Analyst, Real Estate Debt

at  Ares Management

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.
Job Description
We seek to hire an Analyst to join our Real Estate - Debt Group. The Analyst will be responsible for helping to analyse and execute on a wide variety of investment opportunities in Real Estate - Debt. The Analyst will be fully involved in all aspects of the investment and fund-raising process, particularly the financial modelling, market research, responding to investor inquiries, monitoring existing investments and preparation of investment committee memorandums.
Primary functions and essential responsibilities

The Analyst will be a key member of the Real Estate - Debt team and will work closely with senior investment professionals. Key job functions include:

• Collaborate on a small deal team to analyse and execute real estate debt investments;
• Communicate with and report to all levels, from Associate to Partners;
• Perform extensive financial modelling;
• Summarize investment process, policies and procedures;
• Develop and maintain research on certain geographic markets, property types and/or sectors;
• Participate in all aspects of investment transactions, as requested by team members:
• Draft investment committee memos
• Conduct due diligence, including environmental and physical studies, insurance, property tax research
• Monitor, report and asset manage existing investments
• Interact with borrowers, lawyers, consultants and various deal participants

Qualifications

Education:

• University Degree with strong performance from a top undergraduate institution

Experience Required:

• 1 - 3 years of relevant experience in Real Estate Finance or Real Estate Private Equity in Europe
• Expertise in Excel and the overall financial valuation and modelling process
• Solid understanding of and ability to model multiple asset classes
• Talent for managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to quickly and efficiently perform tasks, maintaining a focus on details
• Ability to perform market analysis, including rent and sales comparable studies, “on the ground” market tours, meetings with brokers and market experts
• Ability to assess qualitative and quantitative characteristics of properties and/or investments
• Ability to summarize thoughts into a concise manner and effectively communicate (written and verbal) both internally and externally (changes in a model, financial metrics, investment thesis)
• Should have relevant transactional experience in real estate debt

General Requirements:

• Highly ethical
• Team oriented, with consistent drive to maximize value-add to both group and across firm
• Keen sense of accountability, responsiveness, and follow-through
• Strong analytical ability
• Ability to handle projects with minimal training or oversight
• Excellent organizational skills
• Highly adaptable, with flexibility on depth and breadth of role and responsibilities
• Fluency in one additional European Language would be a strong advantage

Reporting Relationships
Head of European Real Estate Debt
There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active

Please refer the Job description for details