Associate, Portfolio Management - Finance

Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and enhance complex fund- and joint venture-level financial models
• Build and maintain distribution waterfalls, preferred return calculations, promote/carried interest structures, and capital account models
• Perform scenario, sensitivity, and attribution analyses to support portfolio management and investment decisions
• Reconcile model outputs to operating performance, cash activity, debt balances, and investor reporting
• Develop and maintain model governance processes, including version control, documentation, quality control, and reconciliation
• Analyze disposition strategies and evaluate their impact on valuations, distributions, and portfolio performance
• Partner with Asset Management, Investor Relations, FP&A, Acquisitions, Capital Markets, and Accounting to develop financial insights and recommendations
• Prepare executive-level analyses and presentations explaining portfolio performance and key business drivers
• Respond to ad hoc investor requests and provide strategic financial analysis to senior leadership
• Identify opportunities to improve modeling efficiency and enhance reporting processes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; CFA designation or progress toward CFA is a plus
• 4–7 years of experience in real estate private equity, fund finance, investment banking, or private equity
• Strong experience building and maintaining complex Excel financial models, including DCFs, fund models, distribution waterfalls, preferred returns, and carried interest calculations
• Knowledge of GP/LP structures, joint ventures, capital accounts, and fund economics
• Experience with variance analysis, attribution reporting, and scenario modeling
• Strong understanding of financial statements and investment performance reporting
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact across multiple business functions
• Highly organized, detail-oriented professional who thrives in an ownership-driven environment
• Experience with Python, Power Query, or SQL is a plus

Pay

$140,000 - 150,000 + Bonus (Flexible to go higher based on market and experience)