Senior Asset Manager

Job Description

The Firm – McCarthy Cook & Co.

McCarthy Cook & Co. is a privately held commercial real estate investor and manager with offices in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. We are a passionate and collaborative team of disciplined real estate investors. We invest in, create and manage great work  environments focused on experiential office and life-science campuses with new initiatives in multi-family and data centers.

With a 26-year track record and over $6 billion of investment transactions, we bring a special blend of entrepreneurial zeal and institutional capabilities to our investment underwriting and our strategic asset management disciplines including entitlements, development and construction management, leasing, property management, accounting, and reporting. We build exceptional relationships with our customers and institutional partners and  every day is a new opportunity. As a collaborative team, McCarthy Cook offers opportunity for personal and professional growth for enterprising, self-starting teammates. We currently own and manage over 3 million square  feet of Class A office, life-science and mixed-use assets in the western U.S. and partner with premier institutional investors such as Oxford Properties, Prudential, Northwestern Mutual, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Northwood Investors, Alliance Bernstein, Blackstone, and Rialto Capital.

The Opportunity

This is an in-office opportunity to join the McCarthy Cook team as head of Asset Management working in our creative and collaborative Orange County headquarters.  As a member of an entrepreneurial team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with MCC’s senior principals and team on asset and portfolio management assignments, acquisition underwriting and due diligence as part of the Investment Committee and all strategy discussions. Your primary areas of focus will be the following:

• Lead asset management and property management with an integrated, supporting role with the acquisitions, leasing and accounting teams.
• Lead relationship management with our institutional partners in all facets of our joint venture relations.
• Manage budgets and financial  models for assets under management to build asset and portfolio level analytics.
• Work closely with senior management and construction management in forecasting and capital expense planning including development and construction    budgeting and return analyses.
• Lead the preparation/presentation of investment-related financial information and investor relations.
• Develop and oversee the  preparation of internal company  dashboards, portfolio financial summaries and investor communications.
• Assist in sourcing/implementing technology tools to improve processes and drive efficiencies.

We are looking for a true team player to be part of our successful, family-oriented culture and work environment. If you have excellent written and oral communication skills, are a critical thinker with great analytical skills and the curiosity to learn and grow, can multi-task, manage deadlines, and think and work proactively, then we should talk! If you think creatively and collaboratively as a team player, take ownership of assignments, and pitch-in whenever and wherever needed to support the cause, then you are a fit for McCarthy Cook’s team culture.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or better in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related disciplines preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant asset management experience (strategic property management, capital project management and reporting and real estate accounting experience is ideal).
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Strong executive communication skills, both written and verbal.