Commercial Real Estate Investment Analyst (Job ID: JONGOL1EA)

🌟 Exciting Remote Opportunity! We're Hiring an EA - Commercial Real Estate Investment Analyst! 🌟

Are you an experienced real estate finance professional with advanced modeling skills and expertise in commercial real estate credit? We are seeking an EA - Commercial Real Estate Investment Analyst based in South Africa to work directly with the Principal and Portfolio Manager of a private US investment firm focused on real estate credit and special situations!

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📋 Job Details at a Glance

• Job Title: EA - Commercial Real Estate Investment Analyst – Real Estate Credit & Special Situations

• Job ID: JONGOL1EA

• Industry: Commercial Real Estate / Private Equity / Credit

• Location: South Africa

• Job Status: Full Time

• Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM / 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM PST (Flexible to EST, CST, or PST US hours)

• Salary: $3,500 – $4,500 USD / month

• Target Start Date: ASAP

🏢 About the Client

Our client is a private investment firm focused on opportunistic and special situations real estate credit investing. They invest across senior loans, subordinate debt, preferred equity, note acquisitions, rescue capital, and other complex real estate transactions.

💼 About the Role

The Investment Analyst will work directly with the Principal and Portfolio Manager across structuring, underwriting, transaction execution, and asset management. This role focuses exclusively on evaluating, structuring, executing, and managing investments (sourcing is handled by a dedicated team).

Note: Candidates must possess their own equipment, including a headset and a high-quality fiber optic internet connection. Working hours are tracked via Hubstaff.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

• 🔍 Deal Screening & Evaluation: Screen prospective investments based on collateral, capital structure, basis, sponsorship, downside protection, and repayment sources.

• 📊 Financial Modeling: Build complex models addressing property-level cash flows, debt sizing, capital structures, funding schedules, interest reserves, waterfalls, leverage, downside scenarios, and investment returns.

• 📝 Investment Memoranda: Prepare detailed investment committee memoranda and supporting analyses for the firm's institutional limited partners.

• 🔎 Due Diligence & Capital Markets: Coordinate financial, legal, collateral, property-level, and sponsor due diligence; support capital markets and leverage syndication processes.

• ⚖️ Execution & Closing: Assist with term-sheet negotiations, transaction structuring, legal documentation, closing conditions, and funding.

• 📈 Portfolio & Asset Management: Monitor portfolio investments, update underwriting/valuations, evaluate covenant compliance, and analyze amendments, extensions, restructurings, and exit alternatives.

✅ Qualifications & Skills

⭐ Non-Negotiable Requirements:

• Experience: Minimum 2+ years of real estate finance and/or investment experience at an investment bank, financial advisory/brokerage firm, private equity firm, or real estate investment firm.

• Financial Modeling: Advanced financial modeling capabilities and analytical skills in Excel.

• Industry Knowledge: Deep understanding of commercial real estate valuation, credit metrics, capital structures, and investment returns.

• Communication & Executive Presence: Exceptional written communication skills with proven experience preparing institutional-quality investment or credit memoranda.

• Execution & Precision: High degree of accuracy, sound judgment, accountability, and ability to manage time-sensitive deliverables.

🌟 Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity modeling office, retail, and industrial transactions via Argus Enterprise and Excel.

• Experience underwriting and executing complex structured finance transactions or debt/equity investments.

• Experience in US-based bankruptcy and restructuring transactions.

• Familiarity with modern AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude is highly beneficial.

🚀 Submit your application today and take the first step toward your next great opportunity!