Senior Investment Associate
StorHub Self Storage
Job Description
Position Objective:
StorHub is one of Asia-Pacific's leading self-storage platforms, operating a portfolio of premium facilities across Singapore, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and Australia. Backed by global institutional capital, the platform is expanding through acquisitions, developments, and operating partnerships in one of the region's most resilient real-asset sectors.
StorHub is seeking a Senior Associate / Manager to operate at the intersection of investments and portfolio management, with responsibility for sourcing and executing new transactions and subsequently overseeing the assets post-acquisition. The role carries end-to-end deal ownership – from initial underwriting through Investment Committee approval and handover – and ongoing accountability for NOI growth and value creation across a live portfolio. This position is well suited to candidates seeking a mandate in which capital allocation decisions are directly coupled with operational execution.
Job Responsibilities:
InvestmentsSource and screen opportunities across APAC – single assets, portfolios, operating platforms, and development sites – through brokers, owners, and proprietary networks.Build institutional-grade financial models covering acquisition, development, and JV structures, with full sensitivity and scenario analysis.Lead commercial, financial, legal, and technical due diligence in coordination with external advisors and internal functions; synthesize findings into clear risk frameworks.Draft Investment Committee papers and present recommendations directly to senior leadership and capital partners.Negotiate term sheets, SPAs, JV agreements, and financing documents alongside legal counsel and the transaction lead.Support capital structuring – debt sourcing, equity partner conversations, and deal-level returns packaging.
Portfolio managementOwn asset-level business plans for facilities under coverage, setting revenue, occupancy, rate, and capex targets in partnership with country operating teams.Track performance against underwrite monthly; diagnose variances, flag risks early, and drive corrective actions with the operators.Lead value-add initiatives – pricing optimization, expansions, repositioning, ancillary revenue, ESG upgrades – and quantify the NOI and valuation impact.Prepare portfolio reporting for the Board, investors, and lenders, including quarterly reviews, annual valuations, and ad-hoc investor requests.Manage refinancings, hold-sell analyses, and exit planning across the portfolio.Partner with operations, finance, and technology teams to refine the measurement and growth of same-store performance.
The responsibilities set out above are representative of the nature of the work assigned and are not intended to be exhaustive.
Key Requirements:
4–8 years of experience in real estate investments, real assets private equity, infrastructure, REITs, investment banking (real estate coverage), or a high-performing corporate development team.Strong modelling and underwriting capabilities, including the ability to build a three-statement model from first principles, stress-test underlying assumptions, and defend them under scrutiny.Transaction experience: direct involvement in at least several real estate transactions and asset management.Commercial judgement: the ability to distinguish between an elegantly constructed model and a fundamentally sound investment.APAC market fluency: prior experience across Singapore, Australia, or Japan, and demonstrated ability to acquire market knowledge rapidly. Proficiency in Japanese or another regional language is advantageous but not required.Academic foundation: a degree in Finance, Real Estate, Economics, Engineering, or a related discipline. Professional qualifications such as the CFA, CAIA, MAI, or an MBA are viewed favorably but are not required.Operator mindset: willingness to conduct site visits, engage directly with facility managers, and work through operational detail such as unit-mix analysis, rather than relying solely on desk-based review.
Why StorHub
Growth mandate: a regional platform with a defined expansion remit, rather than a stabilized portfolio in maintenance mode.Sector resilience: self-storage is among the most defensive real-asset classes globally, and the APAC market remains at an early stage of institutional penetration.End-to-end ownership: responsibility spans origination through to asset-level performance, without functional silos between investment and asset management.Senior exposure: direct engagement with leadership and capital partners from the outset of the role.Compensation: a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus, and long-term incentive participation linked to platform outcomes.