Associate, Investments (RE Equity Focus)

Job Description

The Role

The Associate, Investments position is based at our corporate headquarters in Los Angeles and supports the Investments team through financial analysis, research, due diligence, and asset monitoring functions.  

The Associate, Investments role is an integral part of the CIM team. You’ll work in a supportive, growth-oriented environment and gain valuable exposure to CIM’s wide range of asset types and investment platforms in addition to each element of the capital stack. Project types may include the acquisition or development of assets spanning hotel, multifamily, condominiums, office, retail, entertainment and media, parking, and infrastructure, among others with a focus on core urban markets.

In this role, you’ll serve on the Investments deal team and be responsible for handling the majority of the financial modeling, market research, and underwriting of an investment. You’ll also support the transaction due diligence and closing processes and help to monitor existing investments.

Top performers in this position are dedicated, self-motivated individuals with at least two years of experience working in finance, an interest in learning, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Characteristics crucial to success in this role:

• Positive attitude and professional demeanor
• Ability to thrive in a collaborative team environment and work effectively with deal team members often spread across multiple geographies, including but not limited to Los Angeles, Oakland, New York City, and Washington D.C.
• Detail-oriented
• Quantitative proficiency
• Real estate and/or infrastructure investment knowledge is a plus but not a requirement

About CIM Group

CIM is a community-focused real estate and infrastructure owner, operator, and lender. Since 1994, CIM has led more than $56 billion of projects in communities across the Americas on behalf of its own account and its partners, co-investors, and shareholders. CIM’s broad in-house expertise includes decades of research, acquisition, credit analysis, development, finance, leasing, and asset management experience in urban real assets, net-lease assets, and other associated credit strategies. Using its disciplined approach and extensive in-house expertise, CIM seeks to create value in projects, which ultimately enhances communities. For more information, visit www.cimgroup.com.