Acquisition Associate
About the role
Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotel, and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance.
Transwestern Investments builds enduring partnerships by aligning every decision to our investors’ objectives. By combining deep market expertise, proprietary research and cross-platform intelligence, our investment strategies identify opportunities others overlook, enabling us to deliver disciplined execution that protects capital and maximizes performance.
The regional investment team oversees sourcing, acquisitions and asset management across all of TIG’ investment vehicles ranging from core to value-add investments. This position is available due to the consistent growth that TIG is experiencing both from separate accounts and discretionary investment funds, resulting in a dynamic and energizing environment.
Responsibilities
- Generating financial analysis (using Excel and Argus) and investment committee memoranda detailing investment rationale, execution risks, and prospective returns for evaluation by senior investment professionals.
- Conducting property due diligence including, but not limited to, lease review, financial statement analysis, and coordination of all due diligence activities.
- Interacting with legal, finance and third-party engineering/environmental/tax consultants on underwriting and closing a transaction.
- Finalizing due diligence materials and prepares closing packages.
- Assisting in business plan implementation, sensitivity analysis and hold/sale analysis.
- Preparing investment reports, market overviews and research report.
- Present investment opportunities to senior management and aid in the ongoing monitoring of investments post-close.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- An undergraduate degree is required.
- 3-5 years of real estate analysis experience with an emphasis in Multifamily preferred.
- Experienced in Argus, Excel and Word, with a strong emphasis on Excel modeling capabilities and an understanding of discounted cash flows.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, including the ability to inspire others on the team to consistently meet high standards.
- Ability to find solutions to problems and clear hurdles.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and short deadlines.
- Displays a positive, can-do attitude and professional manner, exhibiting respectfulness and behavior consistent with the company’s core values.
- Works well in a company with a culture emphasizing a collegial, team-oriented environment.
- Has the ability to interact and communicate effectively up, down, and across the organization, strong oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated self-motivator with the ability to multitask and prioritize multiple projects in varying stages.
- Displays a proactive approach in solutions and problem-solving.
About Us
Our firm is built on a shared purpose: Empowering good people to do extraordinary things together. We hire smart, passionate, hard-working people who value both collaboration and independence. United by our brand promise, we own the outcome for clients, investors and partners. Learn more at transwestern.com.
All candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks, which may include criminal history, education verification, motor vehicle records, credit history, and professional license verification. In addition, your employment with Transwestern is subject to successfully passing a drug screen check prior to you starting with the firm.