Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Travelodge Hotels Asia is seeking an Investment Analyst to join their investments team. The role involves supporting the company’s strategic growth by engaging in investment and business development activities, conducting feasibility studies, market research, and developing financial models.
Responsibilities
- Conduct feasibility studies for potential investment and hotel management deals, partake in work relating to bidding or tendering process, including market research and underwriting of each potential project including critical market and competitive data, tracking and establishing pickup trends, occupancy history, and provide recommendations to management
- Conduct market research and generate investment and development leads through contacts with developers, lending institutions, independent hotel operators, hotel brokers, hotel consultants and government tourism bodies, track new projects pipeline, maintain both deal and contact databases
- Develop financial models, presentations, proposals and pitch materials in connection to each investment or business development opportunity and work with various internal stakeholders to prepare proposals, including hotel operations and technical services team
- Work with investment team to develop and implement business development strategies to grow the business and secure new hotel management contracts
Skills
- Possess at least a Bachelor's Degree in either Hospitality, Business Finance or Real Estate from a recognised institution
- Minimum 1-2 years' of working experience in either an analyst or consultancy role in a real estate or hospitality industry
- Well versed in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word, including financial modelling, graphs charting and presentation
- Be an independent learner, team player and enjoy working within a dynamic group and fast-paced environment
- Be meticulous and has the ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently and in an organized way
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with strong logical thinking capability, including the ability to communicate efficiently to various stakeholders
- Proficient research experience with ability to independently collect and evaluate economic and local market data
- Internship and relevant experience in the hospitality or real estate industry preferred
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