AVP, Transaction Management, Real Estate

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 locations around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we work at the Point of Impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

GIC Real Estate

We were an early entrant among institutional investors in real estate including traditional private real estate (brick-and-mortar assets), public equities, real estate investment trusts, and real estate-related debt instruments.

RE Transaction Management

The Transaction Management team sits within GIC Real Estate Business Management function and is responsible for providing transaction closing support for GIC’s Real Estate transactions.

What will you do as an AVP, Transaction Management?

• Work closely with the Americas Real Estate transaction management team to drive the successful execution of the transaction manager platform across the region.
• Partner the internal investment, finance, tax, and legal teams to execute efficient and timely deal closings.
• Be the main point of contact for internal and external counterparties such as legal counsels, custodians, and KYC/AML agents to receive and process transaction documents and ensure funding on a timely basis.
• Assist the investment team to perform selected deal related internal compliance tasks.
• Be the go-to resource for all process and policy queries, including advising investment teams on approval processes and deal closing requirements and timings.
• Manage deal pipeline and deal execution for deals assigned.
• Support periodic reviews of internal processes to enhance efficiency and / or controls, benchmarking processes to market best practices.
• Proactively consider and implement process improvements, drive technology initiatives to achieve efficiencies and economies of scale.

What qualifications or skills should you possess in this role?

• Good Degree in Finance, Business, Legal or related fields with minimum 7 years relevant working experience.
• Ability to forge strong partnerships with investment team and other stakeholders.
• Ability to drive co-ordination and project manage amongst multiple stakeholders.
• Strong analytical abilities with an eye for details.
• Inquisitive self-starter with ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong time-management and creative problem-solving capabilities is vital in terms of effectively dealing with the complex nature of the deals and tight deadlines.
• Team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• A good understanding of the commercial, governance and legal terms of real estate deal documents would be advantageous.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

We are an equal opportunity employer

As an employer, we passionately believe every individual brings with them unique diversity of thought and perspectives to meaningfully enrich perspectives of GIC teams to drive competitive performance. An inclusive environment yields exceptional contribution.

Compensation

Our compensation philosophy reflects several principles. We strive to provide a competitive compensation package to attract and retain talent globally. We pay for performance, and reward sustainable results.

Total pay for this position comprises base pay and bonus. The anticipated base salary range for this role is between $130,000 and $170,000. Bonuses, which may form a meaningful proportion of the total pay package, are determined based on company and individual performance.

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