Associate, Real Estate Credit

Job Description

Company is seeking to hire an Analyst/Associate to join its Real Estate Credit group in Miami or New York. The team focuses originating  high yield, short-term senior and subordinate real estate credit instruments. The candidate will be responsible for managing deal execution, including initial loan sizing, underwriting, due diligence and closing of real estate debt and structured transactions ranging from $5 - $25 million. Leste Credit is the Real Estate Debt arm of a fast growing $2Bn alternative investment manager

Responsibilities:

• Screen and evaluate potential credit investment opportunities
• Manage deal lifecycle which includes initial loan sizing, term sheet preparation, financial modeling, investment committee recommendation, managing third parties and overseeing the closing process
• Assist with senior team in sourcing loan opportunities by managing broker and borrower relationships
• Support team with investment, asset management duties and other projects as they arise

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or recent MBA from top institution
• Two to five years of commercial real estate finance at a REIT, investment bank, debt fund or capital markets advisory
• Ability to manage several deals and projects while meeting internal and external deadlines
• Excellent financial modeling, writing and presentation skills  
• Experience with CoStar,  Real Capital Analytics, Viewpoint, Bloomberg, etc..
• Entrepreneurial spirit with desire to build and scale existing a credit business
• Successful candidate will be invited to complete financial modeling test
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S.