Stellenbosch: Property Analyst (Stellenbosch) posted by Datafin

About the Role

Datafin, a growing dynamic Investment and Commercial Property Management Firm in Stellenbosch, is seeking a Property Analyst to evaluate new acquisition and development opportunities. The successful candidate will conduct due diligence investigations, compile sales packs, liaise with agents, and maintain weekly progress reports on new acquisitions, developments, and sales.

Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with agents to source new opportunities.
• Gather all the required information from the agents.
• Conduct market research to determine rental rates and capitalisation rates for specific areas.
• Evaluate all new opportunities including but not limited to financial feasibility.
• Present all new opportunities at weekly deal committee meetings.
• Communicate deal committee findings to all relevant agents.
• Ensure that all offers are submitted timeously after deal committee meetings.
• Collect all due diligence information of the accepted offers.
• Conduct due diligence investigations timeously.
• Prepare due diligence report, summarising all findings.
• Communicate due diligence outcome to agent/seller.
• Ensure all relevant information to assist with finance applications is sent to the Financial Director when required.
• Communicate outcome of finance application to agent/seller.

• Liaise with the Development Department to determine preliminary development cost estimates.
• Prepare financial feasibilities for all development opportunities, when required.
• Liaise with other professionals involved in the development process if required.
• Finalise development timelines with the Development Department and other professionals involved, when required.
• Manage cost spent on the development vs approved budget, when required.
• Conduct marketing plan for the rental of available rentable space.
• Liaise with agents to market the available rentable space in the development.
• Prepare rental proposals for prospective tenants, when required.
• Attend site meetings from time to time to ensure development is of the expected quality and will be delivered within the expected timeline.

• Assist in the preparation of sales figures of properties identified for sale.
• Liaise with the relevant agents in terms of marketing the identified property.
• Prepare sales packs for the identified properties to be sent to agents, when required.
• Follow up with agents in terms of marketing progress.
• Oversee the updating of weekly sales reports.
• Compile all due diligence information required by a purchaser when required.

• Assist in the preparation and submission of tenders, when required.
• Ad hoc tasks as required by management.
• Develop and maintain relationships with agents / brokers.
• Ad hoc market research, when required.