Acquisitions Associate

Job Description

Arch Companies is a vertically integrated New York City based real estate investment, development, construction, and asset management firm active across the United States with a concentration on primary and secondary markets. Arch Companies seeks candidates who can work in a collaborative environment and possess drive, integrity, creativity and a strong work ethic.

We are seeking an Acquisitions Associate professional for Arch Companies’ Investment Team.  The Acquisitions Associate will assist in evaluating new multi-family and commercial real estate assets acquisitions in various stages of development and operations. The position will be based in our New York City offices. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Execute on new transactions, including underwriting, due diligence, and closing execution
• Develop and maintain relationships with local brokers, lenders, partners, etc.
• Ensure transaction execution, including tracking closing checklist / diligence deliverables and business review of legal documents
• Underwrite new investments, including conducting market research, generating comps analysis and tracking due diligence for new acquisitions
• Create financial models using Excel to project cash flows, investment returns, generate asset valuations, analyze risk and evaluate various financial structures to analyze new acquisitions
• Analyze debt options for new acquisitions
• Site visits and market tours for potential acquisitions
• Contribute to presentations and reports for investment committee
• Create of offering memorandums to source capital for new investments
• Various other acquisitions and portfolio related tasks, as directed by management

Experience, Skills and Abilities Required

• 3 - 5 years prior real estate underwriting and transaction experience, garden style multi-family a plus
• Proficient in modeling dynamic property cash flows, levered cash flows, and waterfalls in excel
• Strong familiarity with real estate legal documents (loan documents, commercial leases and joint ventures)
• MBA strongly preferred
• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, accounting, real estate or other similar fields
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Strong organizational and deadline management skills
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to comfortably multi-task
• Intelligent and practical approach to problem solving, comfortable with ambiguity, open-ended tasks, and an entrepreneurial atmosphere
• Self-starter, dedicated and professional demeanor capable of thriving in an intense, high-energy, transaction-driven environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to build and contribute to a team environment

Note: this is not a remote position