Real Estate Acquisitions and Investments Analyst / Senior Analyst

Fifteen Group, a 25+year old multidisciplinary, opportunistic real estate development and investment company based in Miami has an immediate need for a very intelligent, highly talented individual to provide a broad range of analytic, organizational, and management support in its investment/management/development group on residential, commercial, and mixed-use real estate projects in its Miami office.  Primary responsibilities include creating and analyzing detailed financial spreadsheets, detailed asset management on existing owned properties, comprehensive underwriting and due diligence on potential investment opportunities, conducting extensive market research and analysis, and compiling information packages for presentation purposes and financing.  The position will be involved throughout the life cycle of the real estate investment process, from sourcing to closing to ongoing asset management of owned deals.  This is a tremendous opportunity with considerable growth potential for someone with strong interest in real estate investment, development, and asset management.    

Candidates should have:

• Completed a bachelor’s degree (preferably with a concentration in real estate, finance, mathematics, construction/development, general finance, business, or similar degree)
• Have a minimum of 1-2 years of full time work experience (preferably in real estate, finance, banking, or investments)
• Be extremely hard working and willing to take strong initiative to learn quickly
• Strong analytic skills and good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the ability to create, modify, and analyze financial spreadsheets (PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and other MS suite program experience also required; knowledge of Argus is preferable, but not required)
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written, and be able to comfortably interact with both in-house associates and outside contacts
• Be competent with detailed data collection and analysis
• Outstanding organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Be an extremely resourceful self-starter, able to work independently, and take strong initiative
• Be a diligent, hard worker, capable of thriving in an intense, high-energy, transaction-driven environment
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally to portfolio assets
• Have a passion for real estate and a desire to grow a career within the organization

Responsibilities will include:

• Creation and updating of detailed financial analyses in Excel for new acquisitions and existing owned assets
• Creating, managing, and updating of asset management reports, project budgets, schedules, cash flow templates, cash flow projections, and management of project budgets and schedules
• Comprehensive due diligence responsibilities on new acquisitions, from sourcing through closing
• Preparing market research to facilitate investment decisions
• Market inquiries and comparable analyses to assess new real estate investment opportunities
• Creating and managing presentation packages for new and existing deals and internal/external reporting
• Coordinating the administrative aspects of various real estate, financial, and legal transactions
• Coordinating and interfacing with equity partners and lenders, including analysis of potential JV structures
• Participation in management of architectural, engineering, and other consultants on development deals
• Participation in weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting to deal partners and firm principals