Senior Investment Analyst

About the Role

UPDC Plc is recruiting a Senior Investment Analyst to join its team in Lagos. This position plays a critical role in supporting the company's investment, development, and financial planning activities across a diverse real estate portfolio.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain high-quality, comprehensive real estate financial models and analysis to support new development projects, acquisitions, investments, business planning, and forecasting decisions
• Provide regular, quality-focused updates to financial models in line with adjustments to assumptions during pre-contract development phases
• Monitor the progress of ongoing projects and conduct regular variance analysis on project performance (actual vs. budget)
• Provide reliable and insightful project performance reports for internal and external stakeholders, including evaluation and analysis of pipeline and ongoing projects, forecasts, performance of comparable developments and/or companies, trends analysis, valuation drivers, and key risk factors
• Evaluate investment opportunities across asset classes (residential, commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, etc.) and provide recommendations to maximize project viability and return profile
• Analyze project feasibility and assist with structuring transactions, joint ventures, and financing arrangements using scenario analysis to indicate potential returns against key variables
• Consult with the development team to develop long-term commercial plans and initiatives to improve financial growth
• Support the development team to ensure alignment of financial and delivery data, including work package reviews and tender evaluation analysis
• Review project valuation reports and consultant reports; assist with verifying payment requests
• Ensure accuracy of vendor invoices and adequacy of supporting documents before payments are made
• Prepare all documents and presentations required to inform stakeholders of project financial performance
• Maintain a portfolio dashboard on all existing developments