Analyst, Portfolio Management - Strategic Modeling

Merchant Banking Portfolio Management Analyst

The Amherst Group's companies are comprised of leading real estate investment and advisory firms with a mission to transform the way real estate is owned, financed and managed. Amherst leverages its proprietary data, analytics, technology, and decades of experience to seek solutions for a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors. Today Amherst has over 1000 employees and $14.1 billion in assets under management.

Over the past decade, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets and has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 46,000 homes across 32 markets in the U.S. The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team. In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst's debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending. Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed a deep bench of research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 188,000 residents the firm has served.

Amherst is a vertically integrated real estate investment, development, and operating platform, offering solutions across the U.S. real estate capital stack, including single-family residential (SFR), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and commercial real estate (CRE). Amherst is headquartered in Austin, TX and New York, NY, in the United States, with regional global offices located in India and Costa Rica. Underpinned by proprietary technology, battle-tested data and mortgage model, and a deep understanding of U.S. real estate markets, Amherst's vertically integrated platform seeks to provide investors a more efficient model to price, finance, and manage real estate with turnkey execution capabilities across the firm's debt and equity strategies in the public and private residential, commercial, and mortgage-backed securities markets.

Our Single-Family Residential strategy has quickly scaled over the last 10 years to own and operate 40,000+ homes in 30+ markets across 20 states while building a vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform that manages approximately $18bn in assets. Across the SFR strategy, Amherst acquires, builds, renovates, leases, finances, manages, and disposes of homes on its own account and for its investors. Outside of the SFR strategy, Amherst is engaged in various strategic initiatives and venture businesses, including commercial real estate debt and equity (all things non-SFR) and mortgage-backed securities advisory.

The Amherst Merchant Banking business unit oversees investment management activities for Amherst, including the raising of new debt and equity capital, the formation of new ventures, the strategic acquisition and disposition of homes and the management and operation of Amherst's portfolio investments. The Merchant Banking business unit collaborates closely with the other Amherst business units, including the Development and Operator business units, as part of the fully integrated Amherst platform.

Our team sits at the center of the action, serving as leaders and collaborators with every function that serves the lifecycle of our investment products. We seek a highly motivated individual to play a key role in strategic modeling and capital planning. We communicate with leading institutional investors and senior management daily and must articulate our strategy and performance well. We are subject matter experts in many areas of the firm, including venture strategy, debt optimization, cash management, financial reporting and performance, and valuation.

In this role, the analyst will gain valuable experience in real estate finance, and learn about portfolio optimization and strategy, asset management, and financial modeling. The team is seeking candidates who are self-starters with an exceptional attitude to learn. While direct real estate finance experience is not required, strong candidates will have demonstrated analytical thinking, high attention to detail, and experience working in a fast-paced environment.

Job Description (Role & Responsibilities):

• Create, maintain, and enhance financial models, including cash flow projections, fund-level waterfalls, covenant forecasts, and DCFs used for joint ventures
• Analyze financial statements, return waterfalls, and debt/derivative reporting to draw insights and forecast future performance
• Apply strong organization, structure, and formatting skills when working within models to ensure transparency and accuracy
• Collaborate with teams across the organization (e.g. accounting, finance, and operating teams) to gather inputs & validate assumptions
• Prepare presentations and marketing materials, including pitches, responses to diligence requests, and various modeling exercise outputs for investors, senior executives, and Board of Directors

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree required; MBA / CFA with financial markets understanding a plus.
• Experience (1-3 years): Prior experience in banking, consulting, financial services and / or real estate firm preferred. Highly analytical mindset.
• Technical: Advanced skills in MS Office Excel and PowerPoint. Prior experience in Macabacus, Yardi, Tableau, and solid understanding of accounting principles preferred.
• Work Style: Strong attention to detail & organization desired.
• Time Management: Proven ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Must react quickly to requests with a sense of urgency.

Amherst's core values:

• Culture & Conduct: Positive attitude with high integrity. Agile in adapting to a dynamic environment with emerging datapoints. We do the right thing the right way and are accountable for our actions.
• Client-Centricity & Business Acumen: Strong Team player, multiple internal/external stakeholders management,
• Communication & Connectivity: Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and management. Collaboration We align, contribute, and win together.
• Execution & Delivery: Self-starter, Proactive, motivated, driven personality, Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Agility: We are nimble and responsive.
• Community: We empower and support people to create a sense of belonging for all.

Our full-time employee benefits include:

• A competitive compensation package, annual bonus, 401k match
• Flexible PTO including 7 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 1 volunteer day
• Employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, vision, health savings account)
• Professional career development and reimbursement
• Up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave; up to 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• Backup childcare offered through Bright Horizons

Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.