Analyst/Associate of Acquisitions & Development
Role Overview
The Analyst or Associate supports the Acquisitions & Development team under limited supervision.
The role supports transaction underwriting, financial modeling, market research, reporting, and asset management.
The position is based in either the San Francisco or Marina del Rey office and regularly interacts with JV partners, lenders, investment brokers, senior leadership, and investors.
Key Skills for This Role
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About SteelWave
SteelWave is a vertically integrated commercial real estate investment manager, owner, and operator with a portfolio across the western United States.
Since 1973, SteelWave has acquired and developed more than $11 billion in commercial real estate.
Position overview
The Analyst or Associate supports the Acquisitions & Development team under limited supervision.
The role supports transaction underwriting, financial modeling, market research, reporting, and asset management.
The position is based in either the San Francisco or Marina del Rey office and regularly interacts with JV partners, lenders, investment brokers, senior leadership, and investors.
Key responsibilities
- Perform preliminary underwriting, asset valuation, and sensitivity analysis; maintain and update complex Excel and ARGUS models.
- Prepare quarterly business plans, monthly and quarterly variance analyses, capital trackers, and rolling financial forecasts.
- Coordinate departmental budgets, maintain financial controls and procedures, and enhance FP&A processes.
- Gather and analyze financial market data; support asset marketing through branding, brochures, collateral, websites, and brokerage-community interaction.
- Work with internal departments, JV partners, lenders, consultants, and potential investors; provide ad hoc analysis and research.
Qualifications and requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Real Estate, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of experience in commercial real estate underwriting, analysis, or asset management.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel modeling and ARGUS Enterprise.
- Experience leveraging AI tools to draft, summarize, and analyze data is highly valued.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to interface effectively with senior executives and external partners.
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, organized, and able to independently manage competing deadlines.
Work environment
- Office-based role with up to 15% travel.
- Work is primarily computer-based, with extended hours during peak transaction cycles.
- Individual-contributor role with potentially minimal supervisory responsibilities.
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