Cima
Investment Group is a vertically integrated CRE private equity platform focused
on alternative real assets, specialized in senior housing. Headquartered in
Irvine with operations based in Dallas, the firm owns and operates a nationwide
portfolio of senior living communities through its integrated management
platform.
Senior
housing is the nation's top-growth asset class, supported by long-term
demographic demand and sustained institutional capital flows. This thesis has
driven the firm's aggressive expansion: Cima built its operating arm from the
ground up, scaling to own and operate 20+ communities in under 18 months, with
a pipeline targeted to reach 50+ properties by 2028.
The firm
works with multi-billion dollar institutional funds, family offices, national
banks, Fannie Mae, and some of the nation's largest asset managers. Cima is
expanding its investment thesis into distressed debt, non-performing loans, and
venture strategies, and is a heavy adopter of AI across every function of the
business.
The Role
The
Analyst sits at the center of the investment platform, spanning acquisitions,
deal structuring, capital markets, and portfolio operations. The position is
fully integrated across the firm's functions. The Analyst will hold a strong
ownership role in translating data and insight into action, with direct
responsibility for presentations, offering memorandums, and prospectus-grade
materials, and regular interaction with large institutional groups.
- Capital
Markets. Work directly on offering memorandums, investor presentations, and
underwriting alongside institutional funds, banks, Fannie Mae, and private
capital.
- Underwriting
& Analytics. Build and stress the models that drive investment decisions: cash
flow forecasting, waterfall and returns modeling, sensitivity work, and
market analysis across large operating datasets.
- Transactions
& Special Situations. Support live acquisitions end to end, working
with national brokerage teams, lenders, top-tier counsel, and national
asset managers, with growing exposure to credit-side opportunities as the
pipeline expands.
- Portfolio
Operations. Operate at the executive level of a 1,000+ employee operating
company and learn how operational execution compounds into fund-level
returns.
The
role includes travel, with a strong likelihood of at least quarterly trips
supporting acquisitions, diligence, and prospecting.
The Opportunity
Join
a private equity platform in active scale mode, with a portfolio expected to
more than double by 2027, working directly with the firm's principals and
gaining firsthand exposure to structures typically reserved for institutional
capital: fund vehicles, GP/LP waterfalls, 1031 and TIC exchanges, and agency
debt. The Analyst will learn one of the most attractive asset classes in
commercial real estate and private equity directly from institutional veterans.
High
performers at Cima have earned equity participation in its portfolio, and this
role carries a defined path toward co-investment and carried interest
eligibility. The environment is demanding and competitive by design, suited to
someone hungry, humble, and intent on compressing a decade of career
development into the next few years.
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