Intern, Real Estate Investments (Summer 2027)

<strong>Choose a workplace that empowers your impact. <br><br></strong>Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.<br><br>We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers.<br><br>Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.<br><br>Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.<br><br><strong>Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? </strong>Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply.<br><br>The Summer 2027 Investments Intern will join our Investments team in the London office, working across both investment management (IM) and asset management (AM) responsibilities. Working within a small, relatively flat team, you will gain direct exposure to senior investment professionals and live transactions from an early stage. Key responsibilities will include the evaluation of real estate investment and development / leasing opportunities, market research, and supporting all asset classes and regional teams on transaction executions.<br><br><strong>You Will Be Responsible For<br><br></strong><ul><li>Financial analysis of a wide range of real estate transactions, including Excel-based modelling of real estate cash flows and research to support key underwriting assumptions</li><li>Evaluation and interpretation of real estate, economic and public company data, including financial statements, to conduct valuation and operational benchmarking</li><li>Preparation of documents for internal and external purposes, including assembly of investment committee memos, strategy papers and presentations to partners</li><li>Supporting the ongoing management of the existing portfolio alongside the investment team<br><br></li></ul><strong>The Person<br><br></strong>You will be a penultimate-year student, i.e. with one further year of study remaining after the internship (whether the final year of an undergraduate / postgraduate degree, or having completed an undergraduate degree with a place secured for a one-year postgraduate degree). Oxford’s intention is to provide a full-time Analyst offer upon graduation the following year, subject to performance and resourcing requirements.<br><br><strong>Required Skills & Experience<br><br></strong><ul><li>Robust analytical and financial modelling skills, as demonstrated either through work experience or academics</li><li>Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)</li><li>Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with fluency in English</li><li>Strong, inquisitive nature and genuine curiosity about real estate and financial markets, with a clear desire to build a career in real estate<br><br></li></ul><strong>Preferred Skills & Experience<br><br></strong><ul><li>Strong academic grades in your transcript</li><li>Experience in investment / financial analysis and transaction support, ideally within commercial real estate</li><li>Experience in presentation preparation and research</li><li>Fluency in German, French or other languages aligned with Oxford’s strategy</li><li>Willingness to collaborate across time zones and geographies in Europe, as required</li><li>Team player; self-starter; professional and positive attitude; diligent; able to take initiative and work well in a small, dynamic and relatively flat team<br><br></li></ul><strong>What We Offer<br><br></strong><ul><li>A paid internship with compensation aligned to our first-year Analyst programme, reflecting the caliber of talent we are looking to attract</li><li>Where the internship is successful, the opportunity to receive an offer to return as a full-time Analyst commencing Summer 2028, subject to performance</li><li>Direct exposure to senior investment professionals, live deals and the day-to-day work of a global real estate platform<br><br></li></ul><strong>Important Information<br><br></strong>Right to work / visas: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the internship. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this internship. Foreign nationals holding a valid student visa can typically undertake a full-time summer internship without sponsorship, provided they continue to meet the conditions of their visa – please ensure you are able to satisfy these requirements before applying.<br><br><strong>Technical assessment<br><br></strong>Successful applicants will be asked to complete a timed Excel financial modelling test. Candidates are expected to understand basic real estate concepts and to be able to build a simple, dynamic financial model. No professional modelling experience is required.<br><br>The modelling test is just one component of the overall selection process.<br><br>No professional modelling experience is required to complete the modelling test, but we recommended practicing using Joshua Kahr’s case studies, linked here.<br><br><strong>Open Day<br><br></strong>Successful candidates will be invited to an Open Day in our London office in November to meet with the team.<br><br><strong>Applications will close on<br><br></strong>Applications will close on Sunday October 18th at 11:59pm GMT.<br><br>Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate.<br><br>Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve.<br><br>From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs.

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