Hotel Asset Management Analyst/Associate

Job Description

Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with over $60 billion in assets under management and a primary focus on real estate. The Firm maintains offices in Miami (Headquarters), Arlington, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Greenwich, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and affiliated offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, London and Luxembourg. Starwood Capital’s hallmark is to invest opportunistically, moving between asset classes, geographies and positions in the capital stack as the firm perceives risk/return dynamics to be evolving. The firm has invested in nearly every class of real estate on a global basis, including residential, hotel, office, retail, industrial and student housing assets. Additional information about Starwood Capital can be found at www.starwoodcapital.com.

Position Description:
The Analyst will focus primarily on monitoring and reporting asset level performance, identifying operating metric discrepancies and potential issues, and assisting with business plan development and implementation for the select-service hotel asset management team based in Greenwich, CT.

Responsibilities

• Modeling complex cash flows and partnership structures to report asset performance and prepare quarterly valuations to Starwood Asset Management executive team
• Preparing hold/sell recommendations and ongoing asset status reports
• Researching competitive properties and real estate markets and providing asset performance analysis based on market conditions
• Interacting with management partners to effectively identify asset performance issues and collectively determine successful action plans
• Traveling, domestically and internationally to visit real estate assets, companies and existing partners
• Assisting with underwriting potential real estate and structured finance acquisitions
• Monitoring capital improvement plans and any potential revenue displacement
• Tracking and identifying opportunities to improve guest satisfaction experiences and online reputation

• 2+ years relevant experience preferred, including: real estate acquisitions, asset management, construction management/budgeting, operations, or finance 
• Strong communication skills (both written and oral)
• Development and/or real estate cash flow modeling experience
• Strong quantitative and technical/computer skills (including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint)
• Strong understanding of hotel Profit and Loss statements and Balance Sheets
• Bachelor’s degree in real estate, finance, business or related area
• A true self-starter capable of accomplishing complicated tasks with limited supervision
• Authorization to work in the United States