Senior Asset Manager Forestry

About the role

The U.S. Forestry Asset Manager will be a part of MEAG’s Global Illiquid Assets Forestry Team within the broader Natural Capital Team. This role will assist in the interface with the asset’s ownership, property managers, and third party partners. The Asset Manager will travel to assets to insure that strategic plans are being carried out at the property level. Occasionally, the Asset manager will assist in acquisitions processes by supporting due diligence, and growth and yield and financial modeling processes. The US Forestry Asset Manager will also work in collaboration with the Munich team regarding overarching day to day business as well as strategy and management topics.

Responsibilities

• Manage US forestry assets through the development, implementation, and monitoring of asset-level business strategies in order to drive long-term performance
• Coordinating with asset owners, property managers, and third-party service providers to ensure execution of strategic plans
• Monitor asset performance and support the implementation of business plans at the property level, including regular site visits
• Conduct financial analysis and modeling, including growth and yield modeling, cash flow projections, and scenario analyses
• Support due diligence processes for acquisitions and potential investments
• Collaborate with the Munich, Germany-based team on overarching strategy, asset management topics, and portfolio-related initiatives
• Manage and coordinate external service providers to ensure operational and strategic alignment
• Prepare analyses, reports, and presentations to support decision-making and portfolio management

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry required, with advanced degrees in Finance, Forestry or Agribusiness preferred
• At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in forestry, asset management, or related fields, with 10 years preferred
• Strong analytical skills with a solid understanding of applied forest finance
• Experience in financial and operational modeling, including growth and yield modeling, cash flow analysis, and scenario analysis
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively manage and coordinate external service providers in an assertive and structured manner
• Experience in forest operations and/or asset or portfolio management preferred
• Exposure to asset acquisition processes and due diligence activities
• Regional experience in the US South required, with additional exposure to the Pacific Northwest or Northeast considered a plus
• Solid understanding of accounting-related topics relevant to forestry and real asset investments
• High proficiency in data management, including data structuring and quality control for larger portfolios
• Independent and solution-oriented way of working with a process-oriented mindset and very high communications skills