Commercial Real Estate

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

Responsibilities:

• Analyze new issue CMBS transactions and perform comprehensive credit analysis for a variety of commercial real estate loan transactions
• 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
• 5-8 years of CRE debt underwriting or structured finance credit analysis
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• ABS: Demonstrated experience analyzing the credit worthiness across ABS asset classes
• Demonstrated CMBS credit securitization or Commercial Real Estate 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 Credit Analyst to analyze complex consumer, esoteric and commercial ABS transactions, perform collateral analysis, evaluate and model underlying credit structures and mentor junior analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex consumer, esoteric and commercial ABS transactions, perform collateral analysis, evaluate and model underlying credit structures and mentor 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
• Approximately 10 years of structured finance credit analysis experience
• Advanced MS Excel skills
• Demonstrated experience analyzing the credit worthiness across ABS asset classes
• Knowledge of consumer, esoteric and commercial ABS asset classes preferred
• Advanced financial modeling and cash flow modeling experience
• Advanced business writing skills
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior analysts
• Ability to travel as required

Our elite Financial Services client is seeking to recruit a Senior Credit Analyst to analyze a portfolio of complex global institutional real estate funds, real estate operating companies and corporate-level unsecured REIT debt.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze a portfolio of complex global institutional real estate funds, real estate operating companies and corporate-level unsecured REIT debt
• Lead credit committee meetings with investors, company senior management, investment bankers and other key market stakeholders
• Author and publish comprehensive credit research highlighting credit determinations and capital and property level market trends
• Monitor risk, funding commitments, company’s access to capital and overall financing strategies
• Conduct ongoing surveillance of portfolio creditworthiness
• Monitor and update financial models
• Utilize and incorporate third-party research and market data into credit research and analysis
• Provide mentorship, coaching and analytical oversite for junior credit analysts

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 10+ years of experience analyzing complex commercial real estate funds and REITs
• Strong analytical skills including demonstrated experience analyzing complex financial statements
• Fundamental knowledge of commercial real estate financing strategies and capital markets
• Fundamental accounting knowledge including IFRS standards, fair market value calculations and US GAAP standards
• Advanced financial modeling and property level valuation skills
• Proficiency with MS Excel
• Demonstrated knowledge of various REIT structures
• Demonstrated knowledge of capital expenditure requirements, property types, lease structures and expense ratios
• Strong communication, presentations, business writing and relationship management skills
• Highly motivated, detail oriented and deadline driven