About The Role

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate in more than 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $34 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com .

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The Investment Associate is responsible for underwriting investment opportunities, providing financial analyses to support investment decisions and conducting market research. The Investment Associate is also responsible for analysing due diligence materials and assisting in the preparation of investment memorandum. The Investment Associate will assist with asset management execution and disposition decisions of existing portfolio assets.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Role Responsibilities

Assist ing senior real estate professionals in sourcing, preparing and presenting new investment memo’s; financing or disposition recommendations; and updates on existing investments or portfolio status.
Actively engag ing with owners, brokers, equity partners, lenders, attorneys, consultants and all other related internal departments, as appropriate.
Financial analysis and underwriting of investment opportunities, including the creation of detailed multi-tier pro-forma waterfall model.
Manage acquisition due diligence process es and closings with outside counterparties.
Assist with asset management and value-add execution of existing portfolio assets.
Market investigation of potential acquisitions, competitive properties and local market fundamentals.

Knowledge & Qualifications

Educated to degree level or equivalent in a related business or analytical subject; such as finance, business management, real estate, accounting, economics, mathematics, statistics, science or engineering.
Master / Bachelor degree in real estate, business or finance (preferred).
IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft packages including Excel (Advanced level) PowerPoint (Advanced level).
General understanding of student/multi-family housing and third-party management.

Experience & Skills

Demonstrable experience in an analytical role within real estate, investment banking, private equity or other related financial sector.
Strong quantitative and analytical background including experience of financial modelling
Strong written and verbal communication skills; including the ability to effectively write and present reports and information.
Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to establish and maintain positive relationships and influence at all levels.
Good organisation skills and the ability to work effectively under pressure and to deadlines.
Self-motivated and proactive, both with respect to managing workload and own professional development.
Naturally inquisitive with a desire to understand the bigger picture and get involved with wider team and business objectives.
A positive team player, with an adaptable and flexible approach along with ability to work collaboratively to drive results and support the wider team and business objectives.
Fluency in a European Language.

Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to AskHR@greystar.com.