Investment associate

The Investment Management Associate helps oversee and grow Another Star's global portfolio of owned, leased and managed citizenM hotels. The role covers the full investment life-cycle: divestments, expansion under the citizenM banner, debt and capital markets, and hands-on asset management.

You will own value-add initiatives at asset level, represent Another Star with co-owners, landlords and stakeholders, and keep reporting and processes lean so the team can focus on creating value.

Key Responsibilities

- Support the Managing Director of Investment Management in driving deal flow by communicating with brokers, prospective third-party operators, and external advisors to deliver on value add initiatives;
- Manage deal flow for asset-lite development projects including initial underwriting, relationship management, and maintaining the development process life-cycle;
- Own the team’s accounts payable responsibilities to ensure compliance, payment timeliness, and ledger accuracy across property and project expenses;
- Provide financial and investment analysis on ad hoc strategic initiatives;
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to help lead the execution of the investment and divestment strategies for assigned assets;
- Work closely with legal, property management, capital markets, finance, accounting, and operations teams to review agreements, construction/capital projects, loan documents, leases, and other materials that impact the operations of the asset and ownership’s obligations;
- Perform detailed reviews of budgets, forecasts, monthly income statements, STR reports, cash flow projections, and create and maintain internal asset-level dashboard reports to identify inefficiencies and help create strategies around maximizing profitability and value;
- Maintain internal and external property reporting materials including asset decks, investor reporting, internal communications, and routine deliverables;
- Identify cost-saving and efficiency opportunities through the review of monthly and annual financial reports to drive shareholder value and improve hotel performance.

Qualifications / skills

- Relevant and proven experience in hotel or real estate investment, asset management, transactions, lending or advisory;
- Advanced analytical, written, and verbal communication skills;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, with high expertise in Excel and financial modeling;
- Self-motivated, flexible, and highly detail-oriented with strong quality control;
- Ability to effectively manage competing priorities, projects, and deadlines;
- Experience in asset management fundamentals and principles including hotel performance metrics, valuations, and debt structuring;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Proficiency in French or other European languages is highly advantageous;
- Uses AI to its full potential.

What's in it for you?

- citizenM experience nights for you (discounts for friends and family)
- Favourable rates at Marriott hotels
- Personal and professional development opportunities and programs
- Latest tech devices and all the tools you need to be successful in your role
- Commuting travel costs covered (by car or public transport)
- Pension and cycle-to-work scheme
- Subsidized fresh daily lunches at our support office
- Flexible public holidays
- Employee assistance program
- Varied team days and social events (from food trucks and quizzes at the office to parties on boats)
- Modern office in Leiden, 500m from the central station
Location / hours
- Leiden Support Office. Hybrid working is possible, on average two days in the office. Not fully remote. This is a full-time role. Start date = as of January 2027
Please note that we are only able to consider applicants with the right to work in the Netherlands. We won't be able to sponsor Visas for this role.