Senior Analyst - Real Estate

• Support the global private real estate credit team in underwriting and executing new investments for a wide range of commercial real estate transactions. Investments include senior bridge loans, mezzanine loans, and preferred equity backed by virtually all property types.
• Assist in creating and maintaining detailed and complex financial valuation and underwriting models for financing real estate investments.
• Support and coordinate asset-level and market-level due diligence.
• Contribute to developing an understanding of a deal’s capital structure, business plan, and key risks to the performance.
• Support analysis of physical characteristics of properties, and the related competitive advantages and disadvantages.
• Assist in evaluating existing and potential operating characteristics of a project (Revenue/Rent Rolls, expenses, capital expenditures, tenant credit, leases).
• Gather and synthesize market information through independent research to help identify demand drivers and support conclusion on future market rent, absorption, vacancy, and liquidity in the investment market.
• Provide inputs and support in preparing term sheets and letters of intent.
• Assist in drafting comprehensive investment memorandum to be presented to senior management for consideration and approval.

•Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Accounting

•2-5 years of experience in real estate finance.

•Strong analytical skills and quantitative skills.

•Experience creating financial models. Expertise in Excel; Power point and ARGUS  proficiency helpful but not required.

•Ability to learn new IT applications related to market diligence, relationship and portfolio management.

•Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, and duties may change.