Asset Management Associate

MBK Real Estate Companies • Irvine, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

MBK Industrial Properties is hiring an Asset Management Associate for our Irvine, CA headquarters. The position would be hybrid (3 days in-office/2 days remote). Job Summary: The Asset Management Associate position supports the MBK Industrial Properties (MIP) team by providing accurate, data-driven financial analysis to inform decisions related to operational and leasing strategy, asset performance, and investment forecasting. This role is responsible for maintaining and updating pro forma models, collaborating across departments to assess variances, and delivering insights that support MIP’s overall investment strategy. This position is critical for ensuring that both asset and portfolio-level financial data are reliable, well communicated, and aligned with MIP’s business objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field, required.
• 5+ years of institutional-level experience as a senior analyst/analyst in the commercial real estate industry, preferably with exposure to industrial assets.
• Strong financial modeling skills with advanced proficiency in Excel and Argus; ability to build and maintain complex pro forma models and waterfalls.
• Proven ability to analyze leases, loan agreements, market data, and financial reports to support investment decisions.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communicator with the ability to present financial insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
• Strong technical skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications and experience operating office equipment.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to speak, write, and read English, and must be comfortable with speaking in public settings and presenting to small groups.
• Must possess strong organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability and willingness to work independently without day-to-day oversight and supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Data analytics skills, including Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, Pivot Tables, Dynamic Dashboards, and SQL experience, preferred.
• Argus Enterprise certification and Yardi experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the MIP Asset Management team’s preparation and maintenance of quarterly pro forma reforecasts for existing assets and development projects located throughout the United States.
• Collaborate with Development, Accounting, and Financial Analysis teams to reforecast returns (on a quarterly or as-needed basis) based on current market leasing assumptions, projected development/TI/LC costs, and actual monthly income and expense data. This includes helping generate variance reports against the original investment committee pro forma and working with MIP’s internal teams to explain any material variances.
• Prepare pro forma scenario analysis, including but not limited to prospective leases and built-to-suit opportunities, speculative tenant improvements, potential refinancing and hedging, hold-sell analysis, and other requests as needed.
• Understand and track industrial real estate market information (competition, sale and lease comparables, absorption figures, cap rates, etc.).
• Maintain a library of supporting documentation of market data and property information used in MIP’s pro formas and valuation models.
• Contribute information and analysis to the monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports provided to the MIP executive team and investors.
• Review and understand leases, loan documentation, fund documentation, and other pertinent information to accurately model their financial impacts on investment pro formas and valuations.
• Perform other duties or special projects as assigned or requested by the Asset Management and/or MIP Executive Teams.

Benefits

• competitive salaries with opportunities for growth
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 4% employer matching
• comprehensive industry leading medical, dental and vision insurance
• company-provided life, disability and AD&D insurance
• flexible spending accounts
• generous paid time off including vacation and sick time, holidays, and bereavement leave
• leadership development, training, and personal coaching
• education loan assistance and scholarships
• daily living, financial and legal services
• childcare and eldercare assistance
• employee discounts
• health and wellness resources that include virtual yoga, mindfulness, and financial readiness for employees and their family members

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior