Director - CMBS Finance (Capital Markets) - Coda Search│Staffing : Job Details

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$300,000.00/yr - $500,000.00/yr

Our Client is an independently owned, NYC based alternative asset management firm currently seeking to add a VP/Director to their growing Real Estate (CMBS) Investments practice. The ideal individual will play the leading role advising/constructing custom investment portfolios, underwriting B-piece loans, and supporting the firm's investment goals and agendas.

This is a newly created role due to firm-wide growth. This select individual should be prepared to complement the firm's legacy investment team, with a specialization in CMBS sub-investment grade (B-Piece) investments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead underwriting process for complex real estate (CMBS) debt investment strategies
• Develop and maintain portfolio models, performance & risk analytics, and other relevant monitoring/reporting tools.
• Develop investment analysis and forecast performance for CMBS and real estate-related assets
• Provide analysis and valuation models for CMBS B-Piece securities
• Formulate credit parameters and transaction-level risks relating to property-level cash flows and market data.
• Lead analysis/valuations/due diligence and hypothetical stress testing on complex debt, hard to price real estate transactions
• Conduct thorough sector and issuer due diligence, tracking trends, performance, and macroeconomic drivers to formulate investment recommendations for sectors and individual securities
• Prescreen opportunities prior to the sizing, underwriting, and documentation process
• Formulate buy and/or sell recommendations in both new issue and secondary markets and effectively communicate them to the broader investor community, including through written credit opinions
• Collaborate with our Research, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Finance teams to take products from conceptualization to launch. Develop and execute a comprehensive product strategy that leverages our capabilities to create innovative solutions

What you need to succeed:

• 10+ years of experience in the alternative investment industry
• Prior experience with CMBS B-Piece Transactions Strongly Preferred
• Deep understanding of CMBS/CRE-focused securitized products
• Must possess a very good understanding of Mortgage cash flows, prepayments, and prepay models
• CFA designation is strongly recommended; MBA/MFE (or equivalent) is preferred
• Demonstrated experience in building trusted advisor relationships within the Insurance business in relevant insurance markets, private equity, private credit/insurance vertical M&A
• Highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and team-oriented candidates with strong problem-solving skills
• Team orientation and influencing skills
• Strategic and entrepreneurial mindset
• An ability to work through others to influence outcomes, as well as a willingness to “roll-up your sleeves” to get things done
• Track record of successfully building growth plans and accelerating business development within the Insurance vertical
• Knowledge of broad asset classes across the investment spectrum
• Problem solver, with demonstrated ability to deliver innovative solutions
• Ability to cultivate strong working relationships across various functional areas (Investments, ALM, Treasury, Risk, and Finance)

Director

Full-time

Business Development, Strategy/Planning, and Finance

Capital Markets, Investment Management, and Financial Services