hours are 7:00AM to 7:00 PM local time Monday through Friday with in-office attendance required and actual hours worked generally totaling 40 each week.

Education and Experience

• Bachelors degree required; preference for finance real estate or economics concentration.
• 58 years of commercial real estate experience required preferably with hotel owners capital markets advisers investment banks or financial institutions.
• Hotel capital markets or hospitality advisory experience within the UK or European market strongly preferred.
• Experience across multiple property types with exposure to both investment and development transactions; hotel sector knowledge essential.
• CFA MRICS or CCIM a plus.
• Language skills (French German Spanish Italian) a plus.
• Eligible to work in the United Kingdom.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Possess a working knowledge of hotel transaction processes including due diligence legal documentation and closing procedures.
• Excellent financial modelling skills including thorough knowledge of Excel; ARGUS a plus.
• Strong technical understanding of hotel P&Ls operating performance metrics (RevPAR EBITDA GOP) and valuation methodologies including DCF and yield-based approaches.
• Proficiency in MS Outlook Word and PowerPoint; ability to learn Salesforce and other company software as needed.
• Proven written and oral communication skills; capable of producing client-ready pitch materials and investment memoranda with limited supervision.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills with the ability to accurately manage multiple mandates during time-sensitive situations.
• Ability to show ownership of your work take on challenges acknowledge growth opportunities and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
• Courtesy respect and thoughtfulness in teaming with colleagues and other stakeholders.

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What We Offer

• You will have the opportunity to accelerate in our rapidly growing organization.
• Were a lean team so your impact will be felt immediately.
• Flexible working hours career advancement and competitive compensation package.
• We arrange social activities to help our employees and families become familiar with each other and our culture.
• In addition to other benefits we offer supplemental health insurance a pension plan and 100% complimentary and confidential mental health services.

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Required Experience:

Director

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1