Firm Overview: Our client, one of the largest alternative asset management firms globally, is seeking a VP to support the real estate finance and analytics team.
Job Title: Real Estate Finance & Analytics, VP
Business Description:
The Real Estate, Finance & Analytics team seeks a VP to support the fund growth. The group's core focus is to evaluate, analyze, and summarize portfolio investment valuation results. In addition to valuations, the team is responsible for performance and attribution reporting for internal and external purposes and the forecasting and planning for investments across active funds. The team is also called upon to handle a variety of ad hoc and recurring analyses related to fundraising, reporting, and global investor relations.
Job Title: Real Estate Finance & Analytics, Vice President
Job Description:
The Finance Group performs analyses and financial reporting of RE results and strategic business initiatives.
- Engage directly with various teams, including Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Deal Professionals, and Global Accounting teams, in preparing quarterly reporting, analyzing performance, etc.
- Manage the production of FP&A forecasts, facilitate senior team reviews, and coordinate the submissions for the global opportunistic real estate business
- Drive strategic automation projects and assist in enhancing the group’s reporting processes, procedures, and analytics
- Review / calculate fund level key performance metrics as well as sensitives (i.e., IRRs, track records)
- Coordinate consolidation of various reporting across the global platform
- Review/prepare presentations and memorandums for senior management
- Aid in the preparation of RE strategic plans and business analysis
- Support Corporate Finance and Investor Relations teams during the quarterly earnings process as well as on an ad hoc basis in dealing with clients and investors
- Involvement with SEC financial reporting – preparing and reviewing deliverables for quarterly filings
- Perform ad hoc analyses to assess the impact of material market events on the portfolio (e.g., regulatory changes, macro events, etc.).
- Manage and mentor junior staff
Qualifications:
The successful candidate must have:
- Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
- Strong academic record
- 10+ years of related experience
- Experience in close-ended real estate funds, waterfalls, valuations, and performance reporting
- Advanced Excel proficiency, Anaplan experience a plus
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong leadership skills with solid business judgment
- Ability to partner across teams, summarize issues, develop recommendations, and make decisions
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills and detail-oriented
- Ability to adapt to new challenges in a dynamic environment while handling multiple projects
- Possesses a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and drive for excellence
- Strong desire to work in an entrepreneurial environment