Real Estate Investment Associate (Dallas)

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Mill Creek Residential (MCR) is seeking a candidate for the Real Estate Investment Associate position to be located in our Dallas office. This position will report to the Director of Real Estate Finance and will be responsible for a variety of activities including but not limited to : financial modeling; project underwriting and analysis; market research; and legal document review and interpretation. This position will have regular interaction with Mill Creek's Joint Venture Finance, Development, Acquisitions, Portfolio Management, and Asset Management teams including responding to financial model guidance requests, providing analysis on existing and proposed investment opportunities, communicating recommendations and sensitivities, ensuring underwriting consistency and synchronization, and delivering standardized templates and materials. A proactive and adaptive attitude is required for this highly visible role.

Essential Functions

• Manage, provide guidance for, and modify the standardized MCR investment modeling templates
• Support the Development and Acquisition teams with underwriting practices and unique underwriting techniques for specific projects
• Provide investment modeling support throughout entire life cycle of project
• Support the Portfolio Management team with fund-specific pro forma modifications and analyses
• Review and evaluate investor and lender term sheets and implement venture parameters within project proformas
• Prepare and review sensitivity analyses based on rent growth, cap rate trending, delivery delays, and interest rates
• Create, modify, and analyze supporting project underwriting analyses and models
• Review deal memos and ensure pro forma models accurately reflect the deal memo highlights
• Understand, create, and update joint venture waterfall structures / return projections
• Collect data, prepare, and communicate the market research dashboard
• Coordinate with development teams to complete and communicate the standardized investment balanced scorecards to the Investment Committee for each development while managing updates to the scorecard template
• Special projects and all other duties as assigned

Required Experience and Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, finance, accounting, real estate or similar degree preferred

Certifications (Optional but preferred) :

Mill Creek is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Are you ready to contribute to the success of Mill Creek Residential? If so, apply today and become part of an organization that believes in uncompromising integrity, celebrating successes, continuous improvement, and working hard, smart and together!