CMBS

Our global Financial Services client is seeking to recruit a Credit Analyst to analyze new issue CMBS transactions and perform comprehensive credit analysis for a variety of commercial real estate loan transactions and CMBS securitizations.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze new issue CMBS transactions and perform comprehensive credit analysis for a variety of commercial real estate loan transactions and CMBS securitizations
• Analyze bond originators and servicers
• Model and analyze bond structures including the reviews of legal structures and transaction documentation
• Interact with investors, market stakeholders and firm clients
• Perform surveillance of existing transactions, evaluate ongoing creditworthiness and report on changes
• Author and publish credit research, methodology analysis and topical market commentary
• Attend and participate in industry events and investor roundtables

Responsibilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of CRE debt underwriting or CMBS securitization
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Demonstrated CMBS credit securitization or Commercial Real Estate debt underwriting experience
• Advanced financial modeling and cash flow modeling experience
• Advanced business writing skills
• Ability to travel as required

Our global Financial Services client is seeking to recruit a Senior Analyst to serve as a lead credit analyst covering a variety of asset classes – consumer, equipment and/or esoteric ABS. You will perform transaction analysis, collateral analysis and evaluate and model underlying credit structures, while managing and mentoring junior analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a lead analyst covering a variety of asset classes – consumer, equipment and/or esoteric ABS
• Perform transaction analysis, collateral analysis and evaluate and model underlying credit structures, while managing and mentoring junior analysts
• Lead analysis of bond originators and servicers
• Model and analyze bond structures including the reviews of legal structures and transaction documentation
• Serve as the primary point of contact for investors, deal participants and firm clients
• Lead ongoing surveillance of existing transactions and evaluate and report on changes to creditworthiness
• Author and publish credit research, methodology analysis and topical market commentary
• Manage, coach and mentor junior credit analysts
• Attend and participate in industry events and investor roundtables

Responsibilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8+ years of structured finance and consumer asset-backed securities financial analysis
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Demonstrated experience analyzing the credit worthiness across ABS asset classes
• Demonstrated knowledge of consumer, equipment and/or esoteric asset classes
• Advanced credit analysis, collateral analysis, financial modeling and cash flow modeling skills
• Advanced business writing skills
• Experience managing, mentoring and coaching junior analysts
• Ability to travel as required

Our elite global Alternative Investment Fund client is seeking to recruit a Senior Associate Product Specialist to serve as a product expert (SME) between institutional investors and the investment team for the firm’s  commercial real estate private credit strategies and lead product management, content creation and support the full fundraising cycle

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the commercial real estate private credit subject matter expert and be the chief liaison between investors and the investment team for the commercial real estate private credit strategies
• Lead product management, content creation and support the full fundraising cycle
• Collaborate with the investment team to create bespoke product structures meeting investor requirements
• Perform market research, competitive positioning and maintain detailed knowledge of the commercial real estate private credit ecosystem
• Synthesize portfolio-level and loan-level data into clear and concise updates for investor inquiries
• Advocate to investors how the firm’s commercial real estate private credit investments fit within their portfolios and perform through market cycles
• Create marketing and fundraising collateral including RFPs, DDQs and pitchbooks
• Engage with institutional investors providing insight on the firm’s capabilities and commercial real estate credit strategies
• Communicate commercial knowledge to the business development team in support of strategic account planning, sales objectives and fundraising efforts
• Create marketing commentary, external communications and through leadership pieces to promote brand awareness
• Maintain and improve data management for content libraries, diligence trackers and investor pipelines
• Collaborate with various internal stakeholders to ensure the smooth rollout of new product offerings

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• CFA and/or MBA a plus
• 4+ years of commercial real estate private credit product management, capital raising, investor or investor relations experience
• Demonstrated experience working through an entire fundraising cycle required
• Demonstrated experience supporting fundraising efforts with institutional, private wealth and insurance investors
• Demonstrated knowledge of commercial real estate debt structures, credit dynamics, and market standards across senior mortgages, mezzanine, preferred equity, and CMBS and SASB
• Advanced analytical and research skills
• Proficiency with PowerPoint, Excel and financial modeling
• Demonstrated problem solving and project management skills with the ability to thrive in a lean and fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, presentation and business writing skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and build rapport with key internal and external stakeholders